I.F.B.R. Hopes for Recount

A spokesman for the international and Fraternal Brotherhood of Recounters reaffirmed the suspicions of the Daily Scoffer when he admitted after several cocktails that he and his organization are hoping for a hotly-contested election followed by a long and internationally embarrassing recount. "I know that it would be a severe blackeye for the American democratic process and would undermine U.S. credibility on the world stage but another recount would really help the wife and I be able to afford that trip the Lake Powell that we have had our eye on", said Mr. Mistally. Mr. Mistally went on the say that while the I.F.B.R. has had plenty of work for the past year recounting Iraqi weapons stockpiles, American Idol votes and Michael Jackson nose jobs, a presidential recount would be an enormous windfall for the organization. "I hate to take pleasure in the failure of others," lamented Mistally, "but I am really rooting against the I.F.B.I.C. (International and Fraternal Brotherhood of Initial Counters).