the g7. that is to say the seven largest economic powers in the world. the russians are not among the 8th largest in the world and they ought to be thrown out of it as a sign of western reaction to what he has done. he was about ready to host the next meeting of the g8. i find it impossible to contemplate that the united states and germany and france and great britain and japan and china, well, maybe china would want to go to a g8 meeting hosted by vladmir putin. yes, we ought to restyle the g8. end the g8 and recorns statute the g7. it is the least we can do. and i emphasize the least we can do, in the face of this incredible, you know, takeover by the russians of part of the ukraine. bill: you know, i thought what putin said yesterday was striking. we talk about american exceptionalism here. he kind of went right after that. he basically said to paraphrase, the americans think they re