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"Meet the new boss/Same as the old boss."
Fact check
It referred to political Washington. It's far more corrupt and broken now than when the song came out 40 years ago, but Kramer bashed "events in Russia last weekend."
Polls, in fact, show Putin far outdistances Medvedev and other 2012 presidential aspirants. Yet he claimed:
"The Russian blogosphere featured endless petitions calling on Medvedev to run for reelection.""Why were so many Russians and foreigners....'fooled again?' "
"(T)here is no reason to believe (Putin) will return to a more democratic political system (with) free and fair elections, respect for civil liberties and observance of the rule of law....Political power in Russia is now more concentrated in the hands of one one man (than) since Stalin's death."
Whew! Where to begin? Whatever political shortcomings exist in Russia, they pale compared to America's corrupted broken system. A political duopoly controls everything. As a result:
- electoral politics are kabuki theater;
- major media and PR industry scoundrels play lead roles;
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