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The Old Donkey
Just a short update for you lads! We're quite tired and busy and don't want to do three days of work.
Sorry for any incovienece this may have caused you.
----------------------------------------------- October 12, 1987
Ted stared at the screen, almost longfully.
He stared at Gary Hart, the fresh new face of the Democratic Party.
Ted remembered when he was considered that - for a few months.
Then his hopes for higher office dropped, almost like his car that dropped them.
However, Gary seemed squeaky-clean. A perfect choice between the flamboyant Iacocca and controversial Jackson.
He could be the one, the one to save the country from the crushing Republican hold that had held them for so long.
Too long.
“But,” Kennedy muttered to himself, “He is a McGovernite, he’ll probably ask me to be his running mate.”
“Even with that” Kennedy thought “He could use an experienced endorsement”
Kennedy walked over to his desk and began writing an endorsement speech.