Barak Obama joke

The toss of a coin in a remote district of Montana is enough to tip that county's vote against The Chosen One, which in turn leads to that State's three electoral college votes - and ultimately the whole presidential election - to go in John McCain's favour, despite The Chosen One winning a slim majority of the popular vote.

The Chosen One then takes to the lecture circuit, forever bitterly recounting how the election was stolen from him, imputing racist motives on the part of "The Dime That Did It". Sooner or later people, this becomes tiresome, and the invitations from the Ivy League debating societies and Democratic fundraisers gradually dry up...

Many decades later, a tired, stooped, white-haired Obama is reduced to panhandling on the street corners of Springfield, Illinois, boring everybody who is prepared to listen senseless with his endless tales of how he was once nearly President.

A kindly stranger drops a ten dollar bill in Obama's outstretched hat, listens to the old man's apparently lunatic ramblings for while ... and realises who it is!

The kindly stranger stretches out his hand: "Actually, can we call it five dollars?"

Obama stares at him blankly.

The stranger repeats, more forcefully: "I dropped ten dollars in your hat, but I only wanted to give you five!"

Obama mumbles and starts to walk away.

The stranger grabs him by the shoulder, and shouts: "Sir! I dropped ten dollars in your hat but I only wanted to give you five! Goddamit! IT'S TIME FOR CHANGE!!"