Posted on 07/05/2005 12:24:41 PM PDT by Wiz
Garry Kasparov had nothing left to conquer. For two decades he reigned over international chess with the swagger of a Cossack and a memory that took on supercomputers. His peers vanquished and his patience worn thin by the politics of his game, the fiery, unpredictable chess legend yearned for a new arena.
This year he found one. Announcing his retirement from professional chess in March, Kasparov threw himself headlong into Russian politics, undaunted by its tripwires or its steely overseer, President Vladimir Putin.
In fact, Kasparov has made clear he sees Putin as his new archrival. Kasparov is virtually alone in Russian politics in calling for the dismantling of Putin's regime, and in the use of large-scale street rallies to try to get the job done.
Russian political analysts view Kasparov's endeavor as quixotic and ultimately doomed. Polls suggest most Russians are unaware of Kasparov's career move. Nearly two-thirds say they never would elect him president.
Kasparov is not accustomed to being the underdog, but it doesn't appear to faze him either. State-controlled television has ignored him since he announced his switch from chess to politics, so he has begun seeding grass-roots backing in Russia's provinces.
In mid-June he took his message of democracy and regime change to Kostroma, a small provincial capital along the banks of the Volga River. Last week he appeared in the volatile North Caucasus republic of Dagestan, recently besieged by a wave of bombings and violence spilling over from the 10-year separatist conflict in neighboring Chechnya.
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Sorry, Putin was elected by US/OSCE monitored elections. Not even close. Furthermore, he rules in a constitutional republic. Albait it's far from a perfect system or near our level, but it still has checks and balances.
I see you're still running the same lie. You've been busted on this one several times, even by Yushchenko himself who said there was no Russian involvement. But why stop right?
The closest he ever came was in April 1932, losing the election to von Hindenberg, who named Bruening as Reichskanzler. Bruening was a disaster for various reasons, and within 60 days was dismissed by Hindenberg, with Franz von Papen named the new Reichskanzler.
In the parliamentary elections of November 1932, Hindenberg's party not only did not gain a majority of the seats, but von Papen was unable to build a coalition government. He was dismissed in favour of Kurt von Schleicher on 4 December 1932.
Thereupon, von Papen approached Hitler, whose NSDAP held the second most seats in the Reichstag, and also Alfred Hugenberg, head of the DNVP, to piece together a group that would undermine von Schleicher, whom all three of them hated.
Well, von Papen got his deal put together all right; himself as Vice-Chancellor, Hitler as Chancellor. President von Hindenberg ratified this agreement, dismissing von Schleicher on 30 January 1933, and naming Hitler in his stead.
Von Hindenberg died in 1934, and shortly thereafter on the infamous ''Night of the Long Knives'', von Schleicher and many others of Hitler's political opponents were murdered. Von Papen was arrested (although later ''rehabilitated'', mostly due, apparently, to the efforts of none other than Heinrich Himmler -- tasty bit of irony, there).
And that, m'friend, is how Herr Hitler came to power. He was never elected.
FReegards!
Exactly. Details in post 25. One of the most interesting years in German history.
I would not break dance at gun point!
Really? Then how do you explain this FReepmail you sent me:
Re: I Secretly wish I was Bill Clinton so I could see Hillary Nude, Owl_Eagle's confession series.
From Jersey Republican Biker Chick | 07/05/2005 3:48:20 PM EDT read
You're a real weirdo, Owl. I sure do like break dancing though. You're super cool. I wish everyone was more like you. You should be cloned.
Owl_Eagle
(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
LOL!! I was wondering that myself.
Whoever wrote this piece of crap article is an idiot. The whole article is just so much twaddle.
I like chess so I read the the article. Sorry I did now.
Regards, Lion.
Hitler was NEVER elected when he took power in Germany!
Who the heck is that???
WIZ....A Wiz you aren't....
That does not even sound like me. So don't even try it!!
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