Pooty Poot lets little boy George know who's boss.

[NNadir]

Sitting on large exportable oil supplies, Putin tells George to "shut the fuck up."

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Bush backed away on Saturday from a public confrontation over Russia's democracy with President Vladimir Putin, adhering to a pledge not to lecture the Kremlin leader.

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At a joint news conference, the two made clear they discussed their differences privately on what critics say are declining civil liberties in Russia, and stepped gingerly around the issue in their public comments.

With Bush needing Russia's help on pressuring Iran and North Korea to forswear nuclear weapons, and with Middle East violence surging, democracy issues did not appear to play as dominating role in their talks as when they met in Slovakia last year.

Bush said it came up at their social dinner on Friday night.

"I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world like Iraq, where there is a free press and free religion, and I told him that a lot of people in our country, you know, would hope that Russia would do the same thing," Bush said.

He quickly added: "I totally understand, however, that there will be a Russian-style democracy. I don't expect Russia to look like the United States. As Vladimir pointedly reminded me last night, 'We have a different history, different traditions."'

Putin pounced on the reference to Iraq. "We of course don't want to have a democracy like the one in Iraq, to be honest," he deadpanned, to laughter from Russian-speaking listeners.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060715/ts_nm/group_bush_democracy_dc

Pooty poot didn't even pretend to have respect for George.

[partylessinOhio]

1. Yes! I caught their joint newsconference early this morning. Putin was

very fast in getting his little dig at the Chimp almost before he could get the end of his sentence out.

The distance between the two leaders on the stage was also very telling. It was amusing to see that CNN put their logos in the top left of the screen covering part of the Chimp's head. The podiums were so far apart that the screen shot showing both of them put each one at the very edges of the screen.

[NNadir]

2. Did they translate Putin's remarks live on TV.

The laughter from the Russian media?

[partylessinOhio]

5. Sorry, just getting back online and saw your question. Yes,

the translation was live and very quick. And the laughter was clearly heard. Putin scored big on that one.

I just saw a partial replay and * called Putin, poo-TIN'. He clearly said TIN as in a tin can with the emphasis on the second syllable. Why can't he learn to pronounce a world leader's name correctly? I have never heard anyone ever pronounce the name that way.

[lonestarnot]

3. "Good thing poot can shoot."

[yurbud]

4. rich kid syndrome: Bush expects people to eat shit when he patronizes

them even the leaders of other countries that are world powers.

[PA Democrat]

6. I wonder who made Bush "pledge not to lecture the Kremlin leader"?

Condi? Laura? Curious isn't it?

[Reckon]

7. Pooty Putin added

"Russia would not take part "in any crusades, in any holy alliances" — a remark seemingly intended to win points with Arab allies. Bush's national security adviser,
Stephen Hadley, said he was perplexed by the comment."


Pootsie is smacking poor ole georgie boy around!

[IDemo]

8. Putin slaps Darth Cheney and Chimpya in the same week

time for a Daily Show appearance?

[Reckon]

9. He's Putin some more

"Putin said he had the impression that Israel was "pursuing wider goals" than just the return of its soldiers. He did not elaborate."