Back in the Oval Office, he sat at his desk. A knock came at the door.
"Come in!" Jack called cheerily.
Dr. Finkelstein rolled in with a news reporter and cameraman in toe.
"Ah, good! When do we start the broadcast?"
"Whenever your ready!" the eager, young reporter announced.
"Splendid! Let's get this going!"
"Bringing you the latest in the presidency take-over, this is Wilber Sanchez with a personal message from the inside!"
The camera turned from the youthful reporter to Jack.
"Good morning America! Once again, it is my great pleasure to address you all personally! I hate to be all business, but Rome wasn't built in a day and that's basically what I'm attempting to do right now. So, I wanted to inform you of some new laws that my cabinet and I have decided upon for America's improvement and unity!" He held up a rather tattered, brown roll of paper with spidery script on it. "I made some adjustments to your Declaration of Independence…"
"Holy Gosh…" came the voice of the young reporter.
"What was that?" asked Jack.
"Nothing… we're still rolling."
Jack began reading the changes that they had made. It was nothing too bad, just different. "Finally," Jack said several minutes later. "We want to turn the death-penalty into a spectator event – like the Romans… anyway, that is all. Several of my cabinet members are working on a press release for the newspapers, so you can all read the changes for yourselves at home. We hope it was not too forward of us."
"Wow!" responded Wilber. "So you made changes to a historical document even though you are only taking over for two days?"
"Yes. We hope the actual president will agree with use that the changes are necessary and good for the country as a whole. It was a good document, it just needed a bit of clearing up. No use in being obscure. Thank you, Mr. Sanchez."
"Thank you President Skellington!" he turned off the camera. "You're crazy, you know?"
Jack thought for an instant, "Crazy? Well I admit that it might take some getting used to… maybe, 'cutting-edge' is the phrase that works better."
"Whatever you say," responded Wilbur and he left the room.
"Don't worry about him," came Dr. Finkelstein's voice as he wheeled back into the room. "People get set in their ways… You can't force good on people. They have to accept it. If they don't, it's their loss. Now, let's go see about the preparations – and some lunch – I'm starving…"
"You're right, Doctor. All we can do is try."