November 8. . .
"I swear, I just did it as a joke," said the young man on the TV. "I didn't think it would actually happen." The camera cut away from the young man to the reporter standing at the edge of the crowd gathered around the steps of the Capitol building in Washington D.C.
"That was the scene today in Washington, as Brian Miller, a staff member of the Electoral College took the credit-and, as some are saying, the blame for the first third-party victory in presidential election history."
"How exactly, did this happen?" asked the studio anchorman.
"Well, Peter, it's a complicated legal quandary. Despite the fact that this young lady should not exist, she does, and it appears an entire manga series and several episodes of anime were made to cover the whole thing up."
"I see," the anchorman said as he went over his notes. "But how exactly did she get on the ballot in the first place?"
"Well, as I said, it's a complicated legal quandary. This is what we do know. Brian Miller, the young man you see speaking to reporters behind me, a political science graduate from NYU. After graduation, he went to work for the Electoral College preparing the master copies for the election. During the course of his duties, he added the name of this young lady, apparently as a joke, to the list of presidential candidates, assuming it would be caught and corrected before being sent out."
"But it wasn't?"
"No, and that's the problem. Despite the fact that she is underage, and not even an American citizen, but Japanese. Yet, the American people voted her into office."
"So what happens now?"
"Well at the moment, a congressional committee is examining this bizarre string of coincidences and is expected to release it's findings later this week. But for the time being, this young lady is president of the United States."
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Tokyo, Japan. . .
In the main room of a small house, the young lady who was the subject of all the controversy switched off the TV and sat there staring at the darkened screen for a moment before standing and going down the hallway to where the man who had made her what she was sat in a tiny home office, going over some papers.
"Papa-san?" She asked. Where is America?"
"Oh it's far away. Across the ocean." He paused and looked at her. "Why?"
"Because lady on TV say Nuku-Nuku is president there."
"I swear, I just did it as a joke," said the young man on the TV. "I didn't think it would actually happen." The camera cut away from the young man to the reporter standing at the edge of the crowd gathered around the steps of the Capitol building in Washington D.C.
"That was the scene today in Washington, as Brian Miller, a staff member of the Electoral College took the credit-and, as some are saying, the blame for the first third-party victory in presidential election history."
"How exactly, did this happen?" asked the studio anchorman.
"Well, Peter, it's a complicated legal quandary. Despite the fact that this young lady should not exist, she does, and it appears an entire manga series and several episodes of anime were made to cover the whole thing up."
"I see," the anchorman said as he went over his notes. "But how exactly did she get on the ballot in the first place?"
"Well, as I said, it's a complicated legal quandary. This is what we do know. Brian Miller, the young man you see speaking to reporters behind me, a political science graduate from NYU. After graduation, he went to work for the Electoral College preparing the master copies for the election. During the course of his duties, he added the name of this young lady, apparently as a joke, to the list of presidential candidates, assuming it would be caught and corrected before being sent out."
"But it wasn't?"
"No, and that's the problem. Despite the fact that she is underage, and not even an American citizen, but Japanese. Yet, the American people voted her into office."
"So what happens now?"
"Well at the moment, a congressional committee is examining this bizarre string of coincidences and is expected to release it's findings later this week. But for the time being, this young lady is president of the United States."
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Tokyo, Japan. . .
In the main room of a small house, the young lady who was the subject of all the controversy switched off the TV and sat there staring at the darkened screen for a moment before standing and going down the hallway to where the man who had made her what she was sat in a tiny home office, going over some papers.
"Papa-san?" She asked. Where is America?"
"Oh it's far away. Across the ocean." He paused and looked at her. "Why?"
"Because lady on TV say Nuku-Nuku is president there."