Putin on the Ritz

Well after reading that article, it's not hard to see why US relations with Russia would be so tense - he and Bush are very much alike. Both have a disregard for the constitution , and want to keep their hold on their position. Only difference is that Putin may actually be able to achieve his goal, whereas Jane pointed out earlier, there's no way in hell citizens in the US would stand for it. I could see Bush trying though - barricading himself in the White House, refusing to come out.

But what are we to do about it? The article talked about the US keeping a close eye on the elections to make sure everything was kosher. However, if the Russian people are really that apathetic, why should we do anything about it? Lord knows we don't need to invade another country and try to force it to our system of government.

As far as a one party system goes, well hell, why not let Putin just take over? If you've got only one major party that gets elected, and the people don't care, then how can you really change? I suppose that could be said about the US though. Yes, we have two parties, but most argue that they're not exactly dissimilar. We have other parties that try to run, and the Green party can put up a good showing, but most people don't want to vote Green because then the liberal votes are split, and someone like Bush gets elected. Ideally, we would have a 4 party system, the two moderates - Republican and Democrat, and two extremes (or, well as extreme as we can get) - Green and, I don't know, Crazy Redneck. Is there and extreme conservative party? I guess it might be the Christian Coalition.