After President George W. Bush learned of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and on The Pentagon from his Chief of Staff, Andrew Card, no one has ever been certain or verified what was said between the two men on on that fateful morning of September 11th, 2001….until now:
The following is the transcript of the recording that took place that morning that only a few Americans were aware existed but has now been released to Newsweek Magazine, the NY Times, and Southpaw Beagle:
Andrew Card: ”Mr. President, America has just been attacked….”
President Bush: “So, what do you want ME to do about it?”
Card: ”Mr. President, I believe this calls for swift action.”
Bush: ”Look, I’m in the middle of a book here…can we just not do anything and say we did?”
Card: ”MR. PRESIDENT !”
Bush: ”Okay…..let me just sit here and think for a minute…think….think…think. Hmmm, nothing’s coming to mind. Who did it Andy?”
Card: ”All signs point to Osama Bin Laden Mr. President.”
Bush: ”Then we need to attack Iraq.”
Card: ”Mr. President, Bin Laden is holed up somewhere in Afghanistan and has nothing to do with Iraq. He’s the leader of Al Qaeda which you would know if you’d just read the briefings we’ve given you every day since you won the election.”
Bush: ”Oh. Well that doesn’t change anything. I don’t know anything about Al Qaeda and Afghanistan but I DO know more than most people about Iraq because of what my dad’s told me. So I still say we go after Iraq and do it now….that is, as soon as I save face and wrap up this children’s book.”
Card: ”Mr. President, are you sure that’s what you want to do?”
President: Absolutely Andy. You’re missing the big picture. We’re never going to catch this guy Bin Laden in some place that I know nothing about. And Americans are too stupid to know one terrorist from another. I mean, they pretty much feel the same as me: all people who don’t look like us are terrorists and all terrorists are people who don’t look us.”
Card: ”You’ve got a point Mr. President. Come to think of it…I was up late last night watching that comedian George Lopez and he doesn’t look or even SOUND like us!”
Bush: ”I rest my case. Besides, why catch anyone? No one will care about any of this and who I catch if we’re knee deep in a war somewhere…so just declare one by 4 p.m. today on Iraq, Iran, India, Japan, whoever…..I don’t give a flying fuck.”
Card: ”What about Bin Laden sir?”
Bush: ”What about him? At 4 today, make this a declaration of the “war on terror” and the rest will take care of itself…including our reelection in 2004 which will be a walk in the park. Then in 2008 just before I leave office I’ll tell everyone I tried….and we’ll just hang the responsibility on the black guy.”
Card: ”Who sir?”
Bush: ”Obama…..that black bastard from Illinois, or Hawaii, or Malaysia, or Kenya, or wherever the fuck he’s from. He’s gonna be the next President and since he’s black, no one’s gonna give him a snowball’s chance in hell of succeeding. A couple of years into his Presidency after he hasn’t caught this Bin Laden guy everyone will have totally forgotten that it was me who didn’t go after him in the first place and who was responsible for 9-11 to begin with. Guess who will be blamed? The guy who can’t come up with his birth certificate.”
“(((HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA)))) !!”
Card: ”Win-win sir.”
Bush: ”Fuckin eyh Andy. Maybe you’re beginning to understand Texas-style politics. God knows I’ve been trying to teach them to you forever. Now, let me wrap up this book and then I’ll get on to that other thing you were telling me about. What was it again?”
(the rest of this conversation may be heard in the SPB Green Room)





















































