CNN
reports that at a joint presser with Putin Bush apparently said this:
"I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world, like Iraq where there's a free press and free religion, and I told him that a lot of people in our country would hope that Russia would do the same"
Could someone tell me what possibly was going through Bush's brain at the time?
Putin, probably after numerous attempts to come up with the least insulting retort, had this:
We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy that they have in Iraq, quite honestly
There was that, and also this
exchange at a press conference in Germany two days ago:
Q Thank you, sir. Just to follow up --
PRESIDENT BUSH: Follow up on?
Q On both of these. Does it concern you that the Beirut airport has been bombed? And do you see a risk of triggering a wider war?
And on Iran, they've, so far, refused to respond. Is it now past the deadline, or do they still have more time to respond?
PRESIDENT BUSH: I thought you were going to ask me about the pig.
I think this puts to rest all the conspiracy theories about him wearing an wire and an earpiece. But, honestly, how deluded is this man?