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to the implementation of the new guidelines a felony punishable by a fifty thousand dollar fine and ten years in prison.
    “After we complete our media blitz telling the American people why these new laws are necessary, most people will support ‘ safe ’ guns that keep children from being the victims of accidental gun deaths and keep guns out of the hands of criminals and terrorists. I mean, it’s pretty hard to argue against laws that make our society safer. A few of the extreme right-wingers will hide their weapons, but most will turn them over with the expectation that they will replace them with the new legal guns. They won’t have a clue that the new safety standards outlined in the Gun Safety Law of 2015 are a moot point because effective January 1, 2016 no more guns will be manufactured in or imported to this country for sale to private citizens.
    “Candice, I want you to stop sweating the small stuff and start promot ing Agenda 21 as the vehicle that will ensure world peace and make Americans safe. Every beauty page a nt contestant since 1950 has stated that her goal , if she should win the crown , is to promote world peace. This is an easy sell. You’re the freakin’ Vice President! Start doing your job! ”
    The Vice President’s eyes flashed. She hated President Quincy as much as he hated her. She was well aware that he would never have chosen her as his running mate if the party leaders had not forced him to put her on the ticket. Quincy was a New Englander , and he had needed someone to bring in the southern vote . He would have preferred her husband as his VP, but Bubba’s reputation as a serial adulterer made him unacceptable. By having Candice as the candidate, however, Quincy could appeal to the women who wanted to see a female on the ticket and take advantage of Bubba’s considerable skills as a campaigner.
    Candice was the perfect running mate because she held a law degree from Harvard and had spent her entire career representing “the poor and downtrodden” who would otherwise not have been able to take their cases to court. The People’s Justice Foundation had been Bubba’s brainchild, and he had married Candice right out of law school and set it up as a non-profit with her as its head . Together they had funneled tens of millions of dollars in donations through the foundation and managed to siphon off the lion’s share into their personal accounts.
    Bubba had always had his eye on the governor ’ s mansion , but he knew that in order to have a successful political career he needed a wife. Candice was a perfect fit. Men had no interest in her, and she had no interest in them. Yet, she was smart enough to realize that she needed a man to help her achieve her goals. She possessed neither the political savvy nor the business connections to make the foundation a success , but Bubba had both . She despised Bubba, and he was indifferent to her, but they needed each other. T o uting Candice as “ The People’s Defender” , Bubba created the mystique of a woman so dedicated to helping the poor that she was willing to spend her life working for little or no pay.
    Without meaning to Bubba had set Candice up as the perfect female for the VP slot. “I’ve been married to Candy for a lot of years,” he would say as he looked into the camera with that naughty little boy expression, “and I can tell you that I’ve never seen anybody more dedicated and hardworking. She loves people, and she just won’t give up till they get justice.” That line had worked in bringing the foundation to national attention, and it had worked in campaigning for the Quincy/Peters ticket.
    The day that she was sworn in Candice was elated. Bubba had been governor of Louisiana, but she w as the Vice President, and, if she played her cards right, when Quincy’s term ended, she would be elected President. When she had achieved that goal, she would get revenge on Bubba for all the times he had used her and humiliated