Two candidates for political office
inadvertently scheduled simultaneous campaign rallys 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 casting a vote for a man who hasn't the good sense to come in
out of the rain."
