Stevie does Stand-up

Vlad.

ACCORDING TO MAUREEN DOWD at the NYT, Dubya's new memoir contains an interesting take on Stevie:

Yet if W.’s decision-making leaves something to be desired, his story-telling is good.

He writes of a visit to Russia, when Putin showed him his black Labrador, Koni. “Bigger, stronger, and faster than Barney,” Putin bragged.

Later, when W. recounted this to Stephen Harper, the Canadian prime minister, Harper drolly noted, “You’re lucky he only showed you his dog.”