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Le 27 oct. 05, à 17:30, Aliette Guibert a écrit :

> In The New Yorker
> www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/articles/051031sh_shouts
>
>
> Extract of 16 pages... :
>
> THE RETURN OF THE BUSH QUIZ
> by PAUL SLANSKY
> Issue of 2005-10-31
> Posted 2005-10-24
>
>
>
>
> 1. Who is Ben Marble?
> (a) The Pentagon official who said that George W. Bush's staged
> videoconference with U.S. troops in Iraq made him "livid."
> (b) The Texas liquor-authority agent who arrested George W. Bush's
> intoxicated nephew John for resisting arrest.
> (c) The former White House speechwriter who said that Harriet Miers, 
> the
> Supreme Court nominee, told him that George W. Bush was the most 
> brilliant
> man she'd ever met.
> (d) The Gulfport, Mississippi, onlooker who twice interrupted Dick 
> Cheney's
> conversation with reporters to tell Cheney, "Go fuck yourself."
>
> 2. True or false: During Sky News Ireland's coverage of George W. 
> Bush's
> reaction to Hurricane Katrina, the network paraphrased his comments 
> with the
> caption "BUSH: ONE OF THE WORST DISASTERS TO HIT THE U.S."
>
> 3. To what was George W. Bush referring when he said, "The best place 
> for
> the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating 
> it"?
> (a) The investigation into Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist's stock 
> sale.
> (b) The investigation into the role of the White House aide Karl Rove 
> in the
> Valerie Plame case.
> (c) The indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on 
> money-laundering
> charges.
> (d) The indictment of the former Bush Administration budget official 
> David
> Safavian on charges of lying and obstruction of justice.
>
> 4. What did Dick Cheney say when asked why he didn't cut his Wyoming
> fly-fishing vacation short until several days after Katrina hit New 
> Orleans?
> (a) "Go fuck yourself."
> (b) "I didn't stop smoking until after my fourth heart attack, so some
> things take a while to sink in with me."
> (c) "I came back four days early."
> (d) "The trout were biting big-time."
>
> Who said what about stranded flood victims?
> 5. Barbara Bush.
> 6. Wolf Blitzer.
> 7. Bill O'Reilly.
>
> (a) "So many of the people in the arena here, you know, were 
> underprivileged
> anyway. This is working very [chuckling] well for them."
> (b) That many of them were "drug-addicted."
> (c) "So many of these people, almost all of them that we see, are so 
> poor,
> and they are so black."
>
> 8. While speaking to hurricane victims in Mississippi, Laura Bush twice
> mistakenly referred to the storm as:
> (a) Catalina. (c) Condoleezza.
> (b) Corina. (d) Karenina.
>
> 9. What was notable about the memo sent by FEMA's director, Michael 
> Brown,
> to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff hours after the 
> flooding of
> New Orleans began?
> (a) His repeated references to FEMA as the "Federal Emergency 
> Management
> Association" instead of "Agency."
> (b) The lack of urgency in his request that a thousand workers be sent 
> to
> the region "within forty-eight hours," and his suggestion that those 
> workers
> bring cash, because "A.T.M.s may not be working."
> (c) His prediction that the disaster could be "just the thing" to lead 
> an
> "already shaky" George W. Bush to start drinking again.
> (d) His suggestion that the agency see about setting up "foster barns" 
> for
> the region's Arabian horses.
>
> 10. Who is Norris Alderson?
> (a) The Food and Drug Administration official who resigned in protest 
> of the
> agency's refusal to allow over-the-counter sales of the morning-after 
> pill.
> (b) The veterinarian with no experience on women's-health issues who 
> was
> initially named to run the F.D.A.'s Office of Women's Health.
> (c) The lawyer who was named to run the Immigration and Customs 
> Enforcement
> agency despite having minimal experience in immigration, customs, or 
> law
> enforcement.
> (d) The Manhattan shopper who confronted Condoleezza Rice at Ferragamo,
> where she was spending thousands of dollars as the situation in New 
> Orleans
> was deteriorating, and demanded, "How dare you shop for shoes while
> thousands are dying and homeless?"
>
> 11. Three of these statements were made by George W. Bush. Which one 
> did
> Michael Chertoff make?
> (a) "One of the things that people want us to do here is to play a 
> blame
> game."
> (b) "So please give cash money to organizations that are directly 
> involved
> in helping save lives-save the life who had been affected by Hurricane
> Katrina."
> (c) "Louisiana is a city that is largely underwater."
> (d) "We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do 
> our
> job."
>
> Who did what?
> 12. Senator Rick Santorum (R-Pa.).
> 13. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.).
> 14. Representative Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.).
> 15. Representative Richard Baker (R-La.).
> 16. Representative Tom DeLay (R-Texas).
> 17. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.).
>
> (a) Said that God "finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans."
> (b) Complained about the people who refused to evacuate, and suggested 
> that
> "there may be a need to look at tougher penalties on those who decide 
> to
> ride it out and understand that there are consequences to not leaving."
> (c) Said of Dick Cheney, "I would like to believe he's sick rather 
> than just
> mean and evil."
> (d) Said that if anyone, including George W. Bush, spoke another word 
> trying
> to blame local officials for the magnitude of the disaster, "I might 
> likely
> have to punch him. Literally."
> (e) Approached three newly homeless children in the Astrodome and said,
> "Now, tell me the truth, boys, is this kind of fun?"
> (f) Said of George W. Bush's photo op in San Diego as New Orleans 
> flooded,
> "The President was enjoying the day; he was strumming a guitar. I 
> don't deny
> him the pleasures of office, but people were drowning."
>
> 18. What did George W. Bush say to reassure people about Harriet Miers?
> (a) "She's the most brilliant woman I've ever met."
> (b) "She's got the best heart of anyone I know, just a super heart."
> (c) "She helped hide the bodies in my National Guard record."
> (d) "She is plenty bright."
>
> 19. What prompted George W. Bush's response "I've got a life to live, 
> and
> will do so"?
> (a) A question about the propriety of taking a five-week vacation when 
> U.S.
> soldiers were dying in Iraq.
> (b) A question about why he was out bike-riding instead of talking to 
> the
> war protester Cindy Sheehan.
> (c) A question about why he flew to California instead of Louisiana 
> after he
> heard about the New Orleans flooding.
> (d) A question about the propriety of wasting so much fuel on trips to 
> New
> Orleans that had no purpose but to make the public think he was in 
> charge.
>
> 20. What did George W. Bush say that the government had to do in 
> response to
> the New Orleans flooding?
> (a) "We've got to solve problems. We're problem-solvers."
> (b) "We've got to do the work. We're work-doers."
> (c) "We've got to fire Brownie. We're Brownie-firers."
> (d) "We've got to get rid of that water. We're water-getter-ridders. 
> Of."
>
>
>
>
> Answers:
> (1) d, (2) True, (3) b, (4) c, (5) a, (6) c, (7) b, (8) b, (9) b, (10) 
> b,
> (11) c, (12) b, (13) d, (14) c, (15) a, (16) e, (17) f, (18) d, (19) 
> b, (20)
> a.
>
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