Chapter 10
The Most Horrible
of Sights
Upon
reading the first card on the first gift basket, President Stanton broke into
tears. He started crying for the thanks and appreciation that the people of the
new country of California
were giving to him. In his head he started to think about the fact that he
didn’t really deserve all these fine gifts and ovations. He didn’t deserve
them, the people did.
“Victor, as
my vice president I would like to inform you that I wish to speak to the people
of California
in a press conference tonight.”
“But Mike,
I don’t think we can get a conference set up that quickly.”
“Get it
done. I must speak to the people tonight. Do everything in your power to see
that it happens.”
“If I may
ask, why do you need to hold this conference tonight?”
President
Stanton looked around his office and looked at all the gift baskets and the
cards that read the same message. Vice President Romos looked as well. “You see
what I see right, Victor? You see these flowers? You see these cards? You see
all of these messages that read the exact same words? These are the voices of
the people. These are their words of gratitude. I must let the people know,
that I am not the one that needs to be thanked. They are the only ones who
deserve any kind of gratitude. What good is calling ourselves a true democratic
country if we don’t give the people their thanks?”
Victor
Romos wiped a tear from his eye after hearing what the President said. “Sir, I
will do whatever needs to be done to see to it that you speak to the people of California tonight.
Nothing will get in my way.” After saying this Mr. Romos left the presidential
office on his way to conference hall. He picked up the phone to start making
the necessary calls to get the presidential news conference going. As soon as
Victor picked up the phone, he heard a loud boom coming from outside. He looked
out the window, only to see the most horrible of sights.
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