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of the precincts reporting presidential
candidates Dukakis and Bush have split

the New York vote.

23 votes have gone to various write-in
candidates who obviously have no chance

of winning.

Tough break, Mel.

Maybe in 92, eh, babe?

Mel lost again, huh?

Oh, this is a joke, Roz. Come on, you
don't think I really want Mel Torme as

president of the United States.

Cabinet post, maybe.

Keep hope alive, sir.

Yes, indeedy, Mac. You voted yet?

No, sir. I'm going later with Kwan Lee.
This is her first time voting since she

got her citizenship.

Well, she must be real excited.

Oh, yes, sir.

You know, I think we should all take
pride living in a democracy where our

leaders are not chosen by the rich and
powerful, but by the wisdom of the

common man.

Harry, I forget whether I'm a Republican
or a Democrat.

They can tell you that at the polling
place, Bull.

Nah, I think I'll just surprise myself.

Democracy's in good hands, yes, sir.

Have you voted?

Yes, I have.

You know, I had a little trouble with
the national races, but the local ones,

the decisions were obvious.

Why is that?

Don't forget, dad fielding for state
assembly.

Right, I forgot.

Oh, my, you look lovely today. Don't
forget, I vote fielding in the vote of

progress for a beautiful baby.

And teething, too.

Dan, you might as well get your
concession speech ready because Joan

Hobson's gonna win.

Joan? I didn't know Hobson was a woman.

Allegedly.

Go ahead, sling all the mud you want,
but she's gonna beat you on the issues.

No woman beats Dan Fielding.

Not unless he asks her to.

Doesn't stand a chance. For the last
five months, I've kissed every baby in

every backside in my district. Me and my
campaign manager have been working day

and night.

How can you afford a staff?

Dad, here's what's left for your
campaign clients.

Phil is your campaign manager?

What are you paying him with, aluminum
cane?

Phil is a valued member of my campaign.
He knows when I'm elected, there'll be a

place within my administration.

Open.

While I do believe that what a person
does in a voting booth is their own

private business, what you two did goes
way beyond stuffing the ballot box.

Fifty dollars in time, sir.

Uh, Dan.

Excuse me? I mean Mr.

State Assemblyman.

Here's the rest of the bumper stickers
and the last contribution to the

campaign fund.

Forty-two bucks? That's only three pints
worth.

I gave till it stopped dripping.

You quitter.

Well, don't stand there. Just pass these
out, all right?

Oh, hiya.

Just a little fielding reminder, and I
hope I can depend upon your vote what

you've made bail.

I can't make bail.

Don't panic, everybody.

I was just doing some rewiring, and I
accidentally set off the fire alarm.

I screwed up.

I got an idea, Art. Why don't you just
tell us when you don't screw up?

I'm going to let that one go right over
my head, Your Honor.

Next case, macaroni.

Assault charges, sir. John Weary versus
Joseph Williams.

Your Honor, Mr. Williams was attempting
to enter a polling place when he was

attacked by the swamp thing.

Sir, Mr. Weary was demonstrating against
a proposition to put a toxic waste dump

near his home.

Toxic wastes turn people into twisted
mutations.

If it doesn't stop, someday we'll all
look like this.

Won't be much of a change for you, will
it, big guy?

Your Honor, my client claims that Mr.
Williams deliberately provoked him.

All I said was, what's so bad about
toxic waste?

Next thing I knew, he smeared slime all
over me.

Wait a minute. Let me get this straight.
You want a toxic waste dump?

Sure. A dump would revitalize the
neighborhood.

Toxic waste means money, new jobs. It
means pollution and decay.

Our very bodies rotting before our eyes.

So there's a trade-off.

Just because you're squeamish, don't
ruin it for the rest of us.

You poison pusher! Hey, settle down,
fellas. Settle down.

Mr. Weary, although I sympathize with
your cause, I'm afraid I'm going to have

to fine you because you're the one that
started the fight.

Fifty bucks.

Congratulations. I want to let you know
that Canada Dan Fielding is behind you

all the way.

