I wish I could admit the provenance of the following, but I’ve been sworn to secrecy. Here goes:
Donald Rumsfeld is briefing president Bush: “Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.”
“Oh no!” exclaims the president, “that’s terrible!”
His staff is stunned at this unprecedented display of emotion, watching as Bush sits, head in hands.
Finally, he looks up and asks, “How many is a brazillion?”
First Lady Laura Bush speaking at the White House Correspondents Association gala noted:
George’s answer to any problem at the ranch is to cut it down with a chain saw. Which, I think, is why he and Cheney and Rumsfeld get along so well.
The quote is all over the net now, but I found it in the August issue of Vanity Fair.
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