Hello Alexander,

 LL>>>> I keep hearing people ask, "Is America ready for a woman
 LL>>>> president? Or a gay president?" Funny thing is I never heard
 LL>>>> anyone ask if America was ready for an incompetent, vindictive,
 LL>>>> mentally unstable, misogynistic, homophobic, racist, traitorous
 LL>>>> egomaniac and yet, here we are!
 ak>>> At least now you understand what Russians felt when Yeltsin came
 ak>>> to power in early 90s. ;) BTW, one time he was the head of the
 ak>>> USSR Building ministry. Many similarities, in short. The result
 ak>>> was the death of the USSR. ;=)

 LL>> At least Vladimir Putin had limited experience of being a deputy
 LL>> mayor of a minor city before President Boris Yeltsin named him
 LL>> Prime Minister. Which probably is better than having been a judge
 LL>> of some beauty contest in Moscow.

 ak> I have always been sure that Putin was not the choice of Yeltsin himself.

Maybe Putin should follow the Turkish president's example,
combining the positions of president and prime minister as one.
After all, he has played both positions and has the experience.

--Lee

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