CARTOON: Bush's Wonka World

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Heir To Bush in 2008? How many golden tickets are there? So far, looks like the winners are Senator Obama, Senator Clinton, Senator McCain, and Mayor Giuliani.

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1. "no, it's not a draft card"

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2. Mrs. Bush welcomes wonka

MRS. BUSH: Today, we have a very fun performance for you. And can you guess what it is by looking at that? Willy Wonka. It's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." This is a play that will be at the Kennedy Center, will be opening at the Kennedy Center.

Some of you may have read the book by Roald Dahl. Have you ever read it, "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"? After you see these parts of the play, you can go home and check that book out of your library and read it.

This is a new production that will premiere at the Kennedy Center Family Theater, which performs plays and concerts for children. Michael Kaiser, the president of the Kennedy Center; the director and the composer of Willy Wonka, Graham Whitehead; and Leslie Bricusse, are all with us today. So let's give them a big round of applause. They're right here. (Applause.)

And now I want to introduce to you Harrison Chad, who is one of the young actors at the Kennedy Center. He's going to come up and tell you about what you're going to see. And then we'll have our special performers perform some of the scenes from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

Are you ready? Okay.

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President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush sit with children of deployed U.S. military personnel and watch a performance of "Willy Wonka" by members of The Kennedy Center Education Department in the East Room Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. White House photo by Eric Draper