Wash Times

Inside the Beltway

John McCaslin

Political tidbits and other shenanigans from around the nation's capital.

Al aboard

Several leading Washington businessmen tried sitting in the rear section of the first-class Amtrak Metroliner car before it departed Washington at 9 a.m. yesterday, when a train conductor informed them the seats were reserved for a "VIP."

So the businessmen settled in the front half of the car, then waited to see what VIP would be joining them.

"Suddenly," Inside the Beltway is told, "a couple of Secret Service agents hop on board. And behind them follows a 'porked-out' Al Gore."

As in large?

"Shockingly large — he's put on a few pounds," says the businessman, who ironically had just begun reading in his morning newspaper that George W. Bush would have won Florida if a recount had gone forward as ordered by the state Supreme Court.

One of the businessmen then debated whether to have Mr. Gore autograph the newspaper, which would certainly fetch top dollar in the political-paraphernalia collectors' camp.

As it turns out, the businessmen decided against approaching the former vice president, who by the look on his face had already read his morning newspaper.

-- Anonymous, April 05, 2001

Answers

the stress of not really knowing is now over. does that mean he will:

A. gain more weight B. lose weight

-- Anonymous, April 06, 2001

BWD, He already weighted, and lost again. heh heh

-- Anonymous, April 07, 2001