Molly Ivins: In Politics, Comedy and Tragedy

Never let it never be said our president does not provide laughs, even as we wobble on the rim of war in the Middle East.

Look what a good time Vladimir Putin had with him. Bush, responding to questions from the international press corps on his conversation with Putin the previous evening, said, “I talked about my desire to promote institutional change in parts of the world like Iraq, where there is a free press and free religion, and I told him that a lot of people in our country, you know, would hope that Russia would do the same thing.”

Putin, with a fairly straight face, replied, “We certainly would not like to have the same of kind of democracy they have in Iraq, I’ll tell you that quite honestly.” Don’t you hate it when the international press corps laughs at what a stoop Bush is? Bush, who fancies himself something of a fast-reply artist, said, “Just wait.” Heh, heh.

I think the problem is the rest of the world doesn’t understand Dekes (Delta Kappa Epsilon). We need a Deke short-course in embassies around the globe.

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and she saw it early and she says it well.

She and Hightower are two Texans I always read.