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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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