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Russian President Vladimir Putin: "Democracy can mean different things in different countries. In Russia, democracy is who shouts the loudest. In the U.S., it's who has the most money."

Can't say I disagree (on the US end, I don't know about Russia, but I think he has a pretty good handle on that).

Speeches start off, "My Fellow Americans" but the sheer class difference between the guy talking and the people listening is astounding. If that man came across an embodiment of the people he was talking to, and he weren't running for political office (read: Had nothing to gain from said person). I'd put money down that the he'd treat that person as sub-human.

I was thinking about this yesterday (despite having read the above quote within the last few minutes). When was the last time we had a poor guy in the White House? Including former War Heroes, have we ever had someone who qualifies as only slightly better off than his fellow Americans?

I guess what I'm saying is from my perspective Putin is right on. Democracy is slow to change (which isn't always a bad thing, but is most of the time).

And on that note, we'll call it enough politics for the week.