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Maestro - Trudeau quit the PM's job in 1984. how is he at all relevant to the incident? [[User:Rodney|Rodney]] 18:55, 6 February 2008 (EST)
Maestro - Trudeau quit the PM's job in 1984. how is he at all relevant to the incident? [[User:Rodney|Rodney]] 18:55, 6 February 2008 (EST)
:Maestro, that doesn't even agree with what's on the page itself. I'll assume you meant Chrétien (which looks like it might rhyme with poutine, I don't know how either of them are pronounced) and say this: this gimmick is used all the time by late night TV show hosts. It doesn't show that Bush doesn't know who the PM of Canada is; it shows that he ''might'' not know. You are assuming that the name was clearly pronounced and intentionally easy to spot the mistake. You also assume that, if Bush did hear the name, he actually didn't know the difference between Poutine and Chrétien. If he noticed, do you think he would have told a news reporter that the reporter doesn't know the name of his own country's PM? That's not good politics, when the guy just gave you an endorsement. Lastly, the choice of words sticks out in Canada because Canadians recognize the word poutine -- not a dish an American is likely to have heard of; what better way to guarantee a laugh from a Canadian audience? If had been "Prime Minister This is a Fake Name" or even "Prime Minister Jean Big Mac", and he didn't notice, then you would have a substantial case; as it is now, you can't really say a whole lot about what the data actually means. [[User:HelpJazz|Help]][[User talk:HelpJazz|Jazz]] 22:36, 6 February 2008 (EST)