Edgar Allen Poe is reported to have prophesied on Election 2000:
Once upon a campaign dreary, one which left us weak and weary
O’er many a quaint and curious promise of political lore
While we nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a yapping,
As of some votes overlapping, energy-zapping to the core
“‘Tis a mess here,” we all muttered, as the network anchors stuttered,
Stuttered over Bush and Gore.
Could there be another election with such a case of misdirection,
One with such a weak selection, yet fraught with tension to the core?
Quoth the ravers, “Nevermore.”
Need I say more.
Tom Fakehany