Elmo Tanner For President
The Whistling-In-The-Dark Whistlestop Campaign Begins
by Hugh Fitzgerald (Sept. 2007)
September 1
Cometh The Man, Cometh The Hour
September 2
While The Reluctant Candidate Considers, A Musical Interlude
The Candidate Seems To Be Pulling Out But Is Implored To Change His Mind
The Candidate, Listening To The Pleas, Agrees To Run. His Supporters Are Ecstatic, If Momentarily Confused
The Candidate Finds The Perfect Running Mate
The Candidate, On The Stump, Re-Affirms His Confidence In His Running Mate
The Environmentally-Aware Whistlestop Campaign Begins
The Candidate's Speech In Miami Is Rapturously Received
Then It Was On To Alabama, With A Stop In Birmingham
And The Crowds Got Bigger
September 3
Before The Behind Yet Under The Vast Above The World Is In Tears And Tomorrow Is Tuesday
The Whistlestop Campaign Keeps Right On: What A Day For Someone And Me
The Campaign Train Stops For The Night In New Orleans
As The Train Sped Westward In The Night, The Brakeman Strummed On His Guitar
September 4
The Train Arrives in Houston, Just In Time For An Election Day
Where A Good Time Was Had By All
I Mean A Very Good Time
The Candidates Met With The Oil-Men, And Talked About Oil
Heading Out Where The West Begins
On A Slow Train, From Houston To Dallas
September 5
Across West Texas To Albuquerque
Meanwhile, Back In Washington, Campaign Headquarters Released The First Position Paper
And While Elmo Tanner Slept, His Running Mate Lay Awake, Hearing That Voice
September 7
The Whistling-In-The-Dark Whistletop Campaign Stops To W(h)et Its Whistle
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