Yap No 36

‘Hi Bo’ said Big O ‘I’ve just had a terrible shock’

‘Don’t tell me’ I said ‘that you’ve had an obscene tweet from Anthony Weiner’

‘Oh no’ said Big O ‘nothing as terrifying as that. A recent poll reports that 47% voters definitely won’t vote for me in 2012’

‘Well I wouldn’t get too upset by that’ I said ‘there must be loads of Republican candidates they wouldn’t vote for either’

‘It gets worse’ said Big O ‘only 34% believe I’m doing a good job on the economy’

‘They must be the people who are still employed’ I said

‘It’s so disheartening though’ said Big O ‘Despite the fact that I’ve saved the banks, the car industry, the country and Sarah Palin from financial ruin my reputation with the folks as an economic manager is on a par with Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s reputation with the hotel employees union for staff relations’

‘Things are still pretty tough out there for the folks’ I said ‘especially for guys like Arnie with two families to support. They’re worried that if you raise the debt ceiling they won’t have a roof over their heads’

‘I know what I’m doing’ said Big O ‘and don’t forget that if all else fails I can engineer a comeback by Bernie Madoff to give the economy a Ponzi perspective’

‘By the way’ I asked ‘what did you make of Angela Merkel?’

‘Wonderful woman’ said Big O ‘and quite charming. Of course we didn’t see eye to eye on money matters because unlike me she believes the path to national prosperity lies through achieving budget surpluses’

‘How old fashioned’ I said ‘but I see she’s going to dump all Germany’s nuclear power stations. You should get her to have a chat with Ahmadinejad’

‘Good idea’ said Big O ‘You know Bo if I was Anthony Weiner I’d resign’

‘If you were Anthony Weiner ’I said ‘ I’d be the one taking the rap for twittering all those salacious snaps’

‘I wish I could fix the Israel Palestine thing’ said Big O ‘That Netanyahu guy makes Fox News look like my fan club’

‘I see they’ve indicted John Edwards’ I said

‘I know’ said Big O ‘I’m beginning to think that these days the only way to make a major impact as a politician is to become involved in a sex scandal. Do you think I should start a second family?’

‘I’ve got an even better idea’ I said ‘ Just think of the incremental impact if you ran a whorehouse alongside the White House. By the way I’ve got a great plan to put an end to Qaddafi’

‘What’s that?’ asked Big O

‘I’ve put the navy seals on standby for an encore’ I said