Putin puts down Bush

[JHH]

from todays press conference

Mr. Bush and Putin, who casually called each other by their first names, sought to downplay U.S.-Russia tensions over the Russia leader's authoritarian drift.

"I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world like Iraq where there's a free press and free religion," Mr. Bush said. "I told him that a lot of people in our country, you know, would hope that Russia would do the same thing. I fully understand, however, that there will be a Russian-style of democracy."

Putin, who opposed the U.S.-led war in Iraq, replied: "We certainly would not want to have the same type of democracy that they have in Iraq."

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Now THAT's a classic one-liner. (nt)

[cliss]

14. Agreed.

I wonder if Bush heard the comeback? (now, that's worth gold)

[bridgit]

2. Putin knew Bush was a patsy from the Gitmo...

[reichstag911]

10. "a patsy from the Gitmo?"

Very clever! ;) You are truly a cunning linguist. :think:

[Benhurst]

3. Yeah, but he had to muster all the strength of

his left little finger to do it.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

4. Meaning, we wouldn't want Paul Bremer taking ownership of our

economy.

[BillZBubb]

5. Wow! Dumbya got slammed!

[wake.up.america]

7. Notes from the translator? How do we know this transpired? I do not doubt

this happened, but how about a source?

Thanks for the information.

[grytpype]

9. It was on-camera.

I'm trying to locate the vid on-line, no luck so far.

Apparently Putin's jibe got laughs and applause while Duhbya sputtered.

[wake.up.america]

11. Great!!!! Muchas Gracias! Spasibo!

[HamdenRice]

6. That Vlad, he's a natural comediane! Hear the one about Cheney?

I read this in the paper the other day. They asked Putin about some stupid insulting comment by Cheney on democracy in Russia. Vlad said something like, that was an unfortunate mistake by the VP, kind of like a hunting accident!


LOL! ha ha ha!

[annabanana]

8. Let's face it. . jokes at the expense of this administration

are a "gimme".. fish in a barrel..

Why the hell SHOULDN'T everyone take a shot?

[JohnnyLib2]

12. Didn't Daddy's friends rescue him

from the team fiasco in Texas? Can they maybe find him a new position, like tomorrow?

[AbsoluteArmorer]

13. Outstanding!

Even Putin has much more class and smarts than Bush!

[Deja Q]

15. It's fun to slam other world leaders. But what else can they do?

[DFLer4edu]

16. Here is a link

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/07/15/russia.g8/index.html?section=cnn_topstories