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And Now, the Comedy Stylings of Putin and Bush
Washington Post ^ | Thursday, November 15, 2001 | Dana Milbank

Posted on 11/16/2001 1:20:26 PM PST by Dubya_gal

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:34 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Bush were at Crawford High School this morning, discussing their three days of meetings together. Bush said the two leaders would take questions from the students.

"No math questions," an uncharacteristically impish Putin interjected.

"Good idea," Bush replied, then recalled an old campaign line. "Particularly no fuzzy math questions." The reason for the aversion to mathematics soon became apparent.


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To: america76

If you had seen the whole meeting, you would have had a quite different impression ..... Putin and Bush were funnier than a lot of stand-up comics.

41 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:04 PM PST by kayak
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To: RightWhale
The future is bright for both countries if they can act as allies rather than treating the world as a contest.

Sorry to tell you this, but the world is still (always will be) a contest.

The opposing teams are now one against the new players - the terrorists.

42 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:17 PM PST by LibertyThug
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To: Common Tator
Superb analysis. Everybody on this thread should read Reply 13. May I also say that it is clear Putin appears to have a lot of personal respect for Bush as a man -- straightforwardness, honesty, etc.
43 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:17 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: Common Tator
...and the liberal press continues to "misunderestimate" President Bush.
44 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:17 PM PST by Freee-dame
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To: AmishDude; Common Tator
Superb analysis indeed.
BTW, Such honest and genuine smiles from both leaders. How refreshing!
45 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:19 PM PST by Chong
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To: The Truth Will Make You Free
That link was awesome. Thanks. I needed something to read while I recorded the Victoria Secrets thing on ABC.

I saw the pickup truck photos of these two cruising around the ranch, (apparently with their wives in the back), and realized that the Russians have been suffering the same kind of terrorism and, from the same kinds of people.

(Nice truck)

So, now, we are in this together. I think it's been almost 60 years since that statement could have been made and supported, and with the new situations in both countries, it can be supported strongly today.

Once again, thanks for the White House Link.

46 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:20 PM PST by mjf
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To: Freee-dame
Yes, well, according to the lieberal press, Bush was also supposed to be this dumb, one-who-has-no-idea-about-foreign-policy person. Uh huh, yeah.

It's okay, liberal media, crow tastes just like chicken, I hear, hehehe...

47 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:20 PM PST by Chong
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To: Common Tator
Hey, you are right about the oil. There is no doubt about that. But there is something for you to consider in all this.

I have a friend in Germany. He came here to go to school. He was here in 1991 when the Wall fell, and he was certain that all things would be better shortly.

I told him that these things do not happen quickly. The populace of these countries that have been living under a system such as that in Eastern Germany at the time, cannot conceive of "starting a business" or much anything else. They have been assigned their work for their entire lives.

I told him to expect results in 20 years, when a new generation that was able to think differently could take some footage.

Now don't get me wrong, it is possible that I forgot about the 1991 ten year olds ability to grasp concepts at the time. It's starting to look like some of them are coming on line now.

Think and Do.

48 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:29 PM PST by mjf
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To: Dubya_gal
Most of the questions from the students were soft, but toward the end one boy asked whether Bush would proceed with national missile defense Ð an unresolved disagreement between the two sides.

Putin shrugged. "The president told me we'll just limit ourselves to generalities, but he was mistaken," he said.


BLATENT LIE ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Putin's quip was about the QUESTION, not the issue. He joked that the QUESTIONS were supposed to be limited to generalities but the students were asking policy related questions. EVERYBODY IN THE PLACE LAUGHED WHEN HE SAID IT. This is so blatently mischaracterized as to EASILY be called dishonest.

These damned Media Rats will do ANYTHING to shoot our great President down.

49 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:41 PM PST by gratefulwharffratt
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To: kayak
I saw the whole event live this morning on cable... wonderful and inspiring..... serious and playful at the same time. One of the happiest events I've seen on TV for a while...

Good idea to look into that Russian oil for investment...

On Alaska, Putin said something like "Texas is my favorite state, except maybe Alaska, which we sold to you..."

50 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:43 PM PST by NaturalizedBlonde
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To: NaturalizedBlonde
I grinned so much I thought my face would break. It was a truly mind-boggling occasion ..... nearly incomprehensible to those of us who remember Kruschev promising to bury us, the Cuban missile crisis, and other such events.

We also must not forget that what we witnessed today would not have been possible without Ronald W. Reagan ..... "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" ..... and the walls came tumbling down! (Well, it wasn't quite that simple but they did come down.)

