A Hugh Betcha Special to Canada Free Press --Satire
In the wake of the tragic terror attack in Orlando which killed 49 Americans and injured scores more, Loretta Lynch--point person for the Obama Administration--decided to get serious about ISIS. It was time to go on offense. And, as is usually the case, whenever the President or his advisers need to break such a story to the press, they call on Ace Reporter Hugh Betcha, Head of the Middle East Bureau of the Stoos Media Conglomerate. Hugh, winner of the 2016 MSNBC award for "Reporter of the Year," recipient of the 2016 "Al Sharpton Most Articulate Reporter of the Decade" award for his ability to string two sentences end to end, a reporter who walks with kings and princes and is admired on both sides of the aisle in Foggy Bottom, was quick to respond to the call.
The reporter--with a bag over his head at the insistence of the Secret Service agents in order to preserve anonymity--was ushered into Lynch's office under tight wraps. He sensed something of great importance in the tone of her voice when she called him at o'dark thirty that morning.
"Good morning Ms. Attorney General," Hugh said reverently as he pulled the bag off his head, "I assume you want to discuss the recent attack by the Muslim terrorist in Orlando."
"Please do not swear in this office, Hugh, we have strict rules on that here at the White House," she replied in an unusually stern voice.
"What do you mean?" Hugh asked, stunned by her tone of voice.
" We do not use the M-word in this house, nor do we use the T-word here--they are disrespectful and inappropriate."
"But," Hugh said meekly, "the M-T who killed those people certainly proclaimed allegiance to ISIS while he was slaughtering those poor folks in the Pulse club certainly was Islamic---"
"--Stop it!" Lynch shouted, plugging her ears with her fingers "We do not use such language here--the I-word is also forbidden!"
"But those M-Ts who cut off heads, burn people alive, drown them in cages, blow their heads off with detcord, and who have slaughtered dozens of our fellow citizens, certainly deserve to be called what they are don't you think? I mean, after all, did not the M-T in Orlando yell "Allahu Akbar " as he gunned them down?"
"The American public has it all wrong. These Muslim Terrorists as you call them, are simply misunderstood. God , I hate to even say those words...but anyway, they are not bad people. The President and I believe they are simply unloved, unemployed young men, driven crazy by GlobalWarming who--if they were just loved and had jobs like you and me--would never do such things as they have done. They are just unhappy people whose beliefs must be understood, differ from ours, and suffer from a lack of affection. Had I been at the Pulse bar to hug him, I am sure I could have stopped this unfortunate act and saved some lives."
"So...." replied Hugh, nonplussed.
"So, the President and I have decided to change our tactics. We will no longer hate these poor unfortunate souls; rather, we are going to love them to death."
"What?"
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