"Republicans Have Found Their Dream Leader and His Name Is Vladimir Putin"

[muriel_volestrangler]

43. Yes, it is stupid, but that's what they're saying

Examples:
Look, the bottom line on this is Russia has a real leader. You may not like him, and I don't, but he is brilliant and ruthless, he has clear goals and he moves straight toward those goals.

Putin is a strong man. ... Putin is willing to go it alone. . Putin believes (multilateralism, LGBT rights, abortion) is the road to national annihilation.

Putin is certainly not a good guy, but he is not the villain in this...Putin has also been forced to deploy military assets to Crimea...In addition to deploying military assets in Crimea, Putin has contacted his allies in at least eight other strategically located countries to assure that Russia has access to those countries’ military facilities so Putin’s forces can extend their long-range naval and strategic bomber capabilities. In other words, the U.S. interference in Ukrainian politics has resulted in Putin expanding his military influence, while at the same time Barack Obama is bent on shrinking our own military to pre-World War II levels.

Plus others quoted in the article. Yes, they're saying he's a great leader. Some of them (but by no means all) want to go to war with him too. But they all admire him.