Bush's calling Putin by first name in debates

[candy331]

heard him call him by first name at least twice that I caught, was at best arrogant and condescending,now we know what the world thinks of him really this morning. Why did not his handlers tell him better?

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

1. You mean... Vladumur?

Vladmeer? Vladameer? Ferciferously?

[Jack from Charlotte]

21. It was comical. I laughed aloud......

It was an attempt by the pathetic little AWOL/moron to show how close he is to a real live head of another country. It came off as just plain funny. Ironic, isn't it that a wing-nut like Bush wants to be shown as being a friend of a Ruskie, especially a Ruskie who was head of the Soviet Secret Police.

[russian33]

2. Yeah, i noticed that too...it was weird

I never heard Putin address him as George in public...one of Bush's many screw-ups for the night

[Stephanie]

3. Name Dropper!

Sooooo funny! He thought he would impress us by dropping names! Vladimir! Thanks for reminding me - I wanted to post that.

[Lavender Brown]

4. It could have been worse

Apparently Bush's nickname for him is "Putie Poot." :eyes:

[peacemeal]

5. I kept hoping he'd slip up

And use that stupid nickname he has for Putin - Putie-poot.

[SCDem]

6. Yeah I commented about that to my husband

I guess now that he doesn't agree with 'Vladimir' he has lost his nick name status of Pooty Poot

[carpediem]

7. that was funny. you'd think * would want to distance himself

a little bit from old Vlad - what with him stifling democracy and all. Instead he tries to imply that they are good old buds that go way back - except of course that like every other big word * can't pronounce his name.

[Mizmoon]

8. He wants everyone to know what great buddies

he and pootie-poot are. I guess he forgot that Pootie tang just publicly told him to back the fuck off of Russia.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. Pretty damn disrespectful if you ask me.

And I don't appreciate it one bit! :silly: Is that how a World Leader gets other World Leaders to go along with them, by disrespecting them? :evilgrin:

[private_ryan]

10. this is him trying to tell us

that he is a friend of his.

[alarcojon]

11. Of course Bush was also on a first-name basis with Saddam

but then again Bush never looked into Saddam's eyes and saw his soul....

B-)

[peekaloo]

12. He's pissed at Pootie Poot for attempting to create a dictatorship

before he does.

[Fovea]

17. Exactly

Putin and Bush are playing the same game, and Putin is winning!
Gods Bush hates that.

[Politicub]

13. That was odd

I picked up on that, too. I thought George was going to start referring to Putin as Vladdy-puss or something.

[liberal N proud]

14. Where do you think shrub and Carl got the idea to control the

media?
If you watch CNN or FAUX, they are just like the polet(sp) beurau used to be.

[gatorboy]

15. He was trying to stick to his "Average Guy" schtick

by referring to Putin by his first name. And if the polls prove anything this morning, it's that the American people are finally realizing that the "Aw shucks" routine is falling flat.

[lefty_WOHM]

16. Yes, I noticed, and commented, on that, too...

Also, when he said "I know how those people work", referring to leaders of other countries. The disdain he has for the rest of the world was obvious.

[makhno]

20. Yes!

I'm glad you noticed this. It was unbelievable - so disrespectful of "these people", but also of Kerry, as if our candidate didn't know what the hell was going on in the hallowed halls of world power.

"These people" were probably laughing at the disgrace we've been given for president.

[Nevernose]

18. Trying to show his command of the subject

By name-dropping as much as posible. Of course, he still didn't seem to know that enriched uranium and plutonium are pretty much the same thing, and seemed to have gotten confused when Kerry spoke about North Korea, coming back with "That's not what's happening in Iran at all."

[RobertSeattle]

19. George, don't refer to WORLD LEADERS by their first name in Public