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In reply to the discussion: Snowden: Vladimir Putin must be called to account on surveillance just like Obama [View all]Tarheel_Dem
(31,413 posts)76. Yup. Stick a fork in him, he's pretty much done. NPR seems to agree. Even people who've supported
him heavily, thought this was a bridge too far.
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muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
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how is pitching set up softball questions to any politician to their benefit? nt
arely staircase
Apr 2014
#41
This was an immense PR coup by Putin, and there's no other way to look at it
Blue_Tires
Apr 2014
#56
so what can snowden do, short of punching putin in the cock on satellite TV, to satisfy you?
frylock
Apr 2014
#77
Friends! Romans! Countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him!
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#16
Here is the sad truth for Snowden supporters. If he survives this, it was a sham.
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#18
What does the evidence suggest to you? Ask Khodorkovsky and Litvinenko what they think
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#21
The evidence suggests you're saying Putin got Snowden to write this
muriel_volestrangler
Apr 2014
#22
Putin doesn't care about the publicity. If he did, he wouldn't have killed Litvinenko like he did.
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#24
I am trying to be generous to fellow DUers who are prolly struggling with cognitive dissonance
stevenleser
Apr 2014
#31
Snowjob has such a brilliant mind that he doesn't even notice the puppet strings.
tridim
Apr 2014
#30
I can't wait to hear Bill Maher's take on this. He thinks Snowden's a fuckin' idiot, and I agree.
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#35
Yup. Stick a fork in him, he's pretty much done. NPR seems to agree. Even people who've supported
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#76
that's a smearmater for you - just like his buddy - Smearmaster Greenwald
Douglas Carpenter
Apr 2014
#69
Wrong. I think you guys have come to believe your own nonsense, and that's just tragic.
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#86
A scientific poll vs. the comment section of a newspaper? Hmmm. Which one to believe?
Tarheel_Dem
Apr 2014
#90