[elhombrelibre]

Still, you got to wonder about the invincible ignorance of those who think this is a big win for Putin The Great, President for Life, and KGB Colonel, retired. He pulled off the greatest elections since Saddam won with 99% of the vote.

[McGruff]

Saddam won with 99% of the vote

That's mre than Porkyshenko got in Ukraine isn't it?

[FredZarguna]

Don't wonder about it at all. They fall under three categories: 1) Paid shills working for the Cheka/NKVD/KGB/FSB [they're all the same organization] 2) Russian nationalists who think it's better to be a slave in a powerful militaristic dictatorship than a free man in a weak democracy 3) Deluded half-wits who were born that way.

In any event, I'm not going to try to convert anybody. My confrontations with them on FR are strictly for the benefit of passersby who might be misled...