Posted on 10/19/2006 12:06:00 PM PDT by lizol
Putin quip on Israeli president sex scandal caught on mics
Wed Oct 18, 8:57 PM ET
MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin's quip on the sex scandal surrounding his Israeli counterpart almost stole the show from his talks with visiting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert which focused on Iran.
Putin, who was speaking seconds after the two leaders made statements at the opening of their meeting at the Kremlin, was caught on reporters' microphones telling Olmert "say hello to your president -- he really surprised us."
Israeli police announced on Sunday that evidence gathered during a weeks-long investigation was enough to charge President Moshe Katsav with rape and sexual harassment of several women, rocking Israeli politics.
Although the recording was cut immediately after the remark, a top official in Olmert's delegation told reporters that Putin then said "we did not know he knew how to deal with 10 women," referring to the number of women who had filed complaints Katsav had molested them.
This in turn drew "roaring laughter in the room."
According to the same source, Olmert replied to his host by saying "I wouldn't envy him if I were you."
Talking to reporters later in the evening, Olmert declined to confirm the details of the discussion, saying that he would not comment on the scandal unless an idictment is submitted against Katsav.
The 60-year-old head of state has vigorously denied the allegations -- the most serious ever leveled against an Israeli leader -- and has so far refused to step down from his largely ceremonial post.
"The slogan of NBP: "Russia is everything, rest is nothing!"
Oh. That is familiar. Now I know where it came from.
What makes the NBP so dangerous is that it is a clearinghouse where both Russian Ultranationalists and Communists can find a common ground. If both sides agree to come together, the NBP banner will serve their purpose and the ideology of both the nationalists and the Communists.
I still think that it will be Fascism with a very strong Marxist Leninist and Stalinist twist.
Gary is blinded by the Bush. Literally.
Putin does not like to be associated with Israeli rapists. He prefers the company of good humanitarian Ayatollahs, Ba'athists, and Stalinists like Castro, Kim and Lukashenko.
The top Putin PR man has declared it is 'unchristian' to make statements not favouring the KGB master thug, opps.. I mean "President" of the neo-Soviet Union.
That one has even had the despicable nerve to compare the likes of his hero Putin with President Reagan.
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