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It is unfortunate that Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, isn't running for the American presidency, since the former Communist President of Russia is far more popular in the United States than he is in his own country. Even though polling in Russia is no exact science, very few dispute Gorbachev's dead-last standing in most public opinion surveys. Some speculate that Gorbachev, 65, misses the spotlight, and yearns to take the national stage again. Whatever his motivation, he is unlikely to win many votes. The widely vilifed Gorbachev is blamed by many Russians for the downfall of the Soviet Union, and the economic hardships that followed. Perestroika and glasnost, former party buzzwords, now resonate like curses in the modern Russian vocabulary, and Gorbachev is now denounced as a traitor in the pay of the CIA or international Zionism, sometimes both. Ironically, the stubborn defense of the Soviet Union and Communist Party that marked Gorbachev's speeches as president would be considerably more popular now. With virtually no chance of a respectable showing in the election, (winning is out of the question) Gorbachev cannot even play the bargaining chip of siphoning off votes from another candidate. --Terence Nelan |
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Communism'sNew Face
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