Vladimir Putin and Paris Hilton
Posted by arkahar on June 8, 2007
“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.”
Yup, attribute that quotation to none other than Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Some time ago. In the bad old days.
And, now, a few years later…
Lenin’s spiritual grandson — Russian President Vladimir Putin — has taken the words as counsel, not caution.
This is the pull-quote and headline from the English-language version of this week’s interview with Putin in Der Spiegel:
G-8 INTERVIEW WITH VLADIMIR PUTIN
So, Putin says: “I am a true democrat.”
Hmm.
Well, I was elected president of Uzbekistan. I’m the star of Ocean’s 13. And I had sex with Paris Hilton the night before she went to jail (the second time).
I can say it — but that doesn’t make it true.
For more on Paris Hilton — er, um — Russia, read Eric Margolis.
I recall, some years ago, Margolis warning (at a TV roundtable) that the Russian bear would return. I also vaguely recall him being giggled at like some kind of fearmongering Cold Warrior.
Who’s giggling now?
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