[Peace-discuss] Hu's on First

[Lisa Chason]

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> >Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this after Hu Jintao was named chief of
> >the Communist Party in China.
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> >HU'S ON FIRST
> >By James Sherman
> >
> >(We take you now to the Oval Office.)
> >
> >George: Condi!  Nice to see you.  What's happening?
> >
> >Condi: Sir, I have the report here about the new leader of China.
> >
> >George:  Great.  Lay it on me.
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> >Condi: Hu is the new leader of China.
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> >George: That's what I want to know.
> >
> >Condi:  That's what I'm telling you.
> >
> >George: That's what I'm asking you.  Who is the new leader of China?
> >
> >Condi:  Yes.
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> >George:  I mean the fellow's name.
> >
> >Condi:  Hu.
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> >George:  The guy in China.
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> >Condi:  Hu.
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> >George:  The new leader of China.
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> >Condi:  Hu.
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> >George:  The Chinaman!
> >
> >Condi:  Hu is leading China.
> >
> >George:  Now whaddya' asking me for?
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> >Condi:  I'm telling you Hu is leading China.
> >
> >George:  Well, I'm asking you.  Who is leading China?
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> >Condi:  That's the man's name.
> >
> >George:  That's who's name?
> >
> >Condi:  Yes.
> >
> >George:  Will you or will you not tell me the name of the new leader of
> >China?
> >
> >Condi:  Yes, sir.
> >
> >George:  Yassir?  Yassir Arafat is in China?  I thought he was in the
Middle
> >East.
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> >Condi:  That's correct.
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> >George:  Then who is in China?
> >
> >Condi:  Yes, sir.
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> >George:  Yassir is in China?
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> >Condi:  No, sir.
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> >George:  Then who is?
> >
> >Condi:  Yes, sir.
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> >George:  Yassir?
> >
> >Condi:  No, sir.
> >
> >George:  Look, Condi.  I need to know the name of the new leader of
China.
> >Get me the Secretary General of the U.N. on the phone.
> >
> >Condi:  Kofi?
> >
> >George:  No, thanks.
> >
> >Condi:  You want Kofi?
> >
> >George:  No.
> >
> >Condi:  You don't want Kofi.
> >
> >George:  No.  But now that you mention it, I could use a glass of milk.
And
> >then get me the U.N.
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> >Condi:  Yes, sir.
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> >George:  Not Yassir!  The guy at the U.N.
> >
> >Condi:  Kofi?
> >
> >George:  Milk!  Will you please make the call?
> >
> >Condi:  And call who?
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> >George:  Who is the guy at the U.N?
> >
> >Condi:  Hu is the guy in China.
> >
> >George:  Will you stay out of China?!
> >
> >Condi:  Yes, sir.
> >
> >George:  And stay out of the Middle East!  Just get me the guy at the
U.N.
> >
> >Condi:  Kofi.
> >
> >George:  All right!  With cream and two sugars.   Now get on the phone.
> >
> >(Condi picks up the phone.)
> >
> >Condi:  Rice, here.
> >
> >George: Rice?  Good idea.  And a couple of egg rolls, too.  Maybe we
should
> >send some to the guy in China.  And the Middle East.  Can you
> >get Chinese food in the Middle East?
> >
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