Have recent events affected your opinion of DU's favorite topless tyrant?

[11 Bravo]

What, if anything, has transpired with regard to your feelings regarding Vladimir Putin?

7 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	I liked him previously, and I now like him even more.
	0 (0%)
	I still like him, but less now than previously.
	0 (0%)
	I never liked him, but my opinion has improved.
	0 (0%)
	I never liked him, and now I like him even less.
	4 (57%)
	My opinion is unchanged.
	3 (43%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[1000words]

1. "Liking" him or not is irrelevent.

Are we in middle school?

[Democracyinkind]

2. In regards to foreign policy, we always were to some extent.

It's also one of the topics where having a Dem in the White House doesn't help the level of discourse on DU.

[11 Bravo]

3. I suppose I could have asked "Do you have a more favorable opinion" of him, but ...

I thought the meaning was fairly clear. Were you struggling to understand, or do you simply have a need to appear superior?

[FSogol]

5. +1. My - Mother - Said - To - Pick - The - Very - Best - One - And - You - Are - Not - It!

[OnyxCollie]

6. For people with a limited epistemology,

it comes down to liking/hating the good/bad guys.

[1000words]

8. Indeed.

You must have a superiority complex, too.

[OnyxCollie]

9. It's tough to be omnipotent.

But I manage.

(The fact that I had to edit this post because I forgot the word "be" in no way reflects upon my omnipotence.)

[1000words]

12. LOL ... I figured you were just testing the impotent among us.

Of course, you knew that. Moreover, You knew that I knew that you knew ...

[stevenleser]

4. Missing an option. "Was cautiously optimistic about Putin and Russia, now I don't like them"

Before the anti-gay law, I was cautiously optimistic about Putin and Russia. The anti-gay law caused my opinion of them to take a big hit, the invasion of Crimea completed their fall into dog shit territory.

[malthaussen]

7. I'd have to say my opinion is unchanged.

It was already at rock-bottom, and he's done nothing to improve it.

-- Mal

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. He was always an asshole. My opinion remains unchanged.

[NuclearDem]

11. My opinion of him couldn't have gotten any lower.