Boomsday Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley

Author:Christopher Buckley [BUCKLEY, CHRISTOPHER]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction / General
ISBN: 9781455525478
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2012-04-16T00:00:00+00:00

Cass knew from the look on Terry’s face that something was wrong. They were in Manchester, New Hampshire, two days before the primary. Randy was within three polling points of Peacham.

“What?” she said.

“I just got a call from The Washington Post. Wanting to know about our North Korean golf tournament.”

Cass sat without taking off her parka. “Aha.”

“Yeah.”

“Trumble.”

“Probably.” Terry snorted. “Though I doubt Peacham—or even your dad—stood in his way.”

Cass considered. “Did the Post have… details?”

“Enough”—Terry sighed—“for a headline on the order of JEPPERSON’S TOP AIDES ASSISTING EVIL, ROTTEN, DESPICABLE NORTH KOREAN DICTATORSHIP WITH IMPROVING IMAGE.”

“Oh dear,” Cass said. “Well, that’s it, then. Did you explain that the North Koreans came to you, not the other way around?”

“Yeah, but I don’t think that’s going to be the lead.”

Cass stood. “He’s speaking to that self-esteem group. I better intercept him before the Post reaches him.”

Randy listened to what Cass and Terry had to say with a mix of facial expressions, most of which included a furrowed brow. When there was no more to say, Cass handed him a piece of paper.

“What’s this?”

“Terry’s and my official resignation from your campaign. Be sure to say that you were appalled to learn about it all. And that you immediately accepted—actually, demanded—our resignations. With any luck, they’ll move on.”

Randy looked at Terry. Terry shrugged. “You’re within spitting distance of Peacham. You don’t want to get bogged down in this.”

Cass said to Terry, “Could I talk to Randy for a minute?”

“I can’t do this without you,” Randy said.

“Sure you can. Just keep telling them to shut the fuck up.”

Randy tore up the piece of paper.

“I appreciate the gesture, but I already posted it on the website.”

“You stood by me. I’ll stand by you. We’ll tough it out.”

“That’s sweet but completely suicidal. If you make it, you might actually be in a position to fix this mess. I wouldn’t draw a whole lot of satisfaction from thinking I stood in the way of that. Hey”—she smiled—“we’re a long way from Turdje.”

Randy was blinking back tears. Cass reached over and stroked his cheek. “You can’t go in front of the Greater Manchester Self-Esteem League looking like that.”

Two days later, Randy finished second in the New Hampshire primary, three points behind Peacham. The big surprise that night was Gideon Payne, who came in third. An impressive showing—and now it was on to South Carolina.

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