Put’in on the Chaps: Latest Installment of the World’s Most Visible and Longest Running Midlife Crisis

Exactly when does this get embarrassing for Russians? The latest installment of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s attempt to morph into a Russian action hero occurred with the start of the election campaign for United Russia Pary when he drove a Harley through the street. I hear the bike actually runs on his own excreted testosterone, which his Russian handlers insist is 100 times more powerful than that of a professional wrestler half is age and 10 times greater than a grizzly bear.

Putin, 58, of course, was dressed to kill in black astride a three-wheeled Harley.

For civil libertarians, the obvious effort to create a cult of personality around Putin is worrisome given his record of quashing dissent and encouraging harsh measures against demonstrators.