As America Goes to Polls…

This is only a piece of imagination, any resemblance to the words or deeds of any man or woman, dead or alive is purely coincidental.....

Having completed the last leg of their respective campaigns, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama wanted to ensure the support of Jesus Christ. Since Sen. McCain was busy campaigning in the fringe states he delegated his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin. Jesus was sleeping as Ms. Palin walked in. She seated herself on a chair near the head of Christ. Sen. Obama walked in a while later, much to the discomfort of Ms. Palin, who thought he had no business being there. She jumped up from her seat on seeing Christ opening His eyes.

 “My Lord, I’m Governor Sarah Palin from Alaska, a true soldier for Christianity and the candidate of all believers; I was waiting here for a long time to seek your blessings and support for Sen. John McCain and myself as the President and Vice President of the most Christian land on earth. Please bless us, my Lord.” she said to Christ.

 Jesus smiled at her as he slowly got up from his bed and looked at Obama.

 “And this is Senator Barack HUSSEIN Obama, our opponent in this election”.

 Jesus nodded in approval and smiled at Obama too. 

 “My Lord, I’m a Christian, have always been one”, Obama protested.

  “But what if I’m not? Will that make any difference to you, my Lord? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim, if I’m one?” He asked in a low tone.

 “But my Lord, throughout the world the believers are fighting a war on terror and the gentleman here may stop that crusade.” Ms. Palin went on the offensive.

 “Excuse me my Lord”, Obama sought to intervene, “I said I’ll talk to these so called enemies”.

 “Now that betrays a feeling that he is likely associates with terrorists”, Gov. Palin, interrupted. “Our path will be narrow, my Lord, of course it will be the one shown by you. But there will be no space to accommodate the enemy. Once we are sworn in by the Bible, we’ll be true to our words. But we will finish off the enemy.”

 “I’ll be more inclusive, my Lord”; said Obama, “I’ll keep an intellectual curiosity, a willingness to learn and try to approach problems with an open mind”

 “But my friend here supports abortion rights, my Lord. Isn’t that murder in the womb?” Interrupted Ms. Palin; “I do believe in the strength and the power of women, but I also have faith in the potential of every human life. We’re pro-life. We’ll do all we can to see every baby is created with a future and potential. The legislature should do all it can to protect human life. We’ll put more conservative justices on the Supreme Court and run the country in a truly Christian way” she added.

 “No my Lord, I strongly believe that the state can properly restrict late-term abortions. I have said so repeatedly. All I've said is we should have a provision to protect the health of the mother, and many of the bills that came before me didn't have that. Those who are opposed to abortion have a moral calling to try to oppose what they think is immoral. What they were trying to do was to polarize the debate and make it more difficult for people, so that they could try to bring an end to abortions overall. As President, my goal will be to bring people together, to listen to them. My goal is to get us out of this polarizing debate where we're always trying to score cheap political points and actually get things done.”

 “And my Lord his cap-and-trade energy proposal would bankrupt those building coal-fired power plants. They do donate to charities and churches, my Lord. We are committed to the coal industries and won’t let that happen”

“No my Lord, I’m not totally against such plants”……Obama intervened. “I’m only for curbing emissions that contribute to global climate change through a system of charging fees to those who emit such gases. So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted, because I presume that they’re also slowly destroying the planet”

 “A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I’m not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.” Ms. Palin presented her side.

 “And he is for curbing outsourcing my Lord, the very method which had won more converts for us to the American way of life than the Hollywood and the Rock n Roll combined. The move that enabled us to win over the children of those very people who had been leading violent demonstrations against us in the third world, the very move which made, as a case in point, the 33 crore gods from India to que up to seek your help because their more affluent devotees were pressing them with pujas to set things right with the American economy even as their country was starving and their farmers dying by the dozens.” Ms. Palin grinned.

 “But my Lord, my first priority will be to set things right at home. There are quite a large number of Americans struggling to make ends meet. I’m at first answerable to the poor of my nation, then only to the rest of the world. Other countries do have the governments of their own. And they are supposed to work too. Of course I’ll be willing to enter into kinds of agreements which are mutually beneficial, but not at the cost of the poor of my nation.” Obama was categorical.  

 “As you are aware, my Lord, I’m on the verge of completing an astonishing journey which would not been possible without your blessings and patronage. Yes, my Lord, as a youngster I had been a rebel of some sorts, an outsider. But that was because of the color of my skin. I was born in an America where it wouldn't have been possible for a black man - however brilliant and capable - to reach the position that I’m seeking now. Yes, my father was a black man but I’ll not make racial or religious rhetoric that is polarizing.” Obama spoke his mind.

 All the while, Jesus was listening with a patient smile.

Then He said unto them;

“Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch”

…..He paused for a moment and looked at the two….. then He continued…..

“whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many”

Saying thus, He got up to see them off.

 “Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee.” 

He told them, as He bade them good bye. 

Now, what He had in mind?!

We may know in a few hours from now......or will it take weeks?