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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (1044)	11/15/2001 7:14:20 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Respond to of 15516

"The Russian people should be concerned when Putin visits Shrub. " Putin might pick up some Banana Republic tricks!! He is probably telling him how to fix his next election!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (1044)	11/16/2001 3:37:49 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

I found the reference to the dialog between Putin and Bush that was mentioned in the press. It was in Maureen Dowd's column. "In an odd twist yesterday, it was the Russian president who defended the American president when a Russian reporter asked Mr. Bush about American curbs on freedom of the press, referring to Condoleeza Rice's successful lobbying of tv executives to keep Osama bin Laden's videos off the air." --MAUREEN DOWD excerpt from "Go Fly A Kite, Taliban," published Wednesday November 14, 2001 in The New York Times , Page A27

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (1044)	11/16/2001 3:42:07 PM
From: Mephisto	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15516

Maybe the reason Putin and Shrub get along so well together is because they are so much alike. They want to conduct government in secret and they are not concerned about democracy. Putin was trained as a former KGB agent in Russia. And Bush is a wannabe dictator. I'm not sure how much freedom the Russian people have now. Maybe, Putin is a dictator. I don't know. The fear is that Congress will give sway to Bush's desire to turn his government into a dictatorship.