And runner up:
I didn't know Putin was a Democrat.
PUTIN NAMES THREE DIRECTIONS FOR RUSSIA'S DEVELOPMENT - STATE, LAW AND SOCIETY
MOSCOW, April 25 (RIA Novosti) - In his annual address, Vladimir Putin named three directions for Russia's development.
First, the development of the state system. Secondly, the strengthening of the legal system and the development of the political system, building a more effective justice system in the country. Third, development of the individual and the civil society.
Vladimir Putin believes the major political and ideological task is to develop a free democratic state in Russia.
The President pointed out that there is an opinion that the Russian people, "which kept silent for a long time," needs a strong authority, that it cannot adopt to democratic principles.
"I would certainly want to bring those who voice such an opinion back to reality," he said.
Vladimir Putin asked to regard the current and the previous Addresses to the Federal Assembly as "a common action plan for the next decade."
All the kings men couldn't put humpty dumpty together again.
The Soviet Union was put together by force. No one wanted to be under the thumb or gun of the Russians, All the Stan countries and eastern Europe and all the other countries hated them.
Now this dumbass Putin longs for the once great power that was the soviet Union?Subjucation and a prison camp contry?
Putin = Trojan horse speaking democracy with dictatorship in reality.
Some one bring a lie detector... never mind, he propbably has the skills to avoid being detected for lies because of his KGB skills.
Once a KGB agent, ALWAYS a KGB agent!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
New historical analysis proves that despite the fact that Reagan was president... it was all Bush's fault!
Well then Mr. Putin, since most/many of the Russians in other countries were sent there to Russify them, you could arrange for their return for which many of those countries would be eternally thankful.
No, I think the creation of the USSR was one of the great geopolitical catastrophes of the 20th Century.
And the spread of Marxism is another.
The birth of the UN, another one. The Third Reich, yet another.
I wonder why they didn't use that as the headline.
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All of this from a KGB operative. Lets get real Putin, you Commies flubbed your dub in trying to take over the civilized world and failed. GET OVER IT!!
Somewhere in one of his many dacha's, Putin has a shrine to Stalin
Putin's position is indistinguishable from that of the American Left. This speech could have been given by Jimmy Carter.
In Russia, in particular, the nostalgia is strong because of national pride. Russia's early history was that of an Asian hick backwater. With Peter the Great, they became a European power, albeit a minor one. With Catherine, they became prominent and rose to be a major force in the never-ending series of European wars. But they lost quite a few of them.
Then, after World War II, they were a superpower -- feared and hated. The nostalgia leads to a "but at least" problem. "Well, we had to wait in line for rotten bread, but at least we didn't have to worry about paying for the doctor." The real problems that Russia suffers from now are compared against a sanitized version of the past. But the truth is, it's really more about national pride. They don't have it now, and they wish they did.
W has looked into this man's eyes and seen a good soul (or something like that). I have not looked into his eyes but somehow he gives me the creeps. I suppose his KGB background gives me pause. Force in service to tyrrany did not seem to bother his soul.