After all of John Kerry’s comical evading, ducking, dodging, concealing, double-talking and obfuscating yesterday on Good Morning America, the New York Times slaps this headline on its front page: “Kerry Questions Bush Attendance in Guard in 70′s”.
It reminds me of the “Pope joke” floating around the Internet:
The Pope is visiting Washington and President Bush takes him out for an afternoon on the Potomac sailing on the Presidential Yacht. They’re admiring the sights when all of a sudden, the Pope’s hat (zucchetto) blows off his head and out into the water.
The Secret Service escort scrambles to launch a boat, but Bush waves them off saying, “Wait, wait. I’ll take care of this. Don’t worry.” Bush then steps off the yacht onto the surface of the water and walks out to the Pope’s little hat, bends over and picks it up, then walks back to the yacht and climbs aboard. He hands the hat to the Pope amid stunned silence.
The next morning, the Washington Post carries a story, with front page photos, of the event. The banner headline is: “Bush Can’t Swim”.
