George W. Bush
Wednesday, Oct 17, 2007 3:51 PM UTC
It was a joke (we think)
Bush says he's planning to stick around.
From this morning’s White House press conference:
Reporter: Mr. President, following up on Vladimir Putin for a moment, he said recently that next year, when he has to step down according to the constitution, as the president, he may become prime minister; in effect keeping power and dashing any hopes for a genuine democratic transition there …
Bush: I’ve been planning that myself.
Tim Grieve is a senior writer and the author of Salon's War Room blog. More Tim Grieve.
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