Powell in Russia lecturing Putin about democracy!

[glarius]

I saw this report on CBC Newsworld and it made me want to puke....With all the damage Bush and his buddies, including Powell have done to American democracy, it is unbelievable that he would have the gall to lecture anyone else...
<snip> Powell set the tone for the discussions early with an article printed on the front page of the Russian newspaper Izvestia on Monday. "Russia's democratic system seems not yet to have found the essential balance among the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government. Political power is not yet fully tethered to law. Key aspects of civil society – free media and political party development, for example – have not yet sustained an independent presence," Powell wrote.

P.S....the underlining is mine
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/26/powell_russia040126

[Andy_Stephenson]

1. That is like the pot calling the kettle

black.

[gWbush is Mabus]

3. what does this mean?

i mean, i know what it implies, but how does a pot actullay call a kettle black?

[JohnyCanuck]

2. I had a good belly laugh

When I saw that story on the CBC news this morning.

[JuniorPlankton]

4. I know we are all outraged by Bush but

You have NO IDEA how much worse it is in Russia.

[glarius]

6. What we see happening in America tells me Powell has a lot of nerve

to lecture ANYONE, even Russia on practicing democracy!...

[JohnyCanuck]

7. Give the Smirking Idiot another 4 years.

Then see how much of a difference there will be.

[reprehensor]

5. The irony is just too much.

I have to go puke now.

[damnraddem]

8. Next will Powell send Jerry Falwell to Russia to lecture on ...

religious tolerance?