However, Dumpf was also opposed by the candidate of the former rulers, Biden Boring. It became a three-way race.
"He's a bore, Biden is," declared Dumpf. "Why would you elect a guy who everyone calls Boring?'
"He's a commie," Dumpf declared of Sanderson, a dig at the epithet used to decry those who believed in the red death."
Sanderson was more concerned about healthcare and saving the world than calling his opponents names.
Boring didn't vilify Sanderson so much, just said that he wasn't the right man to confront Dumpf. While he confessed to being boring and that he liked to touch little girls, he touted his experience and said, he was the right man, with a capital M, for the job.
In debates with Sanderson, however, Boring was even more boring, and Sanderson gained ground. But what Sanderson didn't realize was that the old rulers and new rulers had joined to destroy him.
The climactic debate among all three candidates was held in a great outdoor amphitheater with the candidates sitting in the center on a navy-blue stage. It was broadcast on radio, which was their most advanced form of communication. While Sanderson was a man of average size and fairly proportioned, Boring was a tiny guy, less than five-foot, kind of like Danny DeVito, only a lot thinner. Though what Boring said was very boring, he did have a mellifluous voice that was perfect for radio.
Dumpf was a complete contrast. He was very tall and though very fat, believed he had a perfect physique and was apt to wear little clothing in public to show off his body. It was no different that day for he wore only a thong, his long red hair coiled up in a tail reaching down his back, his huge belly spilling over.
Dumpf spoke first: "My fellow citizens, you have a choice, a choice between those who want to raise taxes and destroy our economy, and transfer the wealth of our kingdom to the poor, and those who know what's good for you and will keep the wealth in the hands of the billionaires who understand how to distribute it properly. I guess it's probably something I can say that I'm very good at. We're going to cut taxes. Isn't that perfect? I think so. Let's hear it for me."
There was polite applause.
Boring followed: "Fellow citizens, I will keep you safe from the criminals. We have predators on our streets that society has in fact, in part because of its neglect, created. They are beyond the pale, many of those people, beyond the pale. And it's a sad commentary on our society. We have no choice but to take them out of society. I will strengthen the Black Knights and give them more power to do their job."
The crowd cheered only mildly. There were even a few hoots of derision. The people had lost trust in both Boring and Dumpf. To combat this, the powers that be already had a plan. It was about to unfold at the amphitheater.
Sanderson went to the podium and addressed the cheering crowd. He had wild white hair like Einstein. He spoke in a gruff voice unlike Boring and his body language was animated using his hands and arms, and shaking his fists.
"We live in a world where countless people are starving to death, right now; we live in a world where the great armies of our kingdom are trampling others into the ground, right now; we live in a world where cannons and machine guns are being spread from kingdom to kingdom, right now; we live in a world where so many have not enough and so few possess so much. It is time for a change, right now!"
A shot rang outthere were screams, and then another shot. The crowd erupted as Sanderson crumpled onto the stage floor, holding his midsection. Boring jumped off, as a man wearing a red hood that covered his face jumped on. He walked over to Sanderson and shot him point blank in the temple.
The blood flowed out, streaming red across the blue stage as the white fright of terror destroyed the hope of the people. Everyone was stunned, and the Black Knights took the assassin into custody, never to be seen again.
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