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Four more years?
This official White House reaction to Katrina victim Rockey Vaccarella’s call for a third term for President Bush: Forget about it.
There’s the constitutional ban of course. But, says Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino, there are other reasons.
“Believe me, I think staff thinks two are plenty,” she said.
How come?
“Because I’m tired,” Perino joked as she pinch hit for vacationing Press Secretary Tony Snow at the daily White House briefing.
Vaccarella scored an Oval Office meeting with Bush on Wednesday after garnerning publicity by pulling a FEMA-like trailer to Washington to bring attention to the ongoing Katrina recovery effort. Vaccarella thinks Bush is doing a great job. And, like the president, thinks there is much more work to be done.
And, FYI, here’s the transcript of q-and-a about what’s in the White House swag bag in his left hand:
Q: What did you get in your White House goodie bag?
Rockey: I got a couple momentums that I had lost a little bit.
Q What all did you get in there, Mr. Vaccarella?
Rockey: I got a tie pin. I had, like, 30 ties I lost in Katrina, so I’ll go buy some ties, and a bookmarker for my granddaughter Alex. And he gave me a lot of tokens; he gave me a lot of tokens.
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