human
Have a drink, Mr. President! You're going to have to make a speech pretty soon; you'll need a bracer! He handed the second one to the physician.
gpt
Here you go, Doc! Congratulations! It isn't everyone who's got a President in the family! Then his perceptive brain noticed something in the doctor's expression.
human
Hey, he said, more softly,
gpt
Not unless it's my own. I'm used to worrying about a patient's health, not a Presidential election. I'm afraid my stomach's a little queasy. Wait just a second; I've got some pills in my little black bag. Got pills in there for all ailments. Find out if anyone else needs resuscitation, will you?
human
Excitement, said Senator Cannon.
gpt
Frank isn't used to politics.
human
Do him good to see how the other half lives. He walked off, bearing drinks for the others. Governor Spanding grabbed one and came over to the senator.
gpt
Jim! Ready to tear up your capitulation speech now?
human
Almost. The polls closed in Nome just ten minutes ago. We'll wait for the President's acknowledgment of defeat before we go downstairs.
gpt
I'm sure glad Horvin isn't here! I can hear him now: 'Image! Image! That's what won the election! Image!' Matson guffawed.
human
Jim Cannon was winning elections by landslides before he ever heard of Horvin! Jim Cannon projects his own image.
gpt
Sure he does, Matt Fisher said,
human
You? Hah! You're tops, Matt. Once a man gets to know you, he can see that, if he's got any brains.
gpt
Ed, you've got what it takes to be a politician, all right.
human
So do you, Mr. Vice President! So do you! Hey! He turned quickly.
gpt
We got to have a toast! Doc, you're his brother. I think the honor should be yours.
human
It will be a pleasure. Gentlemen, come to attention, if you will.
gpt
Gentlemen, said. Dr. Cannon gravely,
human
I give you my brother, Senator James Harrington Cannon, the next President of the United States!
gpt
To the President!
human
To the President!
gpt
I further propose, gentlemen, that we drink to the man who will spend the next four years in the White House--God willing--in the hope that his ability to handle that high office will be equal to the task before him, and that he will prove worthy of the trust placed in him by those who had faith in that ability.
human
Amen,
gpt
I thank you, gentlemen. I--