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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 12:00 AM

"Blitz massage," revisited

The L.A. Times says Merkel "smiled." Riiiiight.

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  • Wednesday, July 19, 2006 10:10 AM

    think about how scary it that would be if you were a world leader

    and some idiot came up behind you like that. She looked jarred to say the least and then kind of exasperated like, "oh, it's him, but of course...it's only Georgie. OK, whew...

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