Bush Team Adopts Forrest Gump Practice during Meetings

Reporters recently discovered that after visiting a restaurant called the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, a commercialized spin-off of the Forrest Gump movie, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had the bright idea to use a two sided token during high-level cabinet and presidential meetings. Instead of "Run, Forrest, Run" and "Stop, Forrest, Stop," the tokens say "Lie, Forrest, Lie" and "Truth, Forrest, Truth." White House stenographers have been instructed to stop note taking whenever the token is turned over to say "Truth, Bush, Truth."

By using the tokens, the Bush team has been able to admit laughable comments to the media, including a recent assertion by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that she recommended the replacement of the whole Bush team. In fact, a Gump-inspired token at the meeting was turned over to say "Lie, Forrest, Lie" so that everyone at the meeting knew her statements were said in jest. The discovery of the use of these tokens explains the frequent laughter shown in the official record of White House meetings.