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Old 04-25-2007, 12:22 AM   #5
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Default Re: Boris Yeltsin 1931-2007 RIP

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Originally Posted by gospodin View Post
Aside from the fact that Boris Yeltsin was a drunk, corrupt politician (or is that the definition of a politician?) who mismanaged the Russian economy, traded favors with other corrupt politicians for some personal gain, and had about 2/3s of Russia pissed off with him, he was a character. And he was better than Putin towards the US. Na zdrovya, Boris!
Name me a US politician who is not corrupt, has not mismanaged our country, has not traded favors for personal gain, and has not gotten most of the voters PO'd? And what's wrong with being a drunk (mmmm Teddy Kennedy seems to be pretty popular and he even killed a woman while drunk).
Now name me a US politician who has the guts to stand up to the establishment (in Boris's case the Communist Government and Red Army) and change a system!

Another toast to commarad Boris!
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