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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-07 10:02 AM
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Whats the deal with this thug Putin? Does he ever come up for election in democratic Russia?
Edited on Sun Sep-02-07 10:03 AM by NNN0LHI
Hasn't he been the head kahuna of Russia longer than the Bush regime has been in power here?

When does Bush's bosom buddy come up for election? If ever?

Don
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BadgerLaw2010 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-07 10:04 AM
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1. Elections in 2000 and 2004, supposedly term-limited in 2008.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-07 10:05 AM
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2. at least putin has no world domination fantasies
does he?
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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-07 10:07 AM
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4. I suspect he would if could
But he can't.

Don
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-07 10:06 AM
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3. According to his wiki
He became acting President on New Years Eve 99, and becamse official President in May 2000 elections. The Russian Constitution has consecutive term limits, meaning he can't run in 08, but could in 2012 if he wanted

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#Second_term
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-07 10:07 AM
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5. yes and he wins
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-07 10:30 AM
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6. well he got them totally out of debt after we ruined their economy in order
to win the cold war (via major counterfeiting of the ruble we trashed their global credit rating, taking it from triple A to 4F or something) so no one would give them credit. They've managed to straighten it all out and are in a positive cash flow, just swimming in money actually (unlike us).
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Colorado Progressive Donating Member (980 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Sep-02-07 10:35 AM
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7. He doesn't like Bush, nor do we. nt
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