-Satire
Mystified and more than a little embarrassed by the radical Islamic background of the Boston Marathon killers—a tremendous inconvenience for the White House which denies the fact of Islamic terrorism--President Obama sat down in the Oval Office for a private interview with his favorite reporter, Hugh Betcha—Director of the International Terrorism Bureau of the Stoos Views media conglomerate. Hugh, who walks with kings and princes, is respected by both sides of the aisle in Washington, and recently named “Most Respected Name in Reporting 2013” by MSNBC was happy to chat with his old friend.
“Geeze, we got caught flat footed on this one,” the President moaned as he shook his head in disbelief. “Chris Tingle (Matthews), Eric Holder and I were taking bets,” the President continued, “and we would never have guessed this.”
“What?”
“Well, the Boston Bombers, you know,” the President replied. “who would have guessed about them?”
“What did you expect them to be?” Hugh inquired.
“His newest book, The Wind and the Spirit (Stories of Faith and Inspiration)” was released in 2011 with all the author’s royalties go to support the Carmelite sisters.”