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DonCoquixote

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26. The sad fact is

Sat Aug 9, 2014, 12:44 AM

Aug 2014

The common man loves a leader that is an asshole, especially when said leader can make people fall neatyly into an us or them. It was what GWB did, it is what some wish Obama would do, and what some will hope the Clintons do. The reason is, everybody likes to think that if their leader is an asshole that can get away with things, they will get respect.

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Putin�s Popularity Soars to 87% in the Face of Adversity [View all] reorg Aug 2014 OP

Subtract up to 50% for poll fixing by the Kremlin. nt onehandle Aug 2014 #1

I don't think so anymore. My friend in Turkey who goes ballyhoo Aug 2014 #4

Bush's approval rating jamzrockz Aug 2014 #11

and that was triple his IQ. olddad56 Aug 2014 #55

polls kardonb Aug 2014 #32

Yeah right... when pigs fly Peacetrain Aug 2014 #2

GALLUP disagrees reorg Aug 2014 #5

Those "13%" must be Gay, Journalists who disagree with the dictator, and those on the internet Cha Aug 2014 #35

Yep.. Since he is shutting down internet access Peacetrain Aug 2014 #48

Yeah, good ol dictator putin is really popular for a dic. If they call sending RT Propagandists Cha Aug 2014 #63

Only western propaganda Billy Budd Aug 2014 #47

Uniting in the face of adversity is the favorite pasttime of Russians. From Bonaparte to McCamy Taylor Aug 2014 #3

LOL. I do believe you've nailed it. nt SunSeeker Aug 2014 #18

Not just the Russians, it's an element of nationalism. MADem Aug 2014 #28

How would you have them react to a threat? LisaL Aug 2014 #53

The dipshits deserve the economy they're about to get. nt conservaphobe Aug 2014 #6

it's not Russia that is hurting from the war of sanctions reorg Aug 2014 #7

Great picture! candelista Aug 2014 #50

WTH does that even mean?! n/t DeSwiss Aug 2014 #65

As a proud member of the 10% who opposed George W. in late September 2011. . . Journeyman Aug 2014 #8

Wanna bet? n/t reorg Aug 2014 #10

GW was dumb and incompetent cosmicone Aug 2014 #45

"We should have ... let him (Putin) have his buffer states." Why? Do China, India and Brazil pampango Aug 2014 #58

Brazil has no hostile neighbors. cosmicone Aug 2014 #60

The "US is a hostile state focused on the destruction of Russia for a long long time". pampango Aug 2014 #62

Spoken like a true-blooded American towing the party line cosmicone Aug 2014 #66

Rah! Rah! Sis Boom Bah! tabasco Aug 2014 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author c588415 Aug 2014 #9

Also realize that Putin's administration have 24/7 pro-Putin media. Iliyah Aug 2014 #12

Except even prominent, oppressed opposition members reorg Aug 2014 #13

People who are under house arrest, and tire of the condition, might say/do anything to make it stop, MADem Aug 2014 #29

Putin is popular with America's rw too.. Cha Aug 2014 #36

Ain't that the truth! MADem Aug 2014 #37

And, he's a bigoted dictorial asshole.. they eat that stuff up. Cha Aug 2014 #44

I suppose next we'll hear everyone wants Pussy Riot beaten up and jailed. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #14

Punk performances in cathedrals have never been very popular reorg Aug 2014 #15

My point is one poll does not make for widespead support for all policies. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #16

who cares about T-shirts reorg Aug 2014 #17

"even among hard-core opponents of Putin." Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #20

not hard-core enough? reorg Aug 2014 #21

So, as proof you provide a link to another of your posts about a Putin critic? Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #25

Hitler also became very popular in Germany. Amonester Aug 2014 #19

good point reorg Aug 2014 #22

No. Amonester Aug 2014 #23

well reorg Aug 2014 #31

Oh FFS this is not an argument. JackRiddler Aug 2014 #41

I'll stand with what I've written, and I'll keep on watching where... Amonester Aug 2014 #56

Putin received 120% of all the votes cast in the latest polls lol nt msongs Aug 2014 #24

The sad fact is DonCoquixote Aug 2014 #26

Correction of title of OP -- Putin's Popularity Breaks Out in Sores for 87% Who Will Face Adversity Major Hogwash Aug 2014 #27

How did you find that video? It only has 600 views and the title is in Russian. tridim Aug 2014 #30

Only 600 views - and you are one of them? reorg Aug 2014 #34

Lucky she tweeted it last night, I guess. tridim Aug 2014 #49

That song is an oldie...they were singing it years ago. MADem Aug 2014 #42

This is why the State Department should have eased off the rhetoric Ash_F Aug 2014 #33

Czar Putin Rapillion Aug 2014 #38

Propaganda. Pauldg47 Aug 2014 #39

Mickey Rourke... awoke_in_2003 Aug 2014 #40

And both were washed up a long time ago. greatauntoftriplets Aug 2014 #51

Pretty Soon He Will Be As Popular At Home As Kim Is n/t DallasNE Aug 2014 #43

That poll is as irrelevant as it would be if the numbers were reversed Ex Lurker Aug 2014 #46

He's an oligarch himself Amonester Aug 2014 #57

" Soar like the Hindenburg " bahrbearian Aug 2014 #52

And this is without the Colbert bump. zonkers Aug 2014 #54

The West has played into Putin's hands Union Scribe Aug 2014 #59

We have the uncanny ability to create cosmicone Aug 2014 #61

America's losing strategy in Ukraine soryang Aug 2014 #64

Steven Seagal brandishes Putin t-shirt at Crimea concert reorg Aug 2014 #68

Why wouldn't they? Blue_Tires Aug 2014 #69