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36. Putin kicked Dana Rohrbachers ass in a drunken arm wrestling match.

Fri Sep 13, 2013, 09:30 PM

Sep 2013

I'll start a separate thread on it.

http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/13/20479748-congressman-recounts-inebriated-arm-wrestling-match-with-putin?lite

Congressman recounts inebriated arm-wrestling match with Putin
By Carrie Dann, NBC News

If you’re like most Americans, you've probably at one point lost a drunken arm-wrestling match to a notoriously brusque future world leader to settle an argument over geopolitical power shifts following a few drinks at an Irish pub after a touch football game.

No?

California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, in fact, says he’s done just that.

The congressman told Kitty Felde of local public radio station KPCC-FM that, in the early 1990s, he got smoked by young Vladimir Putin, then a local official in St. Petersburg, in a booze-fueled Feat of Strength.

The story goes like this: Seeking refreshment after a game of touch football (which featured a lineup including Scooter Libby, the future chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney who was convicted of obstruction of justice), Rohrabacher and some visiting Russian politicians -- including the relatively unknown Putin – stopped by a DC watering hole, the Irish Times Pub.

After throwing back a few, the Americans and the Russians exchanged words about “who won the Cold War, etc.”

“And so,” Rohrabacher went on to explain, “we decided to settle it like men do when they’ve had too much to drink in the pub.”

(Read: the two challenged each other to an arm-wrestling match.)

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This may start WW3 on DU.. but here goes [View all] Peacetrain Sep 2013 OP

Yes. rug Sep 2013 #1

I hope so. Grateful for Hope Sep 2013 #2

Absolutely, if both really are interested in a good outcome. nt. polly7 Sep 2013 #3

It can't effectively or morally be done any other way. Uncle Joe Sep 2013 #4

Positive speculation of cooperation will avoid orpupilofnature57 Sep 2013 #5

I smell... a free trade agreement! MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #6

Manny Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #20

You know what sucks? MannyGoldstein Sep 2013 #23

American Russian Syrian Exchange.... otherwise known as cui bono Sep 2013 #27

ha ha the Logo can be the butt of a Donkey Heather MC Sep 2013 #71

I think it will either have good results or unite the world against Assad johnd83 Sep 2013 #7

I think there can be a positive outcome in both sides seriously want that. Marrah_G Sep 2013 #8

I hope for good outcomes nt Tree-Hugger Sep 2013 #9

this has to be the most peaceful "WW3 on DU" i've ever seen 0rganism Sep 2013 #10

Aaahhh! I can't take it anymore! Launch the bird! JHB Sep 2013 #40

Oh, you evil, evil, war hawk. ChaoticTrilby Sep 2013 #77

yes, the President could come to his senses and withdraw his threat to strike Syria bigtree Sep 2013 #11

Yes. I do think there will be a positive outcome. Autumn Sep 2013 #12

Yes. The best way to enforce international law is through international consensus. DLnyc Sep 2013 #13

I hope for a positive outcome,it could bring sufrommich Sep 2013 #14

I've been thinking the same thing loyalsister Sep 2013 #15

Working together with others. It may catch on. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2013 #16

of course Enrique Sep 2013 #17

It might actually prevent wwIII on DU... jimlup Sep 2013 #18

We could still gin up a WWIII if someone just had the courage to use the corn flake chicken option. Squinch Sep 2013 #42

With a generous portion of breastfeeding a pitbull at Olive Garden?? n/t Ghost in the Machine Sep 2013 #82

No need to go in for the nuclear options from the start. We should hold them in the arsenal Squinch Sep 2013 #85

I'm hoping. n/t GP6971 Sep 2013 #19

No country should possess CW except the US Link Speed Sep 2013 #21

If you click on smilies, then click on the 3 little dots at the end, the sarcasm jtuck004 Sep 2013 #48

Some GOOD has already come out of this mess. bvar22 Sep 2013 #22

Putin is not a stupid man Warpy Sep 2013 #24

Oh, the war's been going on here for a while shenmue Sep 2013 #25

But Putin talking peace and extending a fig leaf to the USA is wrong! Damn him, why can't he be like quinnox Sep 2013 #26

