Bush pushes the boat out to welcome Putin

Did you say lobster and sailing?

OK, the headline ain't so bad. Wouldn't have been my choice of words, but it works. Although I doubt Bush did any actual boat pushing.

However, the opening paragraph is horrid:

President George W Bush is hoping that lobster and sailing his father's New England retreat today will help to woo Russia's president Vladimir Putin into putting pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear programme. [emphasis mine]

Oh yeah, a little lobster and sailing should do the trick for foreign policy.

Bush, what a maroon!

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