The name's Dmitry, we are told.
We are also told that with Putin he will form a sort of two-headed government, a Russian Hydra.
Putin's economic and political legacy is not what is seems, comes the warning. Surprise, Surprise.
Someone was saying the other day how vain and ambitious Medvedev is. Yawn, again.
The "real Axis of Evil" is getting a new face (or two in one depending on the perspective).
There's not even point in bothering with the outcome of the election. Who needs observers anyway?
Such is the state of "democracy"...
Left without real options, Russian voters are at least given a chance to enjoy a good brawl and a healthy laugh.
Running against Medvedev is, we are told, the crazy and short-tempered ultra-nationalist Zhirinovsky (always handy to have someone like him running in an election when you want to ensure votes are coming your way), the Freemason and the old-time Communist.
Always a pleasure to watch a good scuffle...
...nevertheless we, in the civilized West, are known to have our own little skirmishes to deal with sometimes, and if we feel we have it bad with Sky News, what about Fox in the States?
There's been so much that has amused me over the last few months but today, since we're on who can shout the loudest, here's an old cat fight between "America hater" Rosie O'Donnell and "dumb puritan Republican" Elizabeth Hasselbeck over O'Donnell's not-very-mainstream apparent opinion that Americans are the real terrorists in Iraq not the Iraqis.
Hasselbeck even called Donald Trump obnoxious, which in turn branded her, not unfairly either, one of the dumbest people on TV. Alicia Silverstone snubbed Hasselbeck, Glenn Close seemingly too.
But most amusing of all is to hear the Fox reporter and his two "commentators", especially when the reporter suggests that giving voice to "crazy opinions" such as O'Donnell's and "allowing the normalization of these kind of views" we risk deteriorating the whole debate...!
And what a debate it has been!
...nevertheless we, in the civilized West, are known to have our own little skirmishes to deal with sometimes, and if we feel we have it bad with Sky News, what about Fox in the States?
There's been so much that has amused me over the last few months but today, since we're on who can shout the loudest, here's an old cat fight between "America hater" Rosie O'Donnell and "dumb puritan Republican" Elizabeth Hasselbeck over O'Donnell's not-very-mainstream apparent opinion that Americans are the real terrorists in Iraq not the Iraqis.
Hasselbeck even called Donald Trump obnoxious, which in turn branded her, not unfairly either, one of the dumbest people on TV. Alicia Silverstone snubbed Hasselbeck, Glenn Close seemingly too.
But most amusing of all is to hear the Fox reporter and his two "commentators", especially when the reporter suggests that giving voice to "crazy opinions" such as O'Donnell's and "allowing the normalization of these kind of views" we risk deteriorating the whole debate...!
And what a debate it has been!
Anyway, enough of the old and in with the new... let's see "what difficulties the next US president, - he or she - will face in 2008" in the words of Senator Ted Kennedy.
For starters there is Obamanomics; some would say proof that fear is an essential tool of politicians of every description, but above all, I would say, evidence that the lower the expectation the highest the sense of achievement and happiness.
Miserabilism the way to happiness and fulfilment?
Me thinks not...
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