A Gov finds God

Sioux City, Ia. - God's will is for Iowa to have the first-in-the-nation caucus, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson told a crowd here Monday.

"Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord, should be the first caucus and primary," Richardson, New Mexico's governor, said at the Northwest Iowa Labor Council Picnic. "And I want you to know who was the first candidate to sign a pledge not to campaign anywhere if they got ahead of Iowa. It was Bill Richardson."

The crowd of farmers cheered wildly as Richardson continued, "Our Lord also knows of the need for US energy independence, which is why he has chosen ethanol, an important staple in the history of Iowa, to lead the way."

Governor Richardson then turned his attention towards the potato salad platter, and appeared to address Mrs. Henderson's bridge club directly when he stated, "And God knows how expensive your damn pills are, which is why He has asked me to lower the age for Medicare eligibility from 65 to 55."

The campaign stop turned revival concluded on an even higher note as Richardson declared Jesus to be the original proponent of universal health care, and led the crowd in a fired up rendition of Amazing Grace.