Yes. WillyT Sep 2013 #28

Lavrov and Kerry seem to have a good working relationship. blm Sep 2013 #29

My hunch is that Russia and the US have been discussing the Syrian problem for a long time, lumpy Sep 2013 #67

Not a hunch - - it's a fact. Kerry and Lavrov have been at this for blm Sep 2013 #83

Maybe Kablooie Sep 2013 #30

no, but not for the reasons you might think.... dtom67 Sep 2013 #31

Sad that you are without hope and faith. Must be depressing to live with pessimism. lumpy Sep 2013 #69

Does anyone really believe it would have happened if Obama hadn't threatened to bomb Syria baldguy Sep 2013 #32

Even a Russian diplomat said this had not gained traction until karynnj Sep 2013 #43

I loathe Putin, but if this works it's as close to an ideal outcome as can be achieved Posteritatis Sep 2013 #33

Why should you loath Putin? The Russian people have confidence in him. lumpy Sep 2013 #70

Authoritarians suck, and popular doesn't necessarily mean admirable. (nt) Posteritatis Sep 2013 #78

Get some Russian opinion. lumpy Sep 2013 #80

I hope so Andy823 Sep 2013 #34

That's the whole point of diplomacy. backscatter712 Sep 2013 #35

Putin kicked Dana Rohrbachers ass in a drunken arm wrestling match. Fuddnik Sep 2013 #36

Well, what condie couldn't do...she will be so jealous... Tikki Sep 2013 #37

There was supposed to be a positive outcome from the end of the cold war. Where is it? L0oniX Sep 2013 #38

It could be. If they both work to facilitate regional settlements and peace. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2013 #39

I think there could be many good effects karynnj Sep 2013 #41

Gawd I hope so! MinneapolisMatt Sep 2013 #44

Definitely more is gained by working together than working apart kimbutgar Sep 2013 #45

I think if followed through it'll be an improvement Scootaloo Sep 2013 #46

There is no money in Peace. mick063 Sep 2013 #47

Tit for Tat... Honestly, the USA doesn't have much moral outrage to lay claim to anymore. glowing Sep 2013 #49

A. It's possible. B. It beats the hell out of unilateral military action n/t eridani Sep 2013 #50

who knows? The one thing I can agree with Reagan on, is the admonishment, hlthe2b Sep 2013 #51

Yes IMO. I am optimistic about this! At minimal, it's far more RKP5637 Sep 2013 #52

Various Goods AND Bads are results of any historically significant event NoOneMan Sep 2013 #53

Look at history. Start with WWII Cleita Sep 2013 #54

WW III started on DU a while ago to be honest nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #55

Polarization that is fueled by corporate media I'm afraid and it spills Cleita Sep 2013 #56

I can't prove it, but we have corporate shills nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #57

No need for proof. Cleita Sep 2013 #59

I had a new guy ask why I no longer alert nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #60

Good for you. Eff them. eom Cleita Sep 2013 #62

Yes, of course! another_liberal Sep 2013 #58

in theory, yes Skittles Sep 2013 #61

Of course DonCoquixote Sep 2013 #63

Better you start WWIII on DU KamaAina Sep 2013 #64

Yes, I'd give it reasonsable chance Jack Rabbit Sep 2013 #65

Certainly, Molotov (Russian extemist) and Von Ribbentrop ( Nazi) were from the old school of lumpy Sep 2013 #72

Of course. Diplomacy first. War is for failures. grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #66

Yes. Perhaps. I'm not one of those who automatically equates kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #68

Probably little comparison. lumpy Sep 2013 #73

Yes, putting CW under UN control and not escalating a civil war to do so would be quite positive. Dragonfli Sep 2013 #74

If the UN would just come through.... lumpy Sep 2013 #75

I believe that most of us here want to see people stop harming each other, especially in wars. nt Zorra Sep 2013 #76

of course! removed chem weapons peacefully would be great! NuttyFluffers Sep 2013 #79

It's possible Obama can sucker Putin into doing something DevonRex Sep 2013 #81

Yes. And the President will have been the catalyst CakeGrrl Sep 2013 #84