How bad is our voting system? Bad enough that the Russians now ridicule it.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, confronted by Bush administration criticism on the openness of the Russian elections, looked deep into the soul of the 2000 election and responded thusly:
“We will listen to the critical statements, analyse them and, if we think there is something to think about, will draw the corresponding conclusions,” he said.
But, Putin added, some “see the splinter in another’s eye and ignore the log in his own”.
“Four years ago, we watched in bewilderment how the US election system was failing,” he said.
Ouch.
Via Counterspin Central.