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Including admission requirements and details of the training curriculum, please call the TTUHSC School of Allied Health Office of Admissions A student affairs at 806/743-3622 or the Physician Assistant Program In Midland, TX at 915/686-4213 or go online to WWW.TnUHSC.EDU/PAGES/ALH. AGGIELIFE THE BATTALION Electile disfunctior \4i nday. N Election debacle could lead to an impotent interim presiM T he end of the year 2000 is quickly ap proaching, and one of the most prevalent com plaints heard this year was about the noticeable lack of a futuris- Stuart Hutson tCUOiWTJVT ECQNOyjp) tic setting promised by bad ’70s sci ence fiction movies and “The Jet- sons” cartoons. Meanwhile, the subject matter that should have the American public thinking about what will not be in the near future is the in fantile quibbling about this year’s elections. The litigation resulting from I j'plectile disfunction 2000” could last until flying cars really are being sold at the local used car dealership. As anyone who has the cajones to challenge a speeding ticket Qknows, no one is better at dragging out a situation than the lawyers of this great nation. The pairing of American lawyers and the leadership of the free world is about as good an idea mas inviting Joe Lieberman to a Sat- o -urday electric ham-baking conven tion. The result has not only made America the laughing stock of the entire world, but it also has led to the populace being exposed to the words “dimpled chads” so often that masses of junior high girls are beginning to believe that the term refers to the next big fashion craze from Calvin Klein. Not that the people care any more, but it should be interesting to see the general reaction of Ameri cans when the true travesty of this affair is exposed. Clinton cannot rule forever, and the speedy court system eventually may have to decide on a temporary replacement. One possible result is executing the presidential succes sion clause of the Constitution — a clause that would normally only be used in case of a mass assassination of government leaders. First in line is Vice President A1 Gore. If anyone cannot figure out why he does not lit into the picture, he should be dragged out into the street and beaten with a rolled-up newspaper. Next come Speaker of the House of Representatives Denny Hastert and Senate President Pro Tern Strom Thurmond. Yeah, like they are going to give up sweet deals like those to have a week- long reign as the most persecuted man in the nation. These officers are followed by Secretary of State, Madeleine Al bright. This Czechoslovakian-born American does not rank because of yet another obscure constitutional clause preventing those born in foreign countries from becoming president. Then come the Secretary of De fense William Cohen and Secre tary of the Treasury Lawrence Summers. Both of these officials are rumored to be leaving public office in search of work in the pri vate sector. Good luck, guys. This leaves the most probable contestant in the giant game of “Pick the President,” Attorney General Janet Reno. No one ever enjoys seeing the glass as half empty, but in this case, finding a reason why Reno should not be president has to be better than looking at those fish bowl glasses until the presidential temper tantrum has ended. Reno has endured numerous ugly jokes during her term as a protector of the public trust. The likelihood that America as a whole would be comfortable with some one who could at any moment tear away a false wig and glasses to re veal Dr. Evil would be slim to none. Is this an exaggeration? Well, this 6-foot-1-inch juggernaut is rumored to wear a blue dress formerly owned by J. Edgar Hoover. What she lacks in charm, she makes up for in Frankenstein-in spired dread. Face it, nothing is quite as heartwarming as the pic ture of cute little Elian Gonzales with an assault rifle pointed in his general direction. Although this stantly scrutinized. Meanwhile, men need only a short haircut and a dark suit to be on par with the next guy looking for a power trip. Reno’s butch style, with the sim ple blue dress and scant traces of lipstick, may be what is needed to give a new status quo to power-mo tivated women in politics, much to the disgust of the Tammy Fae Baker wannabes often seen at Republican fund-raisers. What it really comes down to, however, is that final result of the current presidential hoopla really does not matter. Anyone with a glimmer of consciousness knows that the true ruler of the free world is Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan — or, as his friends call him, God. It has been said that a 1 Happing its wings in New Jer can cause a typhoon in I Greenspan sneezes, a smallc« goes into recession. Since there is little chanceili this demigod of the financials) tern will soon be replaced,thejl ul ace need not worry about \\!J sleeps in the White House (al though it has always been inti before). Americans can rests at night, knowing that the nest CNN airs a three-hourdefinit; a “dimpled chad,” they can tot the television. Stuart Hutsonisaiit journalisms aggressiveness could be used in Florida right now, when applied to foreign rela tions, it might cause another Branch Davidian fire situation on a larger scale ... like, say, that of Bosnia. But maybe the glass is not half empty. After all, Reno’s ap pointment is America’s most probable shot at getting a woman presi- ^ dent in the next century. 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