Aw ..jeez, really?
That happened?? Putin is just like Specter...he pretends to be an "ally" to a certain extent...but delights in sticking it to Bush.
I saw a really interesting segment the other night (can't remember the network)..about the man that is planning on running for Putin's job...
He has movie star good looks...BUT, Putin will NOT let any of the Russian TV stations show him on TV AT ALL...he supposedly relaxed that edict for this weekend, the G-8 Summit...but that is all.
I didn't hear the whole interview, so I don't know his "stance" on things...but, I would guess that if Putin is not letting him have any airtime..it is pretty much NOT to Putin's liking.
I didn't know that Putin was controlling the television there as much as that; that's quite interesting.
Some days I wish we could do that with our media when they lie and spin :-)
Really - the president should not have said that he wished anyone had Iraqi style democracy since it's still so new and not terribly functioning right now. But Putin could have handled it with more grace instead of the cheap shot.