First, I'm happy to tell you that the incident involving Secretary O'Leary and Congressman Wooden has been dispensed with... though not really, and I'll get to that at the end. Sam asked C.J. to move the briefing to two o'clock so that we could fold in the teachers. C.J. had emergency root canal surgery at noon and so was unable to brief.
Who did?
I did.
Oh, God.
You're going to be reading a bit today about your secret plan to fight inflation.
I have a secret plan to fight inflation?
No.
Why am I going to be reading that I do?
It was suggested in the press room that you do.
By who?
By me.
You told the press I have a secret plan to fight inflation?
No, I did not. Let me be absolutely clear, I did not do that. Except, yes, I did that.
Josh, I'm a little confused.
Sir, there was this idiotic round robin. It was sarcastic. There was no way they didn't know that. They were just mad at me for imposing discipline and calling them stupid.
Okay, before we go on: C.J., if blood is gushing from a head wound you just received from a herd of stampeding bison, you'll do the press briefings.
Yes sir.
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