What’s that the Bible said about the blind leading the blind?  Something about both falling into the ditch?
Drudge has the scoop on a Mike Wallace interview with Vladdy Pee-Yewtin to appear on 60 minutes  this coming Sunday.  (Not that I’m going to watch that birdcage liner of a program, but that’s not the point here.)
A combative Vladimir Putin tells Mike Wallace he should question his own country’s democratic ways before looking for problems with Russia’s. The Russian president also says the U.S. shouldn’t try to export its democracy, as it is trying to do in Iraq, in an exclusive interview to be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday May 8 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Wallace gets quite a reaction from Putin by asking him about a recent change the Russian leader made. Says Wallace, “There was a time when the regional governors were elected, correct? And all of the sudden, Putin says, ‘No, no, no. I shall appoint the governors.’ That’s democracy? That’s not democracy the way I understand it,” says Wallace. “The principle of appointing regional leaders is not a sign of a lack of democracy,” Putin retorts. “You’re absolutely wrong. For instance, India is called the largest world democracy. But their governors have always been appointed by the central government and nobody disputes that India is not a democracy,” says Putin.
Yeah, well – both  of you are blooming idiots.  For the 143,161st time – we live in a representative republic – not  a democracy.