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Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim

By TChris, Section Dick Cheney
Posted on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 12:54:45 PM EST
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An amusing jab at Vice President Cheney from President Putin:

Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney ahead of this weekend's G8 summit, calling his recent criticisms of Russia "an unsuccessful hunting shot," according to a television interview broadcast Wednesday.

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    Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim | 21 comments (21 topical)
    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#1)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 01:12:08 PM EST
    Gotta say, that's a funny!

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 01:17:19 PM EST
    Just so long as Putin doesn't accept that invitation for some quail on the ranch.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#3)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 02:34:40 PM EST
    So you guys here are against democracy and human rights free press etc - what Putin was responding to? It's errant aim to complain about Putin shutting down TV stations and intimidating political opponents? Don't you criticize the Bush admin for trying to conceal things? Has Cheney shut down all TV news and taken over PBS as a mere mouthpiece? You all need to put your personal hate aside and think once in a while. Unless of course you toast Putin with a little vodka for his crackdowns. Then you're right on target.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#4)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 02:57:29 PM EST
    Has Cheney shut down all TV news and taken over PBS as a mere mouthpiece?
    PBS and the rest of the TV news is about as critical of the Bush regime as Pravda was of the Kremlin back in the day. As for the internet, Cheney et al are most likely working on a plan to kill it.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#5)
    by Ernesto Del Mundo on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 02:59:20 PM EST
    The 3:57 pm post was mine. Guess the sign in process has changed slightly when I was on vacation.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#6)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 03:05:03 PM EST
    Hey, it's not like he killed the guy, it was just a flesh wound - walk it off! Crabby

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#7)
    by Sailor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 03:09:08 PM EST
    So you guys here are against democracy and human rights free press etc
    No, putin was pointing out that cheney is. Allow me to elucidate: Unconstitutional sham trials at gitmo. Threatening the free press with treason charges when they uncover illegalities. 'Free speech zones' behind chain link fences. Having political writings confiscated by the cops. Torture in secret prisons. Air Torture. Subverting elections. The list goes on for pages.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#8)
    by squeaky on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 03:12:28 PM EST
    and I thought Putin was Crabby. No comparison to the commenter here, Putin has a much better sense of humor. Who wudda thunk it, ex KGB and all.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#9)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 03:28:40 PM EST
    Putin may actually be a bigger bastard than Cheney. There's nothing at all amusing about anything Putin does or says.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 07:14:36 PM EST
    Finally some good old witty exchanges between world leaders!

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#11)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 07:18:19 PM EST
    Clint, "Finally some good old witty exchanges between world leaders!" You should try to include the US, also.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#12)
    by squeaky on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 07:19:31 PM EST
    Alas, doesn't seem like too much trickle down....yet.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#13)
    by roger on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 07:43:48 PM EST
    I'll bet that Vlad and Dicky get along just great! Two peas in a pod, and all

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#14)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Jul 12, 2006 at 07:53:02 PM EST
    How droll. Sorry pass when I start wishing Putin was our VP instead of Vice-Fuhrer Darth Fudd.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#15)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jul 13, 2006 at 04:29:18 AM EST
    Nothing like a little light-hearted repartee between tyrants. How very droll! And how very funny that Putin has threatened (through his proxies)western embassies for any attendance at The Other Russia Conference, on the eve of the G-8! Seems only the BRITISH ambassador had the nads to show up. Yes, how very f***ing droll indeed!

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#16)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jul 13, 2006 at 07:07:13 AM EST
    PBS and the rest of the TV news is about as critical of the Bush regime as Pravda was of the Kremlin back in the day.
    Ernesto, you reveal a depressingly dearth of historical perspective.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#17)
    by soccerdad on Thu Jul 13, 2006 at 08:56:40 AM EST
    croc you demonstrate a depressing lack of knowledge about the present.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#18)
    by Sailor on Thu Jul 13, 2006 at 12:32:32 PM EST
    croc_choda, if you have facts, provide links, if it's just your opinion, please denote that also.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#19)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Thu Jul 13, 2006 at 03:47:19 PM EST
    Yeah, that's the ticket! We can still count ourselves above Putin and his ilk because, HISTORICALLY, we had a free press. Sheesh.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#20)
    by squeaky on Sun Jul 16, 2006 at 11:12:49 AM EST
    This is funny:
    During a press conference today at the G8 summit in Russia, President Bush told President Vladimir Putin that Americans want Russia to develop a free press and free religion "like Iraq." To laughter and applause, Putin responded: "We certainly would not want to have same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq, quite honestly." CNN's Ed Henry called it a "tough jab." Watch it:
    from think progress. It is especially funny with Condi's latest gaff:
    Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Stephanopoulos it was "grotesque" to suggest that the Iraq war contributed to that instability.
    think progress Do they actually believe what they are saying or is it the old propaganda 101 addage: repeat, repeat, repeat a lie until it is accepted as truth.

    Re: Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim (none / 0) (#21)
    by jondee on Sun Jul 16, 2006 at 11:29:06 AM EST
    Stick to the script and more thorazine for Bush, and for Condi some of the same type of training they give pets who sniff in inappropriate places.

    Putin on Cheney's Errant Aim | 21 comments (21 topical)