I just realized why no one's laughing at my Trifecta joke!...

Have you heard my Trifecta joke yet? I've been cracking up big Republican campaign contributors from coast to coast with this hysterical joke. However, the American people haven't been laughing.

You haven't heard the joke yet? Here's an excerpt from my speech last month to the World Pork Expo last month:

"I remember -- I remember campaigning in Chicago, and one of the reporters said, would you ever deficit spend? I said only -- only in times of war, in times of economic insecurity as a result of a recession, or in times of national emergency. Never did I dream we'd have a trifecta. (Laughter.)" -- 6/7/02 -- 14th Annual World Pork Expo, Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, Iowa

I was telling my Trifecta joke at the G8 shindig in Canada, trying to lighten things up. But those folks weren't getting it either. Finally my buddy Junichiro "Zoom-a Zoom" Koizumi said "George, what the hell does Trifecta mean?

Then it occurred to me: probably a lot of Americans don't know what a Trifecta is either! Maybe that's why they're not laughing at my joke.

So let me explain: "Trifecta" is a horse racing term. When you get a Trifecta it means you bet on three horses who came in first, second and third. In other words, a getting Trifecta means you were hoping for an extraordinary set of circumstances that came true for you. Just like what happened to me on 9-11! The 9-11 Trifecta has allowed me and my friends to pass our entire right-wing agenda, with Democrats cowering in the corners. Who says Recession and War are no laughing matter? Both have allowed me to hand out a tremendous amount of pork to my contributors--maybe that's why they're the ones that are laughing.