APRIL
23, 2006 --
With
abject apologies to the memory of the brilliant Abbott and
Costello…
LPR
has absolutely no information that White House Press Secretary Scott
McCllellan decided to leave his post based on the following exchange
-- which so far as LPR knows did not take place.
LPR does wonder if some of the reported
Sino-American tension flared up when the President of China learned that Jack
Bauer is still alive.
After all, with President Logan shouting that he is trying to keep oil from
reaching $100 a barrel, LPR is starting to wonder whether some facts are being
sprinkled on the fiction of "24.""
McClellan: I have an announcement. The President of China will be
visiting the U.S.
in April?
Reporter: Who?
McClellan: Hu.
Reporter: Why are you asking me?
McClellan: What?
Reporter: Are you giving us a test to see if we hear you?
What did you announce.
McClellan:Hu is coming to the U.S.
Reporter: How should I know? I'd just like to know who.
McClellan: Are you asking for an exclusive interview?
Reporter: With who?
McClellan: That's right.
Reporter: What's right -- what's right anywhere in your White
House press office -- other than your politics.
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McClellan: You
don't have to get personal. I'm trying to give you information.
Reporter: Then why don't you tell us who is coming
to the U.S.
McClellan: But I did.
Reporter: You did what.
McClellan: Tell you Hu is coming to the U.S.
Reporter: You told whom?
McClellan:Yes, Brit Hume and and all of you.
Reporter: Sure, you tell Fox News who is
coming but you won't
tell the rest of us.
McClellan: But I told all of you Hu is coming.
Reporter: Then why won't you say who, now.
McClellan: No, it is not Hu Nao--it is Hu
Jintaoi
Reporter: Who is Jintao?
McClellan: (to himself) There must be an
easier way to make a
a living.
Proprietor's Note: On
Sunday Morning,
ABC's "This
Week" program showed a clip of Jon Stewart doing a
variation of the Abbott & Costello routine based on
the name of the president of China.
I do not have
cable TV and do not watch the Stewart program.
The LPR piece was written before I learned of the Stewart version and without
reference to anything but the
Abbott and Costello classic.
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