While walking down the street one day, a politician is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and meets with St.Peter at the entrance.
'Welcome to heaven ' says St.Peter. 'Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see around these parts a high official, you see, so we are not sure what to do with you.'
'No problem, just let me in' says the politician.
'Well, I'd like to but I have orders from higher up. We will have you spend one day in hell and one day in heaven and then you can decide where you will spend the rest of eternity.'
'Really, I've made up my mind, I want to stay in heaven' says the politician
'I'm sorry, we have our rules'. And St. Peters escorts the politician to elevator and then down, down in hell.The doors open and he finds himself on the green golf course.
In the distance there are loads of beautiful women, his long-lost friends and other politicians that worked with him, all dressed in evening dresses.They run to greet him, hug him and remember the good old times they had while getting rich on other's expenses. They play a friendly game of golf, eat lobster and caviar. Also present is the devil( a politician as well) who really is a friendly guy who has good time dancing and telling jokes.
They are having such a good time that, before he realises, is time to go. Everyone gives him a hug and wave at the elevator that is going up, up, up.
Up in heaven, St Peter gives him the tour. 24 hours pass with the politician joining a group of contended souls, moving from a cloud to another, playing the harp and singing. the hours pass and here comes St. Peter.
'Well, you have to decide, where will you spend your eternity?'
He reflects for a minute, then the politician says:' Well, I would never have tought it, I mean...don't get me wrong, heaven has been delightfull, but I think I'll be better off in hell.'
'As you wish' says St. Peter and escorts him back to escalator.
He goes down, down, down, further down, in hell. The doors open and he is standing in the middle of a barren land covered with garbage and waste.He sees ugly women, and his friends dressed in rags, picking up trash and looking for food in the garbage.The devil comes to politician and lays an arm on his neck.
'I don't understand, cries the politician. Yesterday I was playing golf with beautiful women, eating caviar and lobster, we danced and had a great time telling jokes. Now this dirty place and my friends look so miserable.What happened?'
The devil looks at him, smiles and says:
'Yesterday we were campaining. Today you voted for us!'
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