A New Pope is Elected

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was elected the new Pope, but not in the first election. In that first election the College of Cardinals used the electronic voting machines made by the companies that supplied the ones used here in the last US election. Inexplicably the first election resulted in George W. Bush being elected as the new pontiff. The cardinals were baffled as none of them had cast a vote for the US President to be the Bishop of Rome. In a paper re-count Ratzinger won handily. No comment has come from the White House, although insiders have reported that the President has unpacked his suitcases.