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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (447235)	1/13/2009 3:22:47 PM
From: Road Walker	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1573848

But that doesn't excuse the prank itself. Very unbecoming of the office of the presidency. You're right, whoopie cushions in the Oval Office would have been more becoming.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (447235)	1/13/2009 4:09:02 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573848

"If you think the need to replace those keyboards ASAP points to an incompetency with Bush staffers, then you're still making s--t up. " I didn't make it up. It was what the White House said. "Or just go to the local Staples in NW D.C. and get a few extra keyboards." If the claims of costs are to be believed, they spent $75 per keyboard. Given the standard Compaq keyboard circa 2001, that was a considerable upgrade. "But that doesn't excuse the prank itself. " Pranks happen. As noted in the report, which I suppose you haven't read as of yet, pranks happen with every transition. I am not excusing them, but I do challenge the meme that it never happened before. As you, i-node and jlallen are pretending.