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President Bush GK: Good to see you, Mr. President. TR (BUSH): Thank you very much. Good to be here. GK: You have a good week, Mr. President? TR (BUSH): Had a wonderful week. Neither of my daughters was arrested, so---- good news. GK: That's good. Saw a picture of you with the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, this week…. TR (BUSH): I saw that too. It was a good picture, didn't you think? GK: You looked good. TR (BUSH): We were shaking hands, Sharon and me ---- Shar, I like to call him ---- and I was sort of leaning toward him and giving him that real serious presidential look. You know what I mean? GK: I know what you mean. TR (BUSH): Eyes sorta narrow like…….. GK: So what do you think about this Microsoft deal---- TR (BUSH): What deal? GK: A federal judge overturned the ruling that Microsoft has to be split up. Actually what happened is the law clerk typing up the ruling accidentally hit control-alt-delete and the original ruling was lost. TR (BUSH): So that's why Microsoft stock went up like it did? GK: Yeah. TR (BUSH): Glad I held onto mine. GK: You worried about Vice-President Cheney? His having heart problems again? TR (BUSH): I am, yes. If this pacemaker doesn't cure the problem, he will probably need a heart transplant. He'd be the second GK: Well, thank you for dropping by, Mr. President---- TR (BUSH): My pleasure. Where'd you say we are again? GK: We're at Tanglewood……… © Garrison Keillor 2001 |
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A Christmas Blizzard
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