The president goes on vacation to a seaside resort, but a crisis erupts while he is away. The vice president tries repeatedly to telephone him, but finally has to report to the legislature that he could not get through -- apparently because the president could not be bothered to pick up the phone. The public business will simply have to wait until the chief returns from his two-week vacation.
If this scenario involved George Bush, Kennebunkport, Dan Quayle and Congress, it would seem farfetched even for a satirical farce. Substitute some Russian names, and it becomes a straightforward recitation of facts....
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