wolfdancer
10-13-2007, 07:13 PM
I didn't know Condi had a sense of humor, ironic though it may be....
" MOSCOW - The Russian government under Vladimir Putin has amassed so much central authority that the power-grab may undermine Moscow's commitment to democracy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
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"In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development," Rice told reporters after meeting with human-rights activists.
"I think there is too much concentration of power in the Kremlin. I have told the Russians that. Everybody has doubts about the full independence of the judiciary. There are clearly questions about the independence of the electronic media and there are, I think, questions about the strength of the Duma," said Rice, referring to the Russian parliament."
Humor....or just professional jealousy?...since GWB has spent the last 6 years trying to do the same thing?
Duma ?....hey, add in a couple of "s"'s, maybe a "b" for the spelling purists...and that would be our Congress the past 6 years as well.
" MOSCOW - The Russian government under Vladimir Putin has amassed so much central authority that the power-grab may undermine Moscow's commitment to democracy, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
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"In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development," Rice told reporters after meeting with human-rights activists.
"I think there is too much concentration of power in the Kremlin. I have told the Russians that. Everybody has doubts about the full independence of the judiciary. There are clearly questions about the independence of the electronic media and there are, I think, questions about the strength of the Duma," said Rice, referring to the Russian parliament."
Humor....or just professional jealousy?...since GWB has spent the last 6 years trying to do the same thing?
Duma ?....hey, add in a couple of "s"'s, maybe a "b" for the spelling purists...and that would be our Congress the past 6 years as well.