51 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:44 PM PST by kayak
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To: Common Tator
I hope that you're right about the oil...good business deal for us and them...it would brings alot of jobs to the Russians who need some economic development....maybe they'll even build a pipeline and share the prosperity...seems like the old world order is being re-alligned.
52 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:44 PM PST by foreshadowed at waco
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To: LibertyThug
Sorry to tell you this, but the world is still (always will be) a contest.

Say what you want, but Russia and America have been closer all along than most people realize, and the Cold War was an aberration. To a great degree, they are the same people.

53 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:46 PM PST by RightWhale
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Though I rarely agree with him, I'm generally OK with Mort Kondracke - but today, I was working and had Brit Hume's panel of "experts" (that'a a matter of opinion, I guess) on in the background, and I was really angry with Kondracke and Mara Liasson (no surprise there).

While Kondracke recognized how much the President likes Putin, he was quite skeptical that Putin genuinely likes the President. I wasn't listening closely, but it sounded like Mara Liasson agreed with that, and of course, when either Brit or Fred Barnes mentioned that U.S. Presidents aren't typically close with Russian leaders, Mara reminded us all how very, VERY close Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin were. (But Putin couldn't possibly REALLY like George W. Bush. Nope. Couldn't happen.)

Barnes had a thing or two to say about that, asking them (it may have been Brit asking) how Putin behaves when he's with other world leaders. (Have you ever seen Putin having a good time with some of these other guys?)

It was so condescending - as though Bush is an idiot who can't discern whether someone likes him or not. Putin will always look out for his country, as will Bush - but you cannot fake an event like we saw today.

Democrats really do make me sick sometimes. (OK, make that almost ALL the time.)

54 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:48 PM PST by DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
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To: RightWhale
Say what you want, but Russia and America have been closer all along than most people realize,
and the Cold War was an aberration. To a great degree, they are the same people.

I agree with you in many respects. However, we are both (U.S. and Russia) picking sides based on the times; we always have and always will.

Don't get me wrong, I love that we are together again. Our two superpowers kept many elements in line.
We are only now witnessing the after effects of that loss (ie. we would have never had anything near 9.11 had we still been in a Cold War).

55 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:50 PM PST by LibertyThug
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To: ikurrina
"You don't get to be head of the KGB by being anything other than an extremely manipulative, cruel and ruthless person."

You may be right, but Putin never became head of the KGB.

56 posted on 11/16/2001 1:21:59 PM PST by Kermit
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To: Dubya_gal
I love this, how wonderful that these two are so comfortable together. I must admit I feel a bit smug about it due to all of the media hype about how Bush was hated by the foreign leaders, how he would just embarrass us, etc. and it is clear that Putin really does like him!
Nelson Mandella's remark about how Bush was misrepresented to us was just priceless!
The children did do a better job at asking questions than the media. They were honest questions, not the self serving statement in the guise of a question!
The media had a lesson in Journalism today in high school, where they perhaps belong!
57 posted on 11/16/2001 1:22:00 PM PST by ladyinred
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To: Dubya_gal
I have to hand it to Putin, he looks like a sensitive genius, and seems to be sincere. I was impressed with the fact that Russia pays it's debts early.

I just hope that he cares as much for President Bush, as Bush obviously cares for him.

58 posted on 11/16/2001 1:22:00 PM PST by MissAmericanPie
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To: ikurrina
#36

I hope that in your daily life you don`t apply double standards as you do in your last post about Vladimir Putin!?

First of all,Putin has never been Head of the KGB!You got that? He was only a Major in KGB!Even if he was ,how would you desribe G. Bush Senior,then?He was,after all,Director of CIA???

But,of course,stupid question:CIA is a beautifull benevolent organisation and KGB is bunch of thugs!

Vladimir Putin was an enigma when he appeared 3 years ago,no doubt!But,since he became Russian President he had shown many traits of the true statesman!Calmness and dignity;respect for Rusia and respect for other countries;pragmatism and firmness;obvious desire for reform(both political and economic).He ,also,turned Russia towards Europe (vhere Russia rightfully belong).He established very close,personal relationships with important Western leaders.He is an former atlete,not a drunk baffon like Jeltsin,cosmopolitan young polititian!In the last 18 months of chrisis in the world Putin`s and Russian behaviour was calm,productive and stabilising!From MDS issue to WTC!

For whatever reason,Putin was an American asset not an enemy so far!But,if he says "Don`t put NATO weapons on Russian borders!" than USA should listen and respect Russian opinion!

I hope very much that Bush and Putin will build a true respectfull relationship for the benefit of all of us!

59 posted on 11/16/2001 1:22:02 PM PST by branicap
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To: A Citizen Reporter
Before I logged on here tonight...I spent thirty minutes trying to find a transcript of the news conference. I finally gave up. I should have known I could find it here. You guys are so great. Thanx.
60 posted on 11/16/2001 1:22:05 PM PST by JessicaDragonet
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