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I will have something contribute once I stop laughing at the idea that the latest Russian election was somehow more democratic than anything in, well, any Western democracy. Sure, the electorate directly elected Medvedev, but the fact that Putin's government was openly arresting or harassing the opposition really makes the process a joke.
By the way, most Western democracies don't directly elect their leaders. Prime Ministers are elected out of their assemblies in almost all cases.
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"There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush
"We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo
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