Yeltsin Drunk Jokes: Too Soon?

Boris Yeltsin died yesterday. He was apparently some sort of Russian leader or something in the 1990s, but I don’t remember anything from the 1990s besides video games and my junior prom.

As KYW 1060 heard from LaSalle political science professor Edward Turzanski, Yeltsin was better known for being a big drunk:

“The news is not good for Russia and it should have been better because Yeltsin has a historic opportunity and unfortunately drank it away.” Turzanski says Yeltsin’s finest moment was when he stood atop a tank outside Russia’s parliament, resisting a coup by Communist hardliners in 1991, but after seeing him sloppy drunk 12 years ago in Philadelphia, he’s surprised he lived this long.

In America, our presidents drink away their presidency before they become president, then go to rehab and come out ready to govern horribly for eight years.

Political Scientist: Yeltsin “Drank” His Presidency Away [KYW 1060]