Their Guy vs. Our Guy

[bugscoe]

Quote from Gabfly1:

I think you should look into your pronouncements about the manhood of others. For example, why the apparent fascination with the collage of bare-chested Putin publicity photos? Perhaps you should start there.

Gabfly #20 in white:

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[hermit]

Quote from Picaso:

LOL

McCain vs. Putin - or better yet Yeltsin

LMAO!

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[Gabfly1]

Bugscoe, self-appointed arbiter of manhood, has spoken.

 

[bugscoe]

Quote from Gabfly1:

Bugscoe, self-appointed arbiter of manhood, has spoken.

Speak up girly man, I can't hear your tiny voice over all the noise.

 

[Gabfly1]

Quote from bugscoe:

...noise...

Indeed.

 

[Trader666]

This is more an indictment of the Russian system. If our country worked the same way do you really think Obama wouldn't jail some of his most vocal critics, or at least silence them?

Quote from hermit:

Putin To Protesters: You'll Be Beaten If You Continue To Rally

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin disparaged Russian dissidents in crude street language in an interview Monday and said they would keep getting beaten if they continued to hold unauthorized rallies.

Putin has never shown much tolerance for dissent. After he became president a decade ago, Russia cracked down on opposition leaders and increased government control of the media. Now as prime minister, Putin still wields tremendous influence over policy, despite the presence of President Dmitry Medvedev. Putin has been coy over whether he will run in the 2012 presidential election.

Putin told journalists on Monday that it was "complete gibberish" that he continues to run the country.

"I'm tired of foreign policy," Putin told journalists traveling with him in Russia's Far East. He said Medvedev was handling it well and he saw no need to interfere.

In the interview published in the newspaper Kommersant, Putin defended his record and touched on a variety of topics, including foreign policy.

He said President Barack Obama seemed sincere in his desire to improve Moscow-Washington relations, despite U.S. policies that appeared more hostile. Putin pointed to continued U.S. military support for Georgia following its brief war with Russia in 2008 and U.S. plans to put a missile defense system in eastern Europe.

He also said imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky deserved his punishment. Khodorkovsky, serving an eight-year sentence after being convicted of fraud and tax evasion, is now on trial on new charges that carry a sentence of up to 22 years.

Putin said in the Kommersant interview that he was surprised to learn of the second case against Khodorkovsky. That claim caused some wry amusement among Khodorkovsky's supporters, who say the legal assault against him was punishment for challenging Putin.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/30/vladimir-putin-im-tired-o_n_699330.html