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On Friday, Hu Jintao was named chief of China’s Communist Party. The Tempo Subcommittee on Imagined Oval Office Conversations has filed this transcript:
Dick Cheney: Mr. President, did you know Hu has been chosen as the new president of China?
Bush: No, who?
Cheney: Exactly.
Bush: I’m saying, who is the new president of China?
Cheney: That’s right.
Bush: So you’re telling me who is the new president?
Cheney: Yes, Hu.
Bush: No, you say who!
Cheney: Absolutely.
Bush: So when I go to China, I’ll be meeting with who?
Cheney: And I’m sure he’s looking forward to it.
Bush: Who?
Cheney: The new president of China.
