Maybe He's A Leo

In December of last year, Russian President Vladimir V. Putin seemed to hint at naming a successor to his title in March. Dmitri A. Medvedev, a young protégé with no background in the state security services and virtually no power base in the Kremlin, is now poised to win the presidency this March thanks to Mr. Putin’s blessing.
It’s unclear whether Dmitri will merely be a figurehead that enables Putin to run the country from a self-ordained lifetime position behind the scenes. In fact, very little is known about Mr. Medvedev (who is a year older than yours truly) other than he is a former law professor and is a big Deep Purple fan.

I’ll let that sink in for a moment.

Without knowing a damn thing about Dmitri Medvedev’s political beliefs or how effective he will ultimately be as Russian president, I want an American president (or potential candidate) to come out and publicly declare their love for an English hard rock band like Deep Purple. And Cream doesn’t count; that band was merely a clusterfuck of jazz and blues virtuosos. No, I want the heavy shit.

“My name is Mitt Romney, and my favorite album is Whitesnake’s Slide It In.”

“And now, John McCain will discuss immigration and the discography of Uriah Heep.”

“Please welcome ‘The Man on the Silver Mountain,' Mike Huckabee!”

Medvedev is seen as a moderate, a progressive face in an environment of former Kremlin underwriters. But there’s nothing “moderate” about Deep Purple. Even Concerto for Group and Orchestra is heavy by “rock band playing with a symphony” standards, but it would be cool if someone asked Medvedev what Purple album he puts at the top of his list.

If he chooses Perfect Strangers, then we’re headed for another cold war.

Here's some footage when Deep Purple could anihilate any superpower.