Veep Asks the Race of Photographer with Furrin' Sounding Name Before Coverage Granted

President Bush's re-election campaign insisted on knowing the race of Mamta Popat, a journalist assigned to photograph Vice President Dick Cheney. Organizers claimed Popat's race was necessary to allow the Secret Service to distinguish her from someone else who might have the same name. Organizers then proceeded to laugh so hard they peed themselves a little, and had to send someone to fetch their asthma inhalers so they could once again breathe properly.