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fishwax

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39. I don't see anything in that quote to really show he's a communist

Tue Mar 4, 2014, 10:30 PM

Mar 2014

He's authoritarian, without a doubt, but authoritarians come in many stripes, so that hardly makes him a communist. When Gorbachev calls his party a bad copy of the Soviet Communist Party, he appears to be referring not to ideology but to corruption and the centralization of power. There is a communist party in Russia, but United Russia (Putin's party) opposes it.

Also: the new american is a super right-wing site.

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If my father were alive today he would be kicking some ass [View all] randr Mar 2014 OP

Media brainwashing? n/t freshwest Mar 2014 #1

Remember when the Republicans claimed that all of us who marched agains the Iraq war were traitors? Squinch Mar 2014 #2

So ... which "elected official are you referring to that's "praising a Communist leader"? nt rdharma Mar 2014 #3

If I could only name them all randr Mar 2014 #7

I saw the clip...... he wasn't praising Putin...... he was attempting to slam President Obama! rdharma Mar 2014 #8

I am sure I heard him call Putin a leader randr Mar 2014 #12

Yes, he called Putin "a leader"...... inferring that President Obama was not a leader. rdharma Mar 2014 #13

I take him at his word--not his inference randr Mar 2014 #14

Then you would be wrong..... nt rdharma Mar 2014 #16

I think others will be deciding who is wrong randr Mar 2014 #17

Yup! Because most folks can recognize "nuance"! nt rdharma Mar 2014 #18

Putin's a communist like I'm a sumo wrestler Scootaloo Mar 2014 #20

Are you implying that Putin was not a Communist as head of the KGB? randr Mar 2014 #27

You mean he was a member of the Party when only the Party was allowed? NuclearDem Mar 2014 #30

What NuclearDem said Scootaloo Mar 2014 #43

your dad was my kind of guy Skittles Mar 2014 #4

If my father were alive today ... I'd be kicking his BUTT! Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #5

My dad and father-in-law, both gone now and missed - raven mad Mar 2014 #6

Did they see the end of the Cold War? nt rdharma Mar 2014 #9

Both did. I grew up on Merritt Island, Florida before KSC was built. raven mad Mar 2014 #11

Too bad that all they knew about the "other side" was the propaganda they heard. nt rdharma Mar 2014 #15

My dad and mom were both civil rights workers. raven mad Mar 2014 #19

They learned to stop fearing some of "the others". That's good! nt rdharma Mar 2014 #22

Yes - they were scared of stuff, and I still remember that. raven mad Mar 2014 #23

I'm not old enough to remember the "duck and cover days" of the cold war........ rdharma Mar 2014 #25

is there a story iamthebandfanman Mar 2014 #36

I'd love to share my story.... rdharma Mar 2014 #40

Anything for politics. All the old customs are out the window-- TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #10

Which Communist leader are you speaking about? blackspade Mar 2014 #21

Heading the KGB within the old USSR certainly qualifies him as a Communist randr Mar 2014 #29

No it doesn't. blackspade Mar 2014 #32

He was a member of the Communist Party randr Mar 2014 #34

Any politician in the old Soviet Era was a member of the Communist Party. blackspade Mar 2014 #44

So if Putin isn't a "communist".. what is he? Cha Mar 2014 #24

+100 GP6971 Mar 2014 #26

I don't see anything in that quote to really show he's a communist fishwax Mar 2014 #39

IMO, Gorbachev is a great man. nikto Mar 2014 #41

Mine would be utterly disgusted Warpy Mar 2014 #28

Amen. I couldn't be more disgusted. You know, there's some things you just don't ever forget. EVER. okaawhatever Mar 2014 #31

your Grandfather & Dad were real patriots. spanone Mar 2014 #33

Mine Too... WillyT Mar 2014 #35

GOP has Putin Envy! BeatleBoot Mar 2014 #37

EEEK! Commies!! Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2014 #38

"How is it these traitors are not run out of town on a rail?" If no one has guessed yet, how about jtuck004 Mar 2014 #42