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DBoon

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12. What if it were 1969.....

Reply to Botany (Original post)

Tue Nov 26, 2019, 12:21 PM

Nov 2019

... and a major network TV anchor "joked" about wishing Ho Chi Minh to win in Vietnam.

How many seconds would it take for that newscaster to see their career disappear into oblivion?

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'Of course I'm joking': Tucker Carlson and John Kennedy walk back their pro-Russia comments [View all] Botany Nov 2019 OP

Pushing Putin Propaganda lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #1

No fucking American, who claims to be a patriot, would even make a joke about supporting Russia. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #13

Kennedy was one of the Moscow Seven congress critters that spent 7/4/18 in Moscow. deminks Nov 2019 #2

John Thune, R-SD spent the 4th of July in Moscow... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2019 #6

And how many of "them" were like OH's Rob Portman and Moscow Mitch who took 10s of ... Botany Nov 2019 #7

Yep, and Butina was based out of Sioux Falls... IthinkThereforeIAM Nov 2019 #15

That sure looked like Putin was trying to humiliate them. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #16

This slimy POS was certainly not joking. MontanaMama Nov 2019 #3

No he wasn't. NurseJackie Nov 2019 #4

Jokes have punch lines. Marcuse Nov 2019 #5

Oh, may I deliver the punch line? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZE? lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #17

Tucker deserves a radioactive pellet shot in his leg from a rigged umbrella. Go KGB! beastie boy Nov 2019 #8

This is Tucker's third cable news network PatSeg Nov 2019 #9

I don't get why any business would advertise on Tucker's show. Botany Nov 2019 #11

And I can't imagine why anyone PatSeg Nov 2019 #14

Those under the spell of the cult, are all unwitting russian agents! MartyTheGreek Nov 2019 #10

I don't think so at all. They are WILLING Russian agents, pushing Putin's propaganda. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #18

What if it were 1969..... DBoon Nov 2019 #12

The GOP Follies: world wide wally Nov 2019 #19

Just pawns in their game. JohnnyRingo Nov 2019 #20

Joke: ˈjōk mahina Nov 2019 #21

Tucker looked like he meant it. Kid Berwyn Nov 2019 #22