President Bush promises White House workers today that President-Elect Obama will look “as gray and haggard as we all look” by the time he is finished with office.
Gee Dubya thanked his White House staff today and said there will be a seamless transfer of power. He did not mention specifically that White House staffers could or could not remove the “a”s from all of the computer keyboards in the executive mansion and Executive Office Building. Note: “Barack Obama” contains four “a”s. He did sound a note of warning to the incoming president and his staff:
“Some of you have been at the White House for just a few months. Others arrived the same day that we did nearly eight years ago. You’re the ones who can tell that my hair has gotten a little grayer. (Laughter.) Others are career employees who have been here for 30, or 40, sometimes 50 years. I can tell that your hair has gotten grayer. (Laughter.)”
Thanks Mr. President (Laughter), for a wonderful eight years. (Laughter)(Laughter)(More laughter)