crooksandliars.com — Here?s Bill Maher?s interview with Garry Kasparov to discuss his latest book ? How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom .? Kasparov is currently challenging President Putin in Russia ( Here?s the original link via the way back machine) and has assumed great risk in doing so, as Former KGB general Oleg Kalugi
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babywookieOct 22, 2007
Kasparov is a nut though. He believes in the "Reverse Chronology Theory", which states that the Dark Ages never happened, among other (ludicrous) things. Most serious historians and mathematicians can easily disprove it. He also associates with some real douche bags, such as the National Bolshevik Party leader Eduard Limonov.Also, as far as becoming Russia's next president, Garry doesn't stand a chance in hell. He is so out-of-touch with the Russian people, it's not even funny. That's what living abroad most of the time will do to you. He refuses to even admit that Putin is widely popular, claiming that the multiple polls have been fabricated by the "government-controlled media". All you really have to do in order to gage Putin's popularity is to talk to some Russians. I have a lot of Russian friends and acquaintances and while many of them have concerns over Putin's authoritarian tendencies, etc, the vast majority still support him. They are too bat-s**t scared of Russia going back to what it was like under Yeltsin's "democratic" rule in the 90's.