Togo Discovered in Africa
After hearing State Department spokesman Adam Ereli tell reporters that "We
are watching the situation in Togo closely," President Bush has ordered
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to return home from Paris and show him
"just where in the Sam Hill that Togo place is".
"The president is not stupid," said Ms. Rice. "When I met him in his
office this afternoon, he had maps of Africa all over the place. So he was
in the right continent, he just needs new reading glasses".
Given the size of the tiny nation, this is not an uncommon mistake. At
first the president refused to believe there was such a land as Togo, but
after seeing the map and some musky issues of National Geographic,
graciously admitted his mistake.
Togo has been holding some rather mild protests since the weekend death
of Gen. Gnassingbe Eyadema, who had ruled Togo since 1967. Bypassing the
country's constitutional electoral procedures, Eyadema's son, 39-year-old
Faure , was immediately named the country's president. Told that the people
of Togo were not revolting, the president quipped, "Oh yes they are. You
should see their pictures". |
