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DRUDGE: Putin Grills Bush on Dan Rather
Drudge Report ^ | Sun Feb 27 2005 | Matt Drudge

Posted on 02/27/2005 1:37:05 PM PST by West Coast Conservative

George Bush knew Vladimir Putin would be defensive when Bush brought up the pace of democratic reform in Russia in their private meeting at the end of Bush's four-day, three-city tour of Europe. But when Bush talked about the Kremlin's crackdown on the media and explained that democracies require a free press, the Russian leader gave a rebuttal that left the President nonplussed, TIME magazine will report on Monday.

If the press was so free in the U.S., Putin asked, then why had those reporters at CBS lost their jobs? Bush was openmouthed. "Putin thought we'd fired Dan Rather," says a senior Administration official. "It was like something out of 1984."

TIME's John Dickerson: The Russians did not let the matter drop. Later, during the leaders' joint press conference, one of the questioners Putin called on asked Bush about the very same firings, a coincidence the White House assumed had been orchestrated. The odd episode reinforced the Administration's view that Putin's impressions of America are often based on urban myths fed to him by ill-informed aides.

Developing...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: bratislava; bush; bush43; cbs; cbsnews; euvisit; fakedocuments; freedomofthepress; putin; rather; rathergate; russia
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To: West Coast Conservative

His aides must be getting their info from DU.


21 posted on 02/27/2005 1:44:55 PM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: billorites; West Coast Conservative; NormsRevenge; Grampa Dave; SierraWasp; Carry_Okie; blam; ...

Shaking my head over this one.....


22 posted on 02/27/2005 1:44:55 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: West Coast Conservative
Somebody answer this. Has anyone put Putin in his place yet? This just shows how ignorant he is about how our society works.
24 posted on 02/27/2005 1:45:09 PM PST by bahblahbah
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To: billorites
it's scary.

Ditto that. I hope --- no, I pray, that Putin knows and understands more about the US than this story indicates.

If it is true, we sure have a lot of work to do. But it also says that he's not nearly the 'crafty KGB guy" as I had thought. Just another ill-informed Euro-lefty.

25 posted on 02/27/2005 1:45:34 PM PST by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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To: Noachian

I'm sure the Ruskies are firing up their Commodore Computers as we speak........


26 posted on 02/27/2005 1:45:49 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: bahblahbah
This story is a lie. Who the f*** know what happened in closed doors between President Bush and Putin. How did these liars in Time magazine got all these dramatic details on Putin aggressive questioning of President Bush and the President inability to respond?

Give me a break, President Bush will not allow a guy like Putin to lecture him on freedom of the media in the US.

This story is as fake as a 3 dollar bill.

27 posted on 02/27/2005 1:46:10 PM PST by jveritas
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To: Breyean
You mean you expect them to take a pass on the matter, rather than correct the record for the whole world?
28 posted on 02/27/2005 1:46:11 PM PST by anniegetyourgun
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To: William Creel

Sorry, don't follow him that closely. ;)


29 posted on 02/27/2005 1:46:26 PM PST by Darkwolf377 (Condi Rice: Yeaaahhh, baybee! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1350654/posts)
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To: mainepatsfan

even worse......I think his staff is getting their info from "that 70s show".......


30 posted on 02/27/2005 1:47:09 PM PST by NorCalRepub
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To: West Coast Conservative

Is this really any different from what the people at DU or the Keith Olbermann/Jeff Gannon show believe?


31 posted on 02/27/2005 1:47:22 PM PST by vbmoneyspender
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To: marajade

Who were the sources for this fake story? The Russians?


32 posted on 02/27/2005 1:47:46 PM PST by jveritas
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To: West Coast Conservative

Fired? Nah. Everyone knows Dan's downfall was engineered by Karl Rove. Get that guy on you, and you're toast. Rather's lucky Bush decided to leave him with his life.

By the way, Vlad, did you know Americans have their houses cleaned by pixies? Yep, it's true.


33 posted on 02/27/2005 1:47:53 PM PST by John Jorsett (email: mistersandiego yahoo.com (put the at sign in between those two))
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To: West Coast Conservative

Who's Dan Rather?


34 posted on 02/27/2005 1:48:10 PM PST by BifBimble
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To: billorites
That's not just wierd,
it's scary.

that was my first thought, as well.

If this is true we're not dealing with rational people. I think it may be time to dig a new bomb shelter (not a bad investment as we live in tornado country) and lay in some 'Mormon class rations' (one year of food, etc.).

35 posted on 02/27/2005 1:48:46 PM PST by Phsstpok ("When you don't know where you are, but you don't care, you're not lost, you're exploring.")
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To: jveritas

I don't know. The clip I saw was a Russian reporter asking Bush why he fired those reporters at CBS.


36 posted on 02/27/2005 1:49:04 PM PST by marajade
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To: vbmoneyspender
Is this really any different from what the people at DU or the Keith Olbermann/Jeff Gannon show believe?

Now that is a scary thought, a KGB agent plugged into DU as representing the heart and soul of America!!!

37 posted on 02/27/2005 1:49:46 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: Darkwolf377
Best damn line in months.

FrankJeff Gannon's sleepover friends got Rather fired...? ;)

ROFL!!!!

38 posted on 02/27/2005 1:49:53 PM PST by Dog (FReepers-- - -- --- We are a battery of 80,000 bullsh*t-seeking missiles.)
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To: William Creel

Is it possible the Putin hasn't heard of Free Republic? Surely not.


39 posted on 02/27/2005 1:49:58 PM PST by pepperdog
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To: BifBimble

Who is Dan Rather? He is a lying sack of crap.


40 posted on 02/27/2005 1:50:12 PM PST by sgtbono2002
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