bubbakat
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The Pope is visiting DC and President Bush takes him out for an afternoon on the Potomac... sailing on the presidential yacht, the Sequoia.<br /> They're admiring the sights when, all of a sudden, the Pope's hat (zucchetto)<br /> blows off his head and out into the water.<br /><br /> Secret service guys start to launch a boat, but Bush waves them off,<br /> saying, "Wait, wait. I'll take care of this. Don't worry."<br /> <br /> Bush then steps off the yacht onto the surface of the water and walks out to the Holy Father's little hat, bends over and picks it up, then<br /> walks back across the water to the yacht and climbs aboard. He hands the hat to the Pope amid stunned silence.<br /> <br /> The next morning the topic of conversation among Democrats on the Hill,<br /> CBS News, NBC News, ABC News, the New York Times, Hollywood celebrities,<br /> and in France and Germany is:<br /> <br /> "Bush Can't Swim."