Yeltsin was a drunken fool who was not that popular in Russia by the end of his term in office.

Oh and of course Gorbachev, Bush the Elder., Thatcher, Blair and Bush the Younger were continously popular, from start to finish:rolleyes:

Remember, all or almost all political careers end in failure.

You seem very anti-western Garry. That of course is your choice. However, the Soviets consumed thier fair share of the worlds resources too. Those Soviet / Russian coal mines, oil wells, gas pipelines and nuclear power stations were not developed for fun you know.

Sod the Mallard, just Stephenson’s Rocket instead…..

A tad harsh….Stallone’s best films, Rambo First Blood and Copland were pretty good.

I do think Die Hard 4 is perhaps one Die Hard too many though….

Indeed, I’ve read the navy test pilot school has a nice beaver.

Now this comment could easily be missunderstood……:diablo: :diablo: :diablo:

And I bet his dad looked better than he did when he died……hell, I bet he looked better as a pile of ash….!!!

Prob not just drugs…add partying all night and day, non stop touring, booze, smoking like a lorry exhaust, chasing young girls, etc, etc……:D

I don’t think he comes across quite as bad as some of you are suggesting. Sure, hes no great speaker, Clinton was always going to be a hard act to follow.

However, those Americans who voted Bush in knew what they were getting. The fact that he has a somewhat nervous, stuttering style of speaking endeared hime to a wide group of U.S. voters who perhaps saw him as more real and “approachable” in some ways.

so far i found this forum to be absolutly outstanding

You’ll soon learn….;)