A corrupt U.S. Senator dies and shows up at the pearly gates and asks
to be let in.
"What we'll do," says St. Peter, "is you'll spend one day
in hell and
one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."
"Really?, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven," says the
Senator.
"I'm sorry, but we have our rules."
So the dead Senator goes to hell for a day. It's freaking
amazing.
Parties, golf, beautiful women. Satan wears a tuxedo and is an
affable, congenial, host who tells great jokes. In other words, not at
all what he expected. Soon it's time to spend a day in heaven
where he
joins a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing
the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it,
the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.
"Well, then, you've
spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity."
The Senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: "Well, I would
never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I
think I would be better off in hell."
So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he
goes down, down, down
to hell. The elevator door opens and he's in the middle of a barren
land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, who are
now dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags
as more trash falls to the ground.
"WTF?" cries the Senator. "Yesterday I was here and there was a golf
course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne,
and danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of
garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?"
The devil smiles at him and says, "Yesterday we were campaigning,
Today, you voted.."
Sort of what happened in November, 2008, only not as bad.
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