The Presidential election 2012 was too close to call. Neither Mitt Romney nor Obama had enough votes to win. There was much talk about ballot recounting, court challenges, etc., but a week-long ice fishing competition seemed the sportsmanlike way to settle things.
 
The candidate that caught the most fish at the end of the week would win the election.
 
After much of back and forth discussion, it was decided that the contest would take place on a remote frozen lake in northern Minnesota .
 
There were to be no observers present, and both men were to be sent out separately on this isolated lake and return at 5 P.M. with their catch for counting and verification by a team of neutral parties.
 
At the end of the first day, Mitt Romney returned to the starting line and he had 10 fish.
 
Soon, Obama returned and had no fish. Well, everyone assumed he was just having a bad day or something and hopefully, he would catch up the next day.
 
At the end of the 2nd day Mitt came in with 20 fish and Obama came in again with none.
 
That evening, the democrats got together secretly and said, "I think that Mitt Romney is a low-life, cheatin' son-of-a-gun. Tomorrow don't bother fishing. Just spy on him and see just how he is cheating.'
 
The next night (after Mitt returns with 50 fish), the democrats got together for the report of how the republicans were cheating.
 
Obama said, "You are not going to believe this, he's cutting holes in the ice!"