I am SO old---

[Atticus]

---I remember when politicians stupid and disloyal enough to praise a Russian warmonger like Putin---as Trump and Pompeo just have--- would not dare appear in public again lest they be spat upon by decent people enraged by their traitorous words.

[SheltieLover]

1. Same here!

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. Bad thing is,

you really don't have to be all that old to remember that.

[Sneederbunk]

3. I am so old I remember when there were Republican statesmen.

Not stooges.

[FakeNoose]

4. Eisenhower was President when I was born

And he was the last good Republican.

[Codifer]

8. In our current atmosphere..

Ike would be branded as an extreme lefty socialist.

Times have changed so much, and not for the better.

[tiredtoo]

10. The Koch Brothers

Said he was a communist. During his presidency.

[KS Toronado]

17. Kochsucker brothers had to call Ike something nasty

they sure in the hell didn't like his tax schedule for the wealthy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. Is a sexual act enjoyed by many gays & heteros STILL a pejorative in progressive circles?

I hope not.

It is still very current among MAGAts.

[Rebl2]

18. Yes

[Wounded Bear]

5. Indeed! nt

[Karma13612]

6. Same here....it boggles my mind that

It’s OK to support Putin and all those who support his horrendous regime.

Born in 1954, it was drilled into my brain that Russia and East Germany offered repressive, unpleasant ways of life. It was further cemented that Communism was bad.

I think people who weren’t taught it or lived thru it will need a real-life lesson for it to become apparent. Can’t they take our word for it that this was a bad thing???

It’s a little like how SOME young people don’t feel an urgent need to defend our dwindling abortion rights in this country. They didn’t live thru the coat-hanger era so they seem to have to relive it in order to see how bad it was, and how our freedom is slipping away again.

[jstnwill]

7. Ronald Reagan has changed his party affiliation from his grave.

[calimary]

28. Welcome to DU, jstnwill!

I remember covering the opening of the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, CA, quite awhile before he died.

I'll always wonder one thing:

He had a VERY grand, elaborate, gold - well - necklace, I guess, although that wasn't what it was called. It was the kind of formal ornamentation that one wore draped across the chest from shoulder to shoulder, like some lavish medieval-looking Chancellor-of-the-Exchequer-type decoration, which was displayed in a large showcase with other distinguished tokens.

According to the accompanying story, it was the official decoration for some high-level government VIP, I forget from which country, and they handed it to Reagan during a Presidential visit there. As the story's told, he cradled it in both hands, speechless, except to say, "is this for me?" And whoever he was meeting with evidently didn't have the heart to say "no, Mr. President, that's the formal ceremonial blah-black-blah of the whatever-whatever-whatever... and I merely assumed you'd like to hold it for a moment". So an agreement was made that it could be kept on display at the Reagan Library, until Reagan's death, when it was to be returned to whatever country that had inadvertently lent it to the collection. Good Grief the slack everybody cut Ronald Reagan!!! Honestly, I NEVER understood the appeal. And I never will.

I hope somebody actually did remember to send that amazing object of distinction back to wherever it belongs!

[pazzyanne]

37. My grandfather left the Republican party when Reagan became their candidate,

And he never looked back. He registered and voted as a Democrat thereafter. He said that he did not fight in WWI to have Reagan as the US President. He became one of Jimmy Carter's strongest supporters, saying he was a good man unlike the (cuss words) Republican candidate.

[spooky3]

9. And many of the spitters then are the same group who praise Putin today. Nt

[Atticus]

12. My goodness, yes! Above all, we must be "nice" to those wanting to cut our throats! nt

T

[spooky3]

21. Let's go interview them at diners to find out how to please them! Nt

[Nanuke]

11. My Dad served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.

I am so thankful he is not around to hear these traitors. I can’t imagine what he would feel with Pro-Putin statements from Americans. Have they no shame?

[leftieNanner]

13. Pompeo too?

I haven't run across that story yet today.

Unbelievable. But not.

[Atticus]

15. Yes. SEE link below:

https://www.salon.com/2022/02/22/trump-former-secretary-of-state-mike-pompeo-praise-putin-while-bashing-biden/

[ShazzieB]

29. Well, doesn't that just figure?

[LoisB]

14. Same here.

[hamsterjill]

19. Me, too.

I follow an old classmate on Facebook for laughs. She’s a QAnon nut. Most of her posts are so ludicrous that they are downright funny.

But her praise of Putin is NOT funny to me. Can’t believe it is happening.

[xxqqqzme]

20. Ike was the peak.

It has been rapid decline ever since.

[BlueJac]

22. K&R

[Moostache]

23. Just wait until they start wearing the Hitler mustache...

Don't think it could happen?
I submit the last 5 years as a constant exhibit of things that could NEVER happen that have and are continuing...

[keithbvadu2]

24. "Russia is our friend" - new republican meme of Trump's regime. Used to be: "Better dead than red"

"Russia is our friend" - new republican meme of Trump's regime.

Used to be: “Better dead than red”

"... retired Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis said in May 2015 that among world threats “in the near term, I think the most dangerous might be Russia.”

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/6/donald-trump-james-mattis-differ-on-vladimir-putin/

Loyal Trumpster proudly holding Trump Russian flag

[ShazzieB]

30. ...

[lookyhereyou]

25. what's a "REAL" American gonna do ?

support Democracy how bout !

[Duncanpup]

26. Yes

[onecaliberal]

27. The republican candidate before puss bag called Russia the biggest

Threat to America. This is how quickly they have abandoned democracy. Even Saint Ronnie of ray guns must be rolling in his grave.

[Blue Owl]

31. We've gone from Red Dawn to Red Don

[Atticus]

32. That is SO fitting. nt

[flying_wahini]

41. I'm stealing that Blue Owl! LOL!

[Brainfodder]

33. I remember when Republicans were just OFF a LITTLE and FL could magically bail some out?

[Cha]

34. traitor rump needed some

Brownie points with his master.

[twodogsbarking]

35. I remember when Peace on Earth was a goal.

[malthaussen]

38. We have always been at war with Oceana. n/t

[Liberal In Texas]

39. Apparently, they've forgotten that St. Reagan called them

the EVIL EMPIRE.

TFG and the RW media are Quislings.

[The Jungle 1]

40. Putin has video of trump's lemonade fetish.

How did this country elect him.

[Ziggysmom]

42. How would the tRumpers feel if the US were invaded by Russia???? Holy crap! WWIII ???

This is a few years old but I remember being scared reading it.


https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/09/13/if-russia-started-world-war-iii-heres-how-it-would-go-down/

[CaptainTruth]

43. This is what bothers me most, average folks don't seem to be willing to take action anymore.

There should be far more protesting, people in the streets, etc.

I'm old enough to remember when those things happened regularly, and, over time, produced change.

Now I mainly just see complaining on social media. It doesn't bode well for our future.

[OMGWTF]

44. St. Ronnie Raygun: I like kicking Russia's ass.

TFG: I prefer to lick it.

[CTyankee]

45. or hauled before a House Unamerican Activities Committee.

[YoshidaYui]

46. Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you got till it's Gone...

[Atticus]

47. They paved paradise and put in a parking lot! nt

[YoshidaYui]

48. Yuo