TEXAS FISHING

[Hook Dem]

On a tour of Texas, the Pope visited the coastal area, when suddenly he
notices a frantic commotion just offshore. There was John Kerry struggling frantically to free
himself from the jaws of a 25-foot shark. As the Pope watched, horrified, a speedboat
came racing up with two men aboard.


One of the men, President George W. Bush quickly fired a harpoon
into the shark's side while Dick Cheney reached out and pulled the
bleeding, semi-conscious John Kerry from the water. Then using baseball
bats, the two heroes beat the shark to death and hauled it into the
boat.

Immediately the Pope shouted and summoned them to the beach.

"I give you my blessings for your brave actions," he told them. "I heard
that there
was some bitter hatred between President Bush and John Kerry, but now I
have seen with my own eyes that this is not true."

As the Pope drove off, President Bush asked Dick, "Who was that?"
"It was the Pope," Dick replied. "He is in direct contact with God and
has all of God's wisdom."

"Well," President Bush said, "he may have access to God's wisdom, but he
doesn't know squat about shark fishing in Texas................how's the
bait holding up