Putin on the Ritz!

I'm sure Dubya would describe irony as "what ya do to get wrinkles out of your pants," but I'm sure if he knew what the word really meant, he'd see the humor in his latest exchange with the Ruskie leader, Vladimir Putin.

As Salon reports:

When George Bush sat down with Vladimir Putin in Bratislava last week to deliver his long-awaited lecture on civil liberties and freedom of the press, Newsweek says Putin shot back with an attack of his own: "We didn't criticize you when you fired those reporters at CBS."

Bush was apparently slack-jawed, and senior White House aides were angry. "Putin thought we'd fired Dan Rather," one administration official told Time. "It was like something out of '1984.'"

Note to attentive readers: When the Administration accuses someone of doing something wrong, it means they're doing it themselves. So, if they feign shock over "1984"-like propaganda tactics, it means they're employing "1984"-like tactics. And it took a Red to point out that the Emperor has no clothes...and that he's been using his state-controlled media to try to convince everyone that he's fully dressed.

Meanwhile, everyone's favorite gigolo is back in action! Ah, yes. Right-Wing stooges never die; they just start a new website.