Operator: Transition hotline, can I help you?

Caller: Uh, yeah, I’ve been reading about the transition . . .

O: Yes, sir, only seven more weeks until The One takes the oath!

C: Yeah, really looking forward to it. But I wanted to double-check something.

O: Ask away, sir. We have answers you can believe in.

C: I’ve been reading about some of the people who are going to help Barack Obama change Washington . . .

O: The One.

C: The who?

O: The One. We don’t say Obama. We say The One. We want all Americans to say it, in the spirit of national unity.

C: The One.

O: You’ve got it. Please tell your friends.

C: You betcha.

O: Oh, now, we don’t say that.

C: Say what?

O: That expression you just used. I can’t repeat it. This call is being monitored. But we’re discouraging its use. We hope to have it officially banned next year, but for now it’s just a request.

C: You mean, you betcha?

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