Indianapolis, IN - President Bush flew to Indianapolis on Saturday, to attend the Mideast Peace conference. Unfortunately, after landing in Indianapolis, the President's staff quickly realized he had told them to go to the wrong city.
As everyone knows, the Mideast Conference is in Annapolis, Maryland not Indianapolis as Bush had told them.
Never one to admit a mistake, President Bush waited for several hours aboard Air Force One, while his staff devised a believable cover story for his unexpected visit to the "Hoosier State."
Soon, the local representatives of Indiana arrived, including Dan Quayle, David Letterman, and rock legend John "Cougar" Mellencamp.
Bush swaggered down the steps of Air Force One and greeted the Indiana luminaries as if this was what he had in mind all along.
At a hastily erected podium, Bush, (sticking to a speech his staff had written for him), said he was visiting the "Hoosier State" because of comments recently made by Indiana representative, Mike Pence, who had said that "Shopping in Baghdad is just like shopping at a market in Indiana." (Pence's comments had drawn criticism from pundits and policy-makers alike).
"So," Bush said " I have decided to see for myself what shopping in Indiana is like."
Accordingly, Mitch Daniels, the Governor of Indiana, presented Bush with a shopping bag full of gift cards and declared November 24th, 2007 as "Shop 'Til You Drop Day" in Indiana.
Playing along with the gag, Bush allowed himself to be escorted to several Indiana malls, where he purchased a cell phone battery, an extra pair of socks and a few movies which he planned to watch later on Air Force One.
Meanwhile, the Middle East Press Conference collapsed when delegates learned that The President of the United States had stood them.
