Get A Friggin' Room

If I ever write a paragraph even remotely like this, please put me out of my misery:

In person, Gorbachev is less imposing than the history he carries within him. His hair has turned snowy white, and the famous birthmark fades in the light of his charisma.

Egads woman, get off your knees. Gorbachev was a dictator that was brought to bear by Reagan. He did not lead the Soviet Union out of the oppression, he realized that communism is a dead ideology and he couldn't hold the fractious union together. He was beaten by a drunk who was on the take and left the country with no choice but to "elect" a near dictator in Putin. I shudder to think how this woman would debase herself in the presence of Castro or Kim Jung-Il.