Judo With Putin – I Wonder If He’s Compensating For Something

OK, so stop me if you’ve heard this one! Young Vladimir grows up in the old Leningrad, joins the KGB, becomes President of Russia, fools George Bush into thinking he has a good pro-democracy soul, installs a new hand-picked Russian president to succeed him, makes himself the Prime Minister with more power than the president, and shoots a Siberian tiger just in time to save a TV crew. 

What more can Putin accomplish in his life other than going to Disney Land? How about producing a DVD of himself showing off his black belt Judo moves on his 56th birthday?

President Bush looked into Putin’s eyes and saw a good man. McCain looked into Putin’s eyes and (by his own admission) saw a K, a G, and a B. They are both wrong. They should have seen a J, a U, a D, and an O. 

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Long gone are the days of Russian Presidents who are in perpetual state of drunkenness and whose large bellies resemble a Buddha God – remember Boris Yeltsin? Even at his old age, Ronald Reagan could kick Yeltsin’s hard-to-miss butt. No longer. Both Putin and Medvedev can easily take on our elected officials: the great philosopher, public speaker and humanitarian (Bush), the old cantankerous guy (McCain), and the Messiah (Obama).

And of course Sarah Palin knew all about this a long time ago. She could practically see the production of this DVD from her kitchen window looking out toward Russia.