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So Who the Hell Is India?

This is India. She says that George W. Bush's favorite subject in school was ... HISTORY! So who the hell is India? She is the Bush family's White House cat. She is also, according to the new White House website for kids, the First Family's"unofficial historian." Doris Kearns Goodwin, step aside.

SOME OF INDIA'S REVELATIONS


GEORGE W. BUSH

His favorite pastimes: reading (listed first), jogging, fishing, watching baseball games.

His favorite teacher: Coach Jones

His favorite subject in school: history.

His favorite ice cream flavor: pralines and cream.

He has three pets: Spotty, Barney, and India.


DICK CHENEY
(That's him fishing.)

His favorite ice cream flavor: vanilla.

His favorite subject in school: history.

He doesn't own a pet.

Now you know.