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26. And Kerry killed a man with his bare hands in Vietnam to save his crew. Yeah, but Putin is so much
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 06:49 PM
Apr 2014

cooler when he takes his shirt off and makes the RWers swoon.

We get it.

Propaganda works.

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Plausible. K & R riqster Apr 2014 #1
Russian propagandists spend a lot of time on Free Republic and TwilightGardener Apr 2014 #2
it was brought up to show what the right wing was saying JI7 Apr 2014 #4
Well, I don't know if the commenters who say such things believe it, but TwilightGardener Apr 2014 #6
i'm not surprised, it has been happening a lot JI7 Apr 2014 #8
Yep - I don't get why anyone thinks the timing is just coincidental. blm Apr 2014 #12
I think Putin is appealing to the Russian RW.... HooptieWagon Apr 2014 #3
didn't he write some piece in the nytimes ? and he certain does care how the world JI7 Apr 2014 #5
Yes, he did. Cha Apr 2014 #27
He's far more vain and calculating than you recognize. blm Apr 2014 #11
Some how I doubt Pooty gives a mink's furry ass what RWers in the US think. Behind the Aegis Apr 2014 #7
He likes that the RWers help to undermine Obama's power with congress in Washington. blm Apr 2014 #9
I doubt that Putin gives much of a fuck what anyone in the US thinks of him. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #10
Oh he cares. What we think/would do was part of his Crimea calculus. He thought that stevenleser Apr 2014 #13
He cares about the actions of the government, not the opinions of the public. Spider Jerusalem Apr 2014 #17
The GOP congress keeps undermining Obama to keep him weak mainly to impress the RW base. blm Apr 2014 #19
Except how the RWers here influence a GOP congress intent on keeping Obama's presidency as weak as blm Apr 2014 #14
Repel and disgust Reagan? IDemo Apr 2014 #15
I get that - I was being narrow, specifically in regard to Putin's goal to reconstruct USSR blm Apr 2014 #25
I don't think he really cares RandoLoodie Apr 2014 #16
And Kerry killed a man with his bare hands in Vietnam to save his crew. Yeah, but Putin is so much blm Apr 2014 #26
He understands European right-wing politics, too. "Europe's Right wants closer ties with Russia" pampango Apr 2014 #18
Exactly - Putin's RW fan clubs are popping up all over the world. blm Apr 2014 #20
you're possibly right about Putin, but over-estimating Reagan yurbud Apr 2014 #21
I'm pretty clear-headed when it comes to Reagan. My point was that he'd be rolling to think GOP base blm Apr 2014 #22
that's more credible. thanks for clarification yurbud Apr 2014 #23
Similar to Russian support for Euro RW/Eurosceptics Bosonic Apr 2014 #24
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