[Miss Marple]

If anyone gets the chance, this is well worth watching on C-SPAN, if they show it.

[Hugh Akston]

As I mentioned before:

And as a result of working hard and having an environment which President Putin is working hard to create, which is an environment where there is a tax system that's fair -- and, by the way, they've got a flat tax in Russia. (Laughter and applause.) He built his own business. He now owns a grocery store-type business.

[deport]

Thanks for the post and the ping..... Very different times we live in today......

Russia has been a strong partner in the fight against terrorism. It's an interesting story for me to report. I was on Air Force One the day of the attack, working my way back to Washington via Louisiana and Nebraska -- (laughter) -- making sure that the President was safe and secure. The first phone call I got from a foreign leader was President Putin. He told us that he recognized that I had put our troops on alert. I did so because, for the first time in a long period of time, America was under attack. It only happened once -- twice, I guess -- the War of 1812 and Pearl Harbor.

In the old days when America put their troops on attack, Russia would have responded and put her troops on alert, which would have caused the American President maybe to put a higher alert, and Russia a higher alert, and all of a sudden, we would have had two conflicts instead of one. But not this President. This President recognized we're entering into a new era and his call was, don't worry, we know what you're up against, we stand with you and we will not put our troops on alert, for the good of the United States of America.

I'm sure attack should have been alert....

[Fiddlstix]

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[river rat]

I watched the entire event...

I pray that this new "relationship" with Russia and Putin is real.

If Putin is as genuine as Bush -- the future looks very promising for the West.

These two, in combination with our other REAL friends --- can ensure a bright future for us, and a dismal one for our enemies.
Semper Fi

[anymouse]

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[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

Bump and a bookmark!

[Irma]

I bet a lot of folks here, particularly the older folks, never dreamt that an American President would be bringing the Russian President to Crawford, Texas. (Laughter.) A lot of people never really dreamt that an American President and a Russian President could have established the friendship that we have.

Well, we're not *that* old (well some of us aren't, huh Miss M?..heh heh), but I do remember a time when we feared Russia. A time when Russia caused Americans to attend civil defense training and have fallout shelters.

Pretty remarkable the relationship and chemistry between these two, isn't it?

[Irma]

Well dang, I forgot to thank you for this lengthy post, Miss M. and thanks for the flag, De.

[Boxsford]

Thanks, Miss Marple, for the great post! What a fun read. So refreshing. I like this Putin guy. He's not bad. I like his sense of humor. Thanks again!

[WaterDragon]

Thanks for this post. It was a great time for the two presidents at the high school!

[onyx]

Thanks for the transcript and, instead of O'Reilly, I watched the repeat on C-SPAN at 5:00 PM Pacific and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Now, wouldn't you know it, after reading a vanity here about O'Reilly slamming Geraldo on his show tonight, I will have to catch O'Reilly's repeat at 8:00 PM! It's time-consuming to be an "informed" news junkey.

[_Jim]

Great!

A Transcript!

Our local TV stations (in this part of Tejas) decided *not* to carry this live - but I was able to catch channel 10 out of the Waco/Central Texas area and caught few glimses of video of the interview as well listened to it courtesy of WBAP and Mark Davis!

(All the local TV stations continued to carry their normal mindless daytime programming line-up ... consisting of mainly 'soaps' ...)

[ladyinred]

Thanks for posting this, I missed it today and it is well worth reading. President Putin has a sense of humor! Who knew?
I just love the president's sarcastic little remarks about the medus!

[Gracey]

If anyone gets the chance, this is well worth watching on C-SPAN, if they show it.

Thanks for the reminder. I'm watching right now, on C-SPAN. Thanks, Miss Marple.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Thank You for posting this.

[SamAdams76]

And it gives me great pleasure to deal and to work with President Bush, who is a person, a man who does what he says. (Applause.)

That about says it all. President Bush is a man not only we can trust but the Russians as well. By the end of the Bush Administration, I would not be surprised to see the USA and Russia as very strong allies in the same way as the USA and Great Britain. Great Britain used to be our enemy too, by the way.

Thanks for posting. This will prove to be a historical summit.