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Human Torch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 06:40 PM
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Mikhail Gorbachev: Mr. Bush, tear down this wall...and STFU
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=2182020&page=1



July 12, 2006 — Mikhail Gorbachev is generally regarded as the man who broke down the "iron curtain" that separated the communist world from the West and thawed the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Now, 15 years after a coup removed him from power and the Soviet Union dissolved, he has some stern words for the United States, whose relationship with Russia has soured lately.

"We have made some mistakes," he said, referring to recent attacks on Russia's democracy. "So what? Please don't put even more obstacles in our way. Do you really think you are smarter than we are?"

The former general secretary of the Soviet Union Communist Party accused Americans of arrogance and trying to impose their way of life on other nations. "Americans have a severe disease — worse than AIDS. It's called the winner's complex," he said. "You want an American style-democracy here. That will not work."

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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 06:42 PM
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1. You can see the defective genetics in that smirk of bush**s
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 06:45 PM
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2.  Mikhail Gorbachev is
right..bushiters=ARROGANCE!
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Sadie5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 07:05 PM
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3. With all of his money
you would think * could do something with his unruly hair. It looks like a haystack that has been trimmed with a lawn mower.
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LittleClarkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 07:08 PM
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4. They made that an issue during the election, remember
it was a sin for Kerry go get an expensive haircut. So maybe Jr. is supposed to look down-homey.
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flordehinojos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 07:09 PM
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5. looks like he has a wad of gum in his mouth, or else, someone punched out
his teeth.


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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-12-06 07:15 PM
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6. It doesn't work HERE!
"You want an American style-democracy here. That will not work."

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