Mr. President

George Wong stood pale and silent by the video screen, listening to the election returns, a long-stemmed glass of champagne clutched forgotten in his trembling right hand. It was terrible news: he'd been elected president. "I'm sorry, truly sorry," Michael Thompson said sympathetically, placing a friendly arm across the narrow shoulders of the successful candidate. George Wong had been overwhelmingly elected. Messages of sympathy poured in, but they couldn't help . . . nothing could.