05.07 Mon, Apr 20
To: Ted Kennedy [ted@kennedycompound.net]
Subject: thank you
Just wanted to say thanks again for the dog. The kids love it, the press love it and me, well, I'm getting used to all the attention. He's certainly friendly! Barack
To: Michelle Obama
Subject: it won't leave me alone
Every time I turn around it's there, staring at me. At least I think it's staring at me - I can't see its eyes. I know it's just bonding, but can't it live somewhere else during the day? What about the East Wing? Or the North Wing? Is there a North Wing? You took the tour. Bx
To: Rahm Emanuel [rahm.emanuel3@gmail.com]
Cc: Jon Favreau [speechwriterman@aol.com]
Subject: Re: focusing on challenges facing nation
Agreed, we should look at some way of consolidating the challenges that face us in a rhetorical manner, with an expression the public can latch on to, our own "Axis of Evil", if you will. Any thoughts about what to call it, or who should be in it? Let me know. Barack
To: VPOTUS [joe.biden@whitehouse.gov]
Subject: Re: Mr Moneybags
Joe - Of course I don't mind you reading my tax return; that's why it's made public. And yes, I see the obvious discrepancy, but you have to realise that I'm a humble public servant like yourself, and that if it weren't for my spectacular book sales I'd have earned as little as you did last year. I'm lucky - I know. For what it's worth I ordered a copy of Promises to Keep the other day, and its Amazon sales rank went up 37,000 places. Will you sign it for me? It's a gift for the president of Mexico, along with a muffin basket and a CSI box set. Barack
To: Jon Favreau [speechwriterman@aol.com]
Subject: Re: some suggestions
Thanks, Jon. I don't think "Consolidation of Challenges" has quite the same ring as "Axis of Evil", do you? I like "Triumvirate of Malfeasance" though - imagine Bush trying to say that one - but that means we have to have three. I was thinking bankers, Afghanistan/Pakistan and pirates. Hillary wanted to stick North Korea in there, but I managed to convince her they'd only be flattered. Barack
To: Michelle Obama
Subject: Bo
I thought this dog was supposed to be for the kids. It follows me up and down the corridor. It watches me while I'm on the phone. It's watching me now. When I go to the bathroom it stands expectantly on the other side of the door. I'm the President of the United States, dammit. I have people for that. Bx
