Newsletter from Australia

White House,
Washington DC.,

18th September 09

Dear Mr President,

You wouldn’t believe how proud and thrilled I am that you reacted to last week’s Newsletter by appointing your mate Jeff Bleach as the new US Ambassador to Australia.

I had no idea that our Newsletter would have such a big impact on you. That has made it all the more worthwhile for all of us at the Obama Fan Club.

We convened a special meeting of the Club last Tuesday when we passed a resolution congratulating you on this landmark appointment. We also discussed whether we should continue with the Newsletter now that Jeff’s coming on board. There was a unanimous vote in favour of carrying on in order to give Jeff time to settle into the job and also because you have obviously come to depend on us so much.

It’s such a shame that he has to live in Canberra but there’s lots of lovely people down there like Kevin and Julia and I suppose he’ll spend most of his time with them at cocktail parties.

I’ll write a note to Jeff at the embassy inviting him to bring his family to Sydney. The Club can take them out round all the sights and if they bring their togs we could all go for a splash at Bondi then lunch at McDonalds just to make them feel at home.

As luck would have it the Club has a vacant slot for a guest speaker in November. I’m going to ask Jeff to speak on ‘Feeling my way Down Under’.

You’re not going to believe this but Mildred had a great idea. She said why don’t we talk to Jeff about co-ordinating our newsletters with the stuff you get from the embassy. I mean there’s no point in Jeff sending you the same good goss as us. I’ll mention that to him when I see him.

Don’t worry I’m not going to load Jeff up with stuff until he’s got his feet under the table. He’ll have lots to do when he gets here like chatting to Kevin and Stephen Wotshisname our Foreign Affairs bloke, meeting all the local CIA spooks and presenting his credentials to the Governor General. She’s such a charming woman. Please tell Jeff not to be worried because I’m sure she wont inspect his credentials in public.

Trust you are going well with the healthcare plan. I wouldn’t look for any new healthcare ideas in NSW if I were you. The waiting lists to get out of hospitals here are longer than the ones to get in.

Did you see that performance by Serena Williams at the US Open? I was so shocked. How on earth did she think she was going to get that tennis ball down that poor lineswoman’s throat? I can only hope that instead of getting her to swallow it whole she intended to do it with sliced serve.

Till next week,

Gaelene Woo
President