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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (32)12/29/2002 11:37:48 PM
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Dec 26th, 2001 (DF) -President-Elect Bush's transition team released his plans for dealing with world leader's names. After Bush's publicized inability to remember and pronounce the names of some world leaders during the campaign, much focus has been put on how he'll perform in foriegn meetings.

For the most part, aides say, Bush will refer to world leader's as "hey, you." If there are multiple leaders present, Bush will wink at the one he wishes to speak to, and point at him, often making a little gun gesture with his hand. But the incoming Bush administration says Bush is aware there will be times when he must pronounce a name. So the President-Elect's team has announced they will ask world leaders change their names to make them more acceptable to the new President. "There are obviously a lot of strange sounding names in the world that are not compatible with Texas" said former Sec. of State Jim Baker, who is leading the effort. "so we are going to move ahead in a way that the President-Elect is comfortable."

Baker says leaders will simply be asked to "Texasize" their names. Under this plan, Yogoslavia's President Voyaslav Kostunicha will become "Floyd Custer." Russian President Vladimir Putin will be changed to "Chad Peters." PLO Chairman Yassir Arafat will become "Yassidy." French President Jacques Chirac will be "Jack Shack" at the Bush White House.

Nicknames will also help the President-Elect. British Prime Minister Tony Blair can expect to hear "Hey, TB" when he visits the White House. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak's name will be crunched into "Ed" for the President-Elect's easy comprehension. However, at least one world leader will not cooperate with Bush. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was indignant when he learned the new President would be calling him "My buddy G."

And there was word that Canada's Jean Chritien was not pleased with his Texasized name, "Jeek," although he signaled he may be open to just being called "Bud.
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