# We Need A Kruschev, Not A Belly Kisser!!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 28, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-kruschev-not-a-belly-kisser/362546 "2006-06-28T21:25:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-kruschev-not-a-belly-kisser/362546/1 "2006-06-28T21:25:37Z")

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I had to giggle at tough guy Putin giving a shy little boy a [belly kiss](http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/06/28/russia.putin.reut/index.html). I have no idea why this is news. As a parent, belly kisses are something I give my son regularly, so Putin is a little more human to me today.

Now, a truly bold president would have given him a tummy-gummer.  
Yeltsin would have given him a tug off his flask.