Right, diplomacy is SO much easier when everyone agrees with you right off the bat....
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. I am, once again, having one of these here quickie summits with someone I already know is going to agree with me three thousand percent. Some traitors may question the value of such a meeting, but it saves a whole mess of time (and you know how Laura likes to prowl around t-shirt stores!) if you surround yourself with folks who don't interrupt or add any different, extraneous ideas. Besides, this whole political opiate shebang generously provides a monumental photographic opportunity for those of you in the press who haven't died in my war.
