Electioneering

Two candidates for political office inadvertently scheduled
simultaneous campaign rallies in the same park of a small New
England town. After a lengthy round of speeches, the candidates
worked their way through the crowd--shaking hands, kissing babies
and beaming mightily.

Suddenly, the skies opened and it began to rain. One of the
candidates fled to take shelter in a nearby restaurant along with
half a dozen regulars. The other candidate, however, continued to
move through the crowd--shaking hands, kissing babies, etc.

"That man's persistence yonder," observed one of the natives, "sure makes it easy to know who to vote for."

"Yep," another native agreed. "Sure can't see myself voting for an asshole who hasn't the brains to come in out of the rain."