>--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>> Unlike a lot of my comrades, I'm not hostile to
>> Putin - I think he's
>> kept Russia from going down the drain.
>
>Not a small historical accomplishment, that. People
>forget (or pretend to forget) the condition Russia was
>in in 1999.
Try saying a kind word about Pootey-Poot to your average American leftist and they'll look at you like you're a monster.
Doug