tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post305037450422787626..comments2023-11-05T04:18:46.009-08:00Comments on thoughts on the road: For Many Abroad, an Ideal RenewedErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00670952264797321717noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-42570031297964886072008-11-05T09:37:00.000-08:002008-11-05T09:37:00.000-08:00One commentator I read notes that in one way McCai...One commentator I read notes that in one way McCain could be preferable for the Kremlin. That is, preferable to the hard liners in the Kremlin. It's more difficult to cast the US as a bogeyman if Obama is president. <BR/><BR/>I agree about M's speech though.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00670952264797321717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7172429940118949100.post-282308159383905522008-11-05T09:13:00.000-08:002008-11-05T09:13:00.000-08:00Well, a great day, no doubt about it!But what's up...Well, a great day, no doubt about it!<BR/><BR/>But what's up with Medvedev? That speech seems oddly tone-deaf and out of sync with the moment, which the rest of the world wanted to celebrate. It doesn't speak well for Russia's image to be making bellicose and anti-democratic statements exactly at the same time that America is trying to repair its image.<BR/><BR/>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/world/europe/06russia.htmlAnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05443689500887100154noreply@blogger.com