Bridget's Heart-Throb Thinks He's FDR

Apparently Bridget heart-throb Vladimir Putin thinks he's the next Franklin Delano Roosevelt, or at least that's what he's saying in his speeches and through his government-controlled media. The Washington Post reports:

FDR, according to a consistent story line here, tamed power-hungry tycoons to save his country from the Great Depression. He restored his people's spirits while leading the United States for 12 years and spearheaded the struggle against "outside enemies," as the mass-circulation tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda put it.

Translation: Putin rescued an enfeebled Russia from the chaos of the 1990s, banished or imprisoned dangerous billionaires and regained respect for his newly enriched country on the world stage.

And Roosevelt ran for a third and fourth term because his country needed him. Translation: Putin, too, should stay.

Gee, I always thought of Putin more Mussolini than FDR, but he does have a point with that third and fourth-term business. Who knows, if he tries to pack the Supreme Court or creates a welfare state -- or defeats the forces of international fascism in his time -- he just could pull it off!