[aristeides]

When Stalin's lieutenants became convinced he was going to mount another purge in which they would probably die, they in effect killed him. After Stalin had his stroke, it seems to be confirmed history that Beria, supported by the Politburo, denied him the medical treatment that might have saved his life. Beyond that, however, there are rumors that Stalin's stroke was medically induced. Stalin's nurse was the sister of his lieutenant Kaganovich.

[xJones]

Stalin did "get his". Reading the conflicting accounts about his death is interesting. Trying to figure out how Beria was actually killed afterwards is even more confusing.

Still, this isn't the Soviet Union, 1953. The Clintons will drag down the Democrats though, and it will be a long series of messy, hysterical deathrows. Babs Streisand, Elinor Clift, the staff of the Washington Post, etc. - we'll never hear the end of it from them.