Shall We Tell the President?

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“I, Florentyna Kane, do solemnly swear...”

“I, Florentyna Kane, do solemnly swear...”

“...that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States...”

“...that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States...”

“...and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help me God.”

“...and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help me God.”

Her hand still resting on the Douay Bible, the forty-third President smiled at the First Gentleman. It was the end of one struggle and the beginning of another. Florentyna Kane knew about struggles. Her first struggle had been to be elected to Congress, then the Senate and finally four years later when she had become the first woman Vice President of the United States. After a fierce primary campaign, she had only narrowly managed to defeat Senator Ralph Brooks on the fifth ballot at the Democratic National Convention in June. In November she survived an even fiercer battle with the Republican candidate, a former congressman from New York. Florentyna Kane was elected President by 105,000 votes, a mere one percent, the smallest margin in American history, smaller even than the 118,000 that John F. Kennedy had gained over Richard Nixon back in 1960.

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