Condi Rice to Russia: Improve Democracy

In a delicious turn of irony that was totally lost on Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, she warned Russian politicians that they need to focus more on creating and preserving democracy. In a radio address, Rice said:

There should not be so much concentration of power just in the presidency, there needs to be an independent media ... so that the Russian people can debate and decide together the democratic future of Russia.

Hmmm. Concentration of power in the presidency? Like George Bush threatening the judiciary and trying to override the Constitution in the Terri Schiavo case? Independent media. Like Fox News? Or Time magazine? So that people can debate and decide together. Like Tom 'The Hammer' DeLay does?

To Dr. Rice I say, physician, heal thyself. (She's not a medical doctor, BTW. But she is George Bush's personal proctologist.)