How a Liberal Sees Things
The Pope is visiting Washington, D.C., and President
Bush takes him out for an afternoon on the Potomac,
sailing on the Presidential yacht, the Sequoia.
They're admiring the sights when, all of a sudden,
the Pope's hat (zucchetto) blows off his head and
out into the water. Secret Service guys start to
launch a boat, but President 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 Holy Father's little
hat, bends over 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 Headlines in New York Times,
Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Buffalo News, Milwaukee
Sentinel-Journal, Minneapolis Tribune, Denver Post,
Albuquerque Journal, Los Angeles Times and San
Francisco Chronicle proclaim:
"Bush Can't Swim."