Probably be a skit on saturday night live. Ya right.
Obama trips up over Russian leadership tandem
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In a slip of the tongue
, U.S. President Barack Obama described Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday as
president
, echoing the widely held view that he remains Russia's most powerful man.
Putin surrendered the presidency to protege Dmitry Medvedev last May to take the lesser post of prime minister, but most political analysts say Putin remains Russia's ultimate decision maker.
The dual leadership has left foreign leaders to walk a difficult diplomatic tightrope. In line with protocol Obama met Medvedev ahead of talks with the lower ranking Putin.
At a news conference Obama gave a carefully worded reply about the effectiveness of the leadership tandem when a U.S. journalist bluntly asked "who is really in charge here in Russia?"
But minutes later, speaking about Medvedev's objections to a controversial missile defense system planned for central Europe, Obama slipped:
"I suspect when I speak to President..eh.. Prime Minister Putin tomorrow, he will say the same thing
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Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:57 am
back again F L I N T O I D
this is a typical nutjob non-issue.
bush couldn't read!
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Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:13 pm
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He read a hell of a lot better than those dimwits who attempted to vote against him.
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Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:34 pm
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that was easy. all they had to do was look in their wallets????
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