Tough break.

But I want to let you know Canada Dan
Fielding is behind you all the way.

Thanks.

Gesundheit.

You know, I'm actually glad he entered
the race.

With Dan running against her, Joan
Hobson's a shoo-in. I mean, who in their

right mind would vote for Dan Fielding?

No,

you didn't.

You did!

You voted for Dan?

How could you? He's such an... ick!

That's true, but he's an ick with the
credentials for the job.

Right. Because he's a man, he
automatically has better credentials

than a woman. Hey, I have voted for
women before.

For what? Prom queen?

Miss Sullivan, in this case, I happen to
think Dan is more qualified.

Why? Because he has a pair of... Pants.

Chicken.

Dan has spent 12 years...

prosecutor's office dealing with many of
the same issues that he would face in

the assembly.

Oh, come on. Admit it. You voted against
Joan Hobson because she's a woman. No,

but I'm beginning to think that you're
voting against Dan because he's a man.

And because he makes wax impressions of
your lingerie.

You know, I think I am just beginning to
see Harry Stone's true colors.

And I think you're overreacting to this
whole thing. Just like... Just like a

woman. Just like you do whenever anyone
suggests you might be wrong. You throw a

fit. A fit?

I throw a fit?

I am a professional in complete control
of my temper. Judge. Oh, shut the hell

up. We're talking.

What is it? It's probably not that
important, sir, but do you remember the

fourth floor?

Yeah. It's not there anymore.

Turns out that that alarm wasn't my
fault after all. The fourth floor really

is on fire, and now it's out of control.

So, uh, I guess you owe me an apology.

Bart, are you gonna be able to get us
the hell out of here?

Gee, I hope so, sir. This building has a
perfect safety record. I hate to see it

ruined by some multiple deaths.

Well, we gotta get these people out of
here in a calm and orderly fashion.

Right. Okay.

Now, does everybody remember that fire
drill we had last month?

No.

Neither do I.

Rosemary!

Art, this door is locked.

Keep going, Sarge.

Hey, this is the basement.

See what's behind door number one.

This is the morgue.

Sorry, no walk-ins.

We can't get out this way, sir. There's
something blocking the doors.

Looks like the ceiling cave den out
there, too.

There's debris everywhere.

This is...

Telling me? I just put a fresh coat of
Navajo white on those walls.

Well, we should be safe here until the
fire team can rescue us. In the

meantime, everyone just try to stay
calm.

That always gets them.

Hey, would you mind not doing that? We
have a lot of very frightened people

here, and I don't see much point in
making the situation worse.

Yeah, sure.

I forgot what a drag live people can be.

Excuse me, are you in charge here?

Yeah, Chief Coroner Morton.

I'd shake hands, but I'm afraid I'd
uncoil about 20 feet of small intestine.

I hate it when that happens.

Excuse me, did you know that the
building is on fire? Yeah, that's what I

heard. And you're still working?

Might as well until the power gives out.

Hope the freezer doesn't go.

stiffs will melt like fudgesickles on a
hot plate.

If we might focus our concern on the
living for a moment, how long is that

generator going to give us air?

A couple hours.

Great. So in two hours, we can freeze to
death in the cooler or stay here and die

of smoke inhalation. Okay.

Heads we freeze, tails we die of smoke
inhalation.

Hey, Judge, I can't stay here. I haven't
voted yet.

And there's a ballot issue that's been
keeping me up night.

What's the matter? Your street corner
being rezoned?

We'll try to get you out in time to
vote.

I wouldn't count on that, Your Honor.

The fire department will not be able to
reach us for a couple of hours.

A couple of hours?

Usually those guys are so quick you
can't believe it.

This is not fair.

The last few hours of a campaign are
crucial.

Well, I'm stuck here. Joan of Arf is out
there campaigning.

Hey, look, here's a TV.

We can watch the returns while we're
waiting to burn up.

And in the state assembly race, Hobson
has gained on Fielding to make that

contest a dead heat.

See that dead heat? I was ahead by six
points.

