Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007 11:51 EST
It was a joke (we think)
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.
The losers who gave us Sarah Palin 
Clergy say, "I won't"
And still our vote mattered
Joan Walsh
Glenn Greenwald