The Queen's Riddle

I did not write this, though I wish I had. This was forwarded to me in an email, and I found it too rich to not share. However, I did choose to add some parenthetical notes:



THE QUEEN'S RIDDLE

Barack Obama met with the Queen of England. (As she is not Muslim, he did not bow.)

He asked her, "Your Majesty, how do you run such an efficient government? Are there any tips you can give to me?" (We could only long for the day that Obama would seek political advice from someone other than a radical leftist.)

"Well," said the Queen, "the most important thing is to surround yourself with intelligent people." (Say "NO" to Robert Gibbs.)

Obama frowned, and then asked, "But how do I know the people around me are really intelligent?" (The Queen thinks to herself, "It helps if you possess a bit yourself.")

The Queen took a sip of tea. "Oh, that's easy; you just ask them to answer an intelligent riddle." The Queen pushed a button on her intercom. "Please send in Tony Blair, would you?"

Tony Blair walked into the room and said, "Yes, my Queen?"

The Queen smiled and said, "Answer me this please, Tony. Your mother and father have a child. It is not your brother and it is not your sister. Who is it?" (At this point, Obama is thinking, "Oh, no! This isn't about my birth certificate, is it?)

Without pausing, Tony Blair answered, "That would be me."

"Yes! Very good," said the Queen.

Obama went back home to ask Joe Biden, his Vice President the same question. (No video cameras were allowed.)

"Joe, answer this for me. Your mother and your father have a child. It's not your brother and it's not your sister. Who is it?"

"I'm not sure," said Biden. "Let me get back to you on that one..."

Joe asked each and every one of his advisors, but none could give him an answer. (They were suffering from exhaustion and burnout, except one who was not present. He was on leave after a nervous breakdown - - - something about an airplane, a profane outburst over an intercom and an emergency escape chute...)

Finally, he ended up in the men's room and recognized Colin Powell's shoes in the next stall. (No word if Joe and Colin tapped feet...)
Biden asked Powell, "Colin, can you answer this for me? Your mother and father have a child and it's not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"

Colin Powell thought for several minutes. Finally, he yelled back, "Oh, that's easy... it's me!"

Biden smiled and said, "Thanks!" He went back to speak with Obama.

"Say, I did some research and I have the answer to that riddle. It's Colin Powell!"

Obama got up (ready to kick some *ss), stomped over to Biden, and angrily yelled into his face, "No! You idiot! It's Tony Blair!"


Somebody please tell me how this does not sum up the Obama presidency to date.