Pootie Poo Considers Cheating

[Eli]

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11868102

Putin does not rule out premiership if United Russia wins December polls

MOSCOW. Oct 1 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin considers a proposal by delegates at the congress of the United Russia party that he become prime minister as quite realistic.

"Heading the government is quite a realistic proposal but it's too early to think about that," he said in his speech at United Russia's congress on Monday.

This requires at least two conditions: first, United Russia must win the December 2, 2007 parliamentary elections; and second, the new president must be a "decent, competent and contemporary man", Putin stressed.

I'm pretty surprised actually. I thought he would just figure out a way to get another Presidential term.

[Kataphraktoi]

Putin

[DinoDoc]

Why should Happy Putin be sad, Builder?

[VetLegion]

The mechanism isn't unseen before. I think that Slobodan Milosevic in Serbia was first President of Serbia and after two terms ran out President of the union of Serbia and Montenegro. All power was with him, no matter the name of the function.

[Eli]

I think the idea is for Putin to be a PM for a term, and then run for President again in 2012.

[Asmodean]

So - let's hear from all those people who said that noooo, Putin was democratic, he would not try to hold on to power and that even thinking that would be preposterous.

Let's hear fom you VetLegion, serb et. al.

What do you have to say now, huh???

Putin
Russia

Asmodean

[LordShiva]

Happy Putin

[VetLegion]

I never said Putin was democratic , all I said is that I don't think he would be a president for a third term and that I expect he would be running Gazprom after this term ended.

Anyway, there is no reason for him to remove himself from politics completely. US presidents have political careers spanning decades (as congressmen, vice-presidents, presidents...) so why should Putin have to retire immediately?

[VetLegion]

Not to mention that Denmark is a monarchy and you are that serf that makes celebratory threads when your "King and Queen" have babies, so you really shouldn't be lectoring anyone about serious politics.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Not to mention that Denmark is a monarchy and you are that serf that makes celebratory threads when your "King and Queen" have babies, so you really shouldn't be lectoring anyone about serious politics.

QFT

Monarchies
Happy Putin

[DanS]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Anyway, there is no reason for him to remove himself from politics completely. US presidents have political careers spanning decades (as congressmen, vice-presidents, presidents...) so why should Putin have to retire immediately?

I think you must know this, but it has been a very rare sight indeed to see a US president go back to the congress.

[Eli]

I think you must know this, but it has been a very rare sight indeed to see a US president go back to the congress.

Did it ever happen?

[DanS]

Yes. In 1874, Andrew Johnson made it back to the Senate. This was after losing an election in the Senate and then the House.

Don't recall about any others.

The US presidency is a completely different institution than the Russian presidency, of course. The US presidency is an office without much power beyond that of the bully pulpit.

[Sirotnikov]

the power just shifts to another title.

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by VetLegion
Not to mention that Denmark is a monarchy and you are that serf that makes celebratory threads when your "King and Queen" have babies, so you really shouldn't be lectoring anyone about serious politics.

Not going to bite your troll, and you know it.

The man is taking advantage of the fact that russians have no real experience with how a free and democratic society should work, to keep the power in his hands.

Russia has become a de facto totalitarian state

Asmodean