If you think the Trent Lott debacle was bad, get a load of this one.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the extreme far-right Vice Speaker of the Russian Duma, visited Iraq four months ago and had some illuminating words on America, Bush, and a potential war on Iraq.
The following is from a video of him (apparently completely loaded -- the tape was filmed after a private party in Baghdad) that was just released a couple of days ago. You'll have to click on more below for selected excerpts from the "speech"; let's just say it's not very nice. Please don't visit if you are easily offended (like you could stop yourself now!).
If you read Russian, you can read it yourself here. The amazing part about it all is that the whole spectacle has not been reported whatsoever in the U.S. news, although it's been on constant play on the Russian news channels. The consulates of Azerbaijan and Australia have requested copies of the video.
Update: Ooooh! Video! Click on the little movie camera.
In other Russian news, college students held a peace rally in Moscow today. They arrived dressed as Santa Clauses because they thought Americans would understand their message better because Santa is such a positive image for Americans.
The following is a loose translation and not necessarily in order. Some are remembered from the broadcast and may not be 100% accurate. Unfortunately, there's not an english transcript available.
Put away your bullets far away into the warehouse and forget about your daddy!
If you want to bomb somebody we can bomb Australia together.
Your predecessor, fuck, Clinton, fuck, they pulled his zipper down right in his office. Everything fucking went to cock. In the office of the head of the state she sucked him. And this is America? What are you doing fuck? Monica fuck? What fucking president! Devils blow-job givers, fuck. Masturbators fuck. George, George, watch cowboy films.. and look over here fuck. Look at the sky fuck.
Do not attack Iraq. Napolean met his doom at Waterloo, Hitler lost the Battle of Berlin... You will meet your doom in Baghdad. You! Bback to Texas, back, on your ranch, on your jeep run around your empty land and learn the Spanish language. New York already speaks Russian.
We will send ten more million of Russians to America and elect our own president and you George will get a good cell in the bighouse. Do you understand George?
Moscow doesn't want this war and our president explained this clearly in Russian to you: "Do not dare shoot at Baghdad." Lets fuck the Tbilisi together, Baku and other cities. We will find targets on this earth. So much earth, fuck. If you want, we will send Australia to cock. To the bottom of the ocean. Do you want us to show our rocket, fuck. Do you want it? Fuck. We have so much weapons. Fuck.
At night our scientists will slightly change the earth's gravitational field and your country will be under water. 24 hours. Fuck.
For the record, Zhirinovsky also wants Alaska back.
Thanks to C.D.B. (a certain Russian cutie) for the news!
in comparison to the rest of it, that last bit about changing the earth's gravitational field was just a little too coherent for my liking!
Posted by: matt on January 31, 2003 11:08 AMWhy isn't this more of a controversy? Basically because Zhirinovsky is no Trent Lott--- even though he has a suprinsgly large number of supporters, no one considers him to be anything but a crazy nationalist fringe element in politics.
The one part of the speech that was suprisingly almost coherent was (more or less, from memory): "George, ask your father. Ask your generals. They don't want this war. No one wants this war." Funn, though. He was as bombed as Cheney/Rumsfeld/Wolfowitz want Iraq to be...
Posted by: Andrew on January 31, 2003 12:30 PMZhirinovsky has certainly lost credibility over the years, but I can't help but shudder when I remember how close he came to being the guy who had his hand on the button back in '96. Had the communists not also embraced the ethnic uniformity platform back then and, I think he would have been a threat in the presidential election.
Posted by: Vlad E. on January 31, 2003 01:14 PMSounds like he's auditioning for the next Austin Powers movie. "We will change the earth's gravitational pull unless you pay us ONE MILLION dollars!"
Posted by: sr on February 1, 2003 03:48 PMThis man Speaks the thruth (well not the "Your Generals dont want this war")
Every Country tell him "we don't want the war" but Geoge, the Fuckin Cowboy, want to have atention from his father because he ist nothing, he havent reached anything but executing peaople in Texas
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