President Bongo Comes to Washington

Sometimes events sound so ridiculous it seems like the news is writing scripts for comedy shows all by itself. According to a Nov. 9 article in the nations, Jack Abramoff (you remember him DeLay's buddy) was supposedly seeking $9 million to arrange a meeting between the President of a West African nation and President Bush. The West African gentleman is President Bongo (yeah really!). Of course everyone involved denys any money actually changed hands for the meeting and nothing improper, blah blah blah occurred.

Apparently the big Bongo meets Bush meeting occurred on May 26, 2004.