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> From: Dan Koenig <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [CHOMSKY] [Fwd: (Fwd) Fwd: Jean Poutine,prime minister of
Canada!!]
> Date: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:51 PM
>
> >George W. Bush Gets Ambushed
> By Comic in Another Name Gaffe
>
> By JULIAN BELTRAME
> Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
>
> The name of a world leader has gotten George W. Bush into trouble
> again.
>
> After a rally in Canton, Mich., last week, a man posing as a Canadian
> television reporter told Mr. Bush that Canadian Prime Minister Jean
> Poutine had endorsed him as "the man to lead the free world into the
> 21st century."
>
> Mr. Bush beamed. "I'm honored," he said. "I appreciate his strong
> statement. He understands our belief in free trade," the aspiring
> president added. "He understands I want to ensure our relationship with
> our most important neighbor to the north of us, Canadians, is strong. We
> will work closely together."
>
> Unfortunately for Mr. Bush, Canada's prime minister is Jean Chretien,
> not Poutine. Poutine is a French-Canadian concoction of french fries
> and cheese curds smothered in gravy that is much beloved in Quebec.
>
> The man posing as a journalist was Canadian comedian Rick Mercer,
> whose segment on a satirical weekly TV show often lampoons American
> ignorance of Canadian matters. He once had the governor of Arkansas
> congratulate Canada on building a "national igloo" to protect its
> Parliament building. The show broadcast Mr. Bush's reply earlier this
> week. "We got him hook, line and sinker," said producer Geoff D'Eon.
>
> Calls to Mr. Bush's spokesman Ari Fleischer in Austin, Texas, weren't
> returned Wednesday.