Fielding was ahead by six points, but
apparently voters have responded to

Hobson's charges today that Fielding is
a wanton philanderer who lacks the moral

fiber for the office.

Yeah, sure. She's got moral fiber. She
hasn't had a Manson's Watergate.

It's not fair.

It's not fair. I was ahead.

This is not fair.

Dan! Dan!

If only the voters could see you now,
they'd realize what a great leader you'd

be. I know.

Wait a minute. That's it.

If I play this up right, I'll come off
looking like a hero.

Bill, baby, you're a genius.

Subject has signs of internal bleeding,
rupture of the kidney and pancreatic

walls, and massive hemorrhaging.

Oh, I'm sorry.

What was in that?

Bernays. Put what's left in my sandwich,
will you?

Hello, WDBC News.

I'd like to report that Dan Fielding is
at the criminal court building

heroically battering the fire.

Dan Fielding. Give me that phone.

He's risking his life to save about a
dozen people who are trapped there.

The hero angle's a great ploy.

Fifteen presidents were war heroes, you
know.

No, sixteen.

I always forget Benjamin Harrison.

Doc, are you by any chance barbecuing in
the next room? No.

Too bad, because the fire's ready.

Oh, my God. We've got to stuff up these
doors, Doc. We need some rice.

Just a second. Hey, pal.

Put your finger here.

Tell me if this hurts.

Don't you worry, Miss Sullivan.

Everything's going to be just fine.

Sir, I'd appreciate it if you didn't try
to placate me with your condescending

reassurance. I'm just trying to help.

Well, I don't need your help. And Joan
Hobson wouldn't either if she were here.

You know, I think you're taking this
whole thing much too seriously.

To you, anyone who doesn't own plastic
poop takes things too seriously.

Oh, so now you're calling me a flake?

If the slinky shoe fits, wear it.

Actually, the Electoral College was
created to give smaller states a fair

shake in national issues.

How do you know all of this stuff?

I work the conventions.

Mac, any news? It beats me.

They made us change the channel.

You guys are watching the Three Stooges?
Yeah, and if that's not bad enough, it's

one with Schimpf.

Wait, did you see that ocular contusion
that Moe just gave Larry?

Listen, buddy, I like a good poke just
as much as the next guy, you know?

Stop fighting for my political life
here, do you mind?

Hey, back off!

This caller said a dozen people are
trapped in the criminal court building

while a raging fire is above them.
That's my report, man. When they find

out I'm a hero, the sympathy boat is
going to pour in. The caller said the

victims are being led to safety by the
heroic efforts of a Jan Seedling.

Jan Seedling?

Jan Seedling?

Fielding, you impotent windsock! Dan
Fielding!

Hey, who turned the stooges off?

It doesn't hurt you to watch the
election returns. It is only the future

of our country, you know.

Democrats, Republicans, they're all
alike once you get them on a slab.

Although Republicans tend to eat more
red meat.

See what cheeseburgers can do to your
insides?

She's the one wanting to talk politics.

And I'll see your tool.

Raj, you need more cards?

We'll stay with the hand we got.

Two pair.

Three tens.

And I thought I had a good poker face.

Those firemen must have one hell of a
fight on their hands. It's been almost

two hours.

Well, they better hurry. I don't want my
last words to my wife to be, you've got

something in your teeth.

Don't worry, Mac. We're going to be just
fine.

Christine's right. You have nothing to
fear.

Death is just nature's way of telling
you, hey, you're not alive anymore.

When I was a little girl, my daddy used
to read me a saying.

You'll live forever as long as someone
remembers your name.

That's nice.

Who said that?

I don't know. Some dead guy.

My grandfather used to tell me that when
a man's done all he can, all that is

left is to hope that God will see him
through it.

Well, God will see us through this, Max.

I know she will.

Come on, give me a break.

Oh, I see, I see. So not only do
politicians have to be men, but God does

too. Why does God have to be a man? Why
can't God be a woman? Because.

That would be... silly.

Oh, good.

Silly. This from a man who has a
collection of antique whoopee cushions.

