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babylonsister

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Thu Mar 3, 2022, 07:19 PM Mar 2022

The Rude Pundit: Putin's U.S. Stooges Must Be Called Out

https://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2022/03/putins-us-stooges-must-be-called-out.html

The Rude Pundit
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3/03/2022
Putin's U.S. Stooges Must Be Called Out


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Of course, it was with the rise of Putin's pissy poodle Donald Trump (who really was once president of the United States, believe it or not) that nutzoid right-wingers could let their tricolor flag fly. By 2016, 37% of Republicans viewed Putin "favorably," a rise from 10% in 2014, with only 14% viewing him "very unfavorably," down from 51% two years before. 47% viewed him "somewhat or very unfavorably," so not even half of the polled Republicans. Trump chose Putin pal Rex Tillerson for his Secretary of State and batshit Russia lover Michael Flynn for national security adviser, and Trump vigorously rode Putin's jock for all four years of his tragicomedy of a presidency.

And now? Fuck, up until last Thursday, Putin's stooges were proliferating throughout the United States, climaxing in the deranged chant of his name at the Nazi rally called the America First Political Action Conference last weekend. Republicans recently polled said they viewed Putin better than they viewed President Biden. And while we can expect the right-wing media vulture cocks like Tucker Carlson, who always looks like he is trying to figure out where to bury the child's body, to get all high snorting uncut tyranny, it's more alarming that fringe fucks who are elected to Congress, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Paul Gosar, and others, give aid and comfort to the increasing numbers of Republicans who want a Putin-like government here, with Donald Trump in charge. That's the same Donald Trump who, since the invasion of Ukraine, has called Putin "smart," "genius," and "savvy," while calling NATO and the United States "dumb."

As the war gets more brutal, anyone who ever enabled this shit needs to be called out. George Stephanopoulos made Sen. Tom Cotton, who always looks like he's afraid he's going to get a call from Tucker Carlson for help burying the child's body, very uncomfortable by asking him to condemn Trump's sloppy blow job. That should be the same with every goddamn Republican. Do you agree with Trump on Putin? Do you condemn what he said? Is Trump full of shit or are you?

Because this is the kind of time where silence equals acquiescence, which, ironically enough, is what Putin had hoped would happen with Ukraine. Instead, we see the power of resistance to shift the narrative. As Russia uses banned weapons and talks about public executions, the US media can aid the resistance or give comfort to the domestic enemies.
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The Rude Pundit: Putin's U.S. Stooges Must Be Called Out (Original Post) babylonsister Mar 2022 OP
I am not as eloquent as the Rude one, gab13by13 Mar 2022 #1
Thanks for Nothing Praek3 Mar 2022 #2

gab13by13

(21,287 posts)
1. I am not as eloquent as the Rude one,
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 07:26 PM
Mar 2022

but what he is saying is the same thing I have been trying to say here. We need to tie Republicans to Trump to Russia to Putin.

In summary, we should be calling them the Putin Party.

I said a couple of days ago that Trump won the CPAC straw poll, he is the leading Putin Party candidate for 2024. Trump is still the leader of the Putin party and Trump is still praising Putin.

Praek3

(149 posts)
2. Thanks for Nothing
Thu Mar 3, 2022, 07:37 PM
Mar 2022

I am very angry with these so called "Americans" supporting pukes like Putin, Trump, Ro Jo, and their heathen brethren. Like the Ukrainian UN Ambassador says, "There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell."

I am going to repeat the Rude Pundit..."Is Trump full of shit or are you?"

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