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The Education of George Bush
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The Education of George Bush
Given that George Bush had little foreign travel experience when elected, he decided to make a state visit to Europe. While visiting England, he was invited to tea with the Queen. He asked her what her leadership philosophy was. She said that it is to surround herself with intelligent people.
He asked how she knows if they're intelligent.
"I do so by asking them the right questions," said the Queen. "Allow me to demonstrate."
She phoned Tony Blair and said, "Mr. Prime Minister. Please answer this question:
"Your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"
Mr. Blair responded, "It's me, ma'am."
"Correct. Thank you and good-bye, sir," said the Queen.
She hung up the phone and said, "Did you get that, Mr. Bush?"
"Yes ma'am. Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!"
Upon returning home, he decided he'd better put some of his friends to the test. He called Dick Cheney and said, "Hi Dick, I wonder if you can answer a question for me."
"Why, of course, Mr. President. What's on your mind?"
"Well, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child
is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"
Cheney hemmed and hawed and finally asked, "Can I think about it and get back to you?"
Bush agreed, and Cheney hung up.
Cheney immediately called members of his staff, and they puzzled over the question for several hours, but nobody could come up with an answer.
Finally, in desperation, Cheney called Colin Powell at the State Department and explained his problem. "Now look here, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister.
Who is it?"
Powell answered immediately, "It's me, of course, you idiot."
Much relieved, Cheney rushed back to call Bush and exclaimed, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's Colin Powell!"
And Bush replied in disgust, "Wrong, it's Tony Blair."
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