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genxlib

(6,098 posts)
11. In other words
Tue Mar 27, 2018, 11:46 AM
Mar 2018

Putin is sophisticated enough to manage a public image of not being in collusion.

Trump is not.

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thanks Don jodymarie aimee Mar 2018 #1
Putin is playing with tRumps head njhoneybadger Mar 2018 #2
maybe Timewas Mar 2018 #6
And showing him who's boss RandomAccess Mar 2018 #7
Playing bongos on it JHB Mar 2018 #9
Or.... It is a sharade to make us "think" he is acting tough on russia.... getagrip_already Mar 2018 #14
+1, going after the oligarchs is "tough" anything else peripheral uponit7771 Mar 2018 #16
When one malignant narcissist plays another ... Nasruddin Mar 2018 #21
Josh Marshall NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #3
Yes it's a very good point about the women lawyers FakeNoose Mar 2018 #26
That's what surprised me as well NewJeffCT Mar 2018 #29
Good to read a post that actually says some intelligent SharonClark Mar 2018 #4
Hes a Swastika PJMcK Mar 2018 #5
Really, that was an excellent word nugget. byronius Mar 2018 #18
That's my take, as well. dchill Mar 2018 #20
Yup, I was thinking radioactive monkey shit, but "he's a swastika" works much better. nt Javaman Mar 2018 #24
Josh is always top drawer. longship Mar 2018 #8
K&R... spanone Mar 2018 #10
In other words genxlib Mar 2018 #11
Putin is using USA chaos to cover himself throwing his weight around. Impeachment is OK w Putin too. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #12
Again, perhaps a deeper connection is involved erronis Mar 2018 #13
I'm not saying it's..... getagrip_already Mar 2018 #15
Of course, I never thought Putin was in complete control he's being lead by money too and his ex uponit7771 Mar 2018 #17
Putin needs the oligarchs and the oligarchs need Putin. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #19
I can't believe that all democrats are above reproach or venality, even tho we are saintly... erronis Mar 2018 #27
Yep, the leaders of false equivalencies will say "both do it" crap uponit7771 Mar 2018 #28
Russia's response to the new sanctions suggests that Putin knows it's not Trump who is pushing the Baitball Blogger Mar 2018 #22
Traitor-in-Chief Angry Dragon Mar 2018 #23
I read that the ACLJ has attorneys working for 45 AJT Mar 2018 #25
KICK4Josh! Cha Mar 2018 #30
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