I don't set a place at my table for my
stuffed unicorn.

We now have a winner in the Hobson
Fielding Assembly race.

It's in.

The returns are in. With all precincts
in, the final tally is what?

We do.

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a
projected winner in the presidential

race. Who cares about the stupid
presidential race?

Anybody that doesn't want to worry,
don't look at the doors.

Great. and now we're trapped in the dark
in a burning building surrounded by dead

bodies. I got a client from Jersey who'd
pay big bucks for this.

What's that?

Sounds like the ceiling.

Here, fill out this toe tag.

It'll make it easier for the next shift.

Miss Sullivan, I thought you didn't need
protection.

Now, don't. I was just trying to stop
you from trembling.

Hey, hey.

Let's not die mad at each other, okay?

Okay.

Are you sure?

Okay, people. Fire's under control.

Right this way, man.

Better hurry. Some of them don't look
too good.

You gotta tell me. You gotta tell me.
Who won?

The Knicks, 98-97. Man, you should...
Not the stupid game, you hose monkey.

The election.

There was an election?

Before.

There you go. Looks like they got your
juice back online.

Hey, look. The TV's working again.

You would have thought we'd get this
good reception way down here.

I mean, it's like magic.

All over the country, common, ordinary
people step into a little booth and pull

a lever, and the next thing you know,
poof.

Some poor sap gets his brains beat out.

You lost, didn't you?

By how much?

One vote.

Oh, gee, Dan, that's too bad.

Sorry for you, Dan. I mean, losing is
tough enough, but by such a small

margin. Yeah, if it wasn't for this
fire, I'd have voted for you. Me too.

And with both our votes, you would have
won.

And if I hadn't voted for that woman
instead of you, at least it would have

been a tie.

voted against me.

Sorry, but I thought your position on
tax incentives for commercial renovation

partnerships was biased and potentially
inflationary.

I guess you underestimated the mutant
vote.

Eh, Dan?

Long as my condo to buy radio time, I
hired admin to write slogans. I slurred

my opponent's patriotism. And now I lose
on...

An issue?

Oh, tough way, Dan.

I was going to be a state assemblyman,
man. Oh, I know, big fella.

Sit at one of those cute little desks.

Newsflash. There's been a recount in the
fielding Hobson race.

Huh? Due to an error, one vote was not
counted. A vote cast just as polls

closed. That final vote was for Dan
Fielding. The race is now a tie.

Yes, the people have not spoken.

A runoff election will determine the
outcome.

Dan, you were right.

And it was the king.

Man, I wonder if the guy who cast that
last vote knew what a difference he

made. I doubt it.

They found him by the poll booth.

Must have croaked right after he voted.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

I want you to know that I'll do
everything I can to defend the rights of

the dead.

Was it a heart attack?

Suicide.

I can't stand living in this crummy city
another day. So as a final gesture of my

contempt for New York, I'm voting to put
that scummy worm Dan Fielding

into office.

Fielding and New York deserve each
other.

Goodbye and good riddance.

What a tribute.

We can use this in a runoff campaign.

The Big Apple deserves a worm-like
fielding.

You know, Phil, this campaign's gonna be
tough and it's gonna cost a lot of

money. We're not willing to fight as
long as there's blood in these veins.

We're not still fighting, are we?

No, I guess we, uh, kissed and made up.

Yeah, I guess we did.

You know, now that the danger's over, I
don't even remember what we were

fighting about.

Me neither.

Uh, Harry, you said Christine was a
flighty airhead, and Christine said you

were a sexist pig flake.

Thank you so much, Paul.

You never called me a sexist pig flake.

Not to your faith, no, sir.

You know, we may not agree on
everything, but I did say some things

that I wish I could take back. Yeah, I
did, too. But then there were some

things I said that I wouldn't want to
take back.

Oh, really?

Like what?

Like the idea that women are more
emotional than men? Uh-huh. I think they

are. And I'm glad of it.

I mean, I don't know whether it's
background or upbringing. I just... I

think women have more heart.

Actually, a man's is about 25 grams
heavier.