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Journalist's Size 10 Fits Comedians' Punch Lines
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RENEE MONTAGNE, Host:
Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne. First the shoes, now the late-night comedians are throwing one-liners at the president. Last night David Letterman joked...
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DAVID LETTERMAN: I don't think Bush really has dodged anything like that, well, since the Vietnam War.
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MONTAGNE: Jay Leno tossed this off.
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JAY LENO: Where was the Secret Service?
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LENO: I mean shouldn't they at least have jumped in front of the second shoe?
MONTAGNE: And no doubt the comedians will keep running with the joke as long as they can. It's Morning Edition. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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