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In reply to the discussion: Putin is skyrocketing in the polls. [View all]NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)46. There can truly be no good reply to you.
Yours is based somewhere other than reality.
" Only the west is intelligent enough to elect leaders that don't make war, kill, make homeless, maim, torture millions"
Some of us are actually well read enough to understand that the evil west makes war, kill, make homeless, maim, torture millions and remove leaders that once kept terrorism in check. We are also well read enough to understand the far right wing government under the hands of Putin for over a decade have done the same. It is called intellectual honesty. The arrogance of Putin supporters truly is astounding.
Your reply is all over the map and very strange.
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Let's run a secret poll to see if Russian citizens trust Putin's poll numbers.
Buzz Clik
Feb 2015
#2
Yes, wish I had added that to my comment above and that's the other piece of the puzzle
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#21
Putin's been president or prime minister of Russia for the last 15 years.
greatauntoftriplets
Feb 2015
#22
Nope, that is your straw man. What you CAN gather is that the same tactics that
stevenleser
Feb 2015
#60
I think North Korea had almost the same approval numbers for their fearless leader.
Sheepshank
Feb 2015
#36
I've said it before but how would you vote if you 'got a call' from 'a pollster' in Russia, asking
applegrove
Feb 2015
#41
Is that what we are calling hard hitting journalistic outlets these days? nt.
NCTraveler
Feb 2015
#57
Well when a gun is pointed to the back of your head (the Russian people) What do you expect? nt
William769
Feb 2015
#65