LIE OF THE WEEK: 04-04-2008

President Bush on nearing the end of his tenure as president and on Russian President Putin doing the same:

"You know we're two old warhorses and we're both getting ready to step down from our positions."

THE TRUTH: President Bush is already one of the worst presidents in American history and associating himself further with Putin is only making his historical legacy even worse. After claiming to have seen Putin's soul when they first met, President Bush has allowed Putin to roll back democracy in Russia and turn it into another energy-rich autocracy which is hurting freedom and liberty around the world. Also, as President Bush leaves office next January and loses what little influence he has left (since no one currently respects his administration anyway, here or internationally), Putin will be Prime Minister of his country and continue to rule indefinitely. President Bush will then become an extremely unpopular former president and Putin will continue his high level of popularity in Russia as he continues to control all mass media and public information, like all autocrats. Putin is a dangerous man who is harming American interests throughout the world and the sooner American foreign policy reflects this fact, the better off we will be.