"I knew it!"
Posted on 03/02/2021 12:05:25 PM PST by Borges
MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev turned 90 on Tuesday, receiving greetings from the Kremlin and global leaders while Russians remained divided over his legacy.
Gorbachev, who has stayed in a hospital as a precaution amid the coronavirus pandemic, was scheduled to have a video call Tuesday with his aides and associates who gathered at his foundation to congratulate him.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Gorbachev in a letter published by the Kremlin, hailing him as “one of the most outstanding statesmen of modern times who made a considerable impact on the history of our nation and the world.” Putin also praised Gorbachev for continuing to work on international humanitarian projects.
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I swear that birthmark is a map of Afghanistan.
Gorbachev.
Didn’t know he was still alive.
I wonder if he has had any Gorbasms lately.
Which leads me to miss El Rushbo as I think about Gorbasms.
Well, they did spend a lot of time, lives and rubles there...............
I’ll have a glasnost of perestroika to celebrate
"I knew it!"
His contemporary, James A. Baker III, is also 90.
Maybe he can advise Harris on the coming American collapse.
Me too, first thing I thought of. Now the screen's getting blurry again.
Remember he did a Pizza Hut commercial? I always thought that odd, to see a good communist plugging an evil capitalist western imperialist company.
I wonder how many rubles he got for that?
I remember when he was at President Reagan’s funeral.
He kissed the casket. Very touching.
He's no dummy, he got dollars.
LOL. I was just thinking about that scene.
I knew people back in the day who thought Gorbachev was the greatest leader of the 20th century — he’s the guy who ended the Cold War without firing a shot, and totally dismantled the Soviet Union!!!!!!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday dear Gorby!
Hope that mark on your head went away!
Happy birthday to you!
I have a relative that works for Baker.
Deep down he’s probably relishing the fact that the ones who now control Washington are commie wannabees.
Where does Gorbachev live? Didn’t he once have an office in San Francisco?
I always kinda liked him, ditto Don Regan. Neither of them was particularly well-suited to the usual D.C. political nonsense, esp. Regan, and I seem to remember both were frustrated by Nancy Reagan’s excessive influence on her husband.
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