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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWould the right-wing be praising Putin if he had brown skin?
I think the answer would be HELL NO! Every time their is a dictator who is not white--they will always want him dead or have his country invaded.
In addition, this whole praise of Putin reminds me of all the right-wing in this country fawning over Hitler and Franco during the 1930's.
geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,276 posts)geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,276 posts)Which wingnuts do you take seriously?
Crowman1979
(3,844 posts)geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)Criticizing the president is one thing, extolling Putin is something else altogether. I suppose it sort of started with bUSh the shrub when gazed lovingly into the putins eyes and saw,,,, something. on edit: but I do see a lot of these RW nutjobs just using this as an opportunity to take swipes at President Obama.
I feel these putin praisers inhabit the fringes of American politics, each nursing their own pet issues. Not justifying their admiration for him, but buchanan long ago lost any relevance. Traditional values? What in the hell does that even mean any more? I suspect a hollow catch phrase. A clarion for the "the good old days that never were" crowd. And the back door point that dreher and others are trying to make is christians good, commie bolsheviks bad. Another dog whistle.
Where I get stuck is, how are Russia's actions a whole lot different than what the US has done/did in Iraq? Again, not justifying the actions of the Russian government (nor ours). Just wondering if we have a real basis for comparison to make a judgment.
Igel
(35,191 posts)It's one thing to praise somebody for a single point. I'd point out, though, that frequently the "praise" is weak and sometimes, as with the Buchanan thing cited, not so much phrase as rhetorical questioning--"Is he one of us? Does he have a point? Does he see more clearly?
Look around, you see this kind of thing anywhere that the first and primary division between groups isn't a label or party but more conceptual, easily cutting across party or political lines. Then groups aren't so neatly drawn and complexities (not even at the level of "nuance," mind you) really matter. Instead of ultra-high-contrast bicolor vision where everything is bright blue or bright red (or even fuzzier vision, where there are shades of purple ... Most of us have 3 color receptors in our eyes, and some women have two for red ... it's an X-linked trait, with two alleles for red).
Crowman1979
(3,844 posts)wandy
(3,539 posts)far too much right wing insanity to chose from.
The daily KOS gives a good explanation.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/20/1286315/-The-Right-s-Praise-of-Putin-There-is-History-to-This#
So much insanity so difficult to choose.
More links than you could shake a stick at.
Just Google.
Praise for Putin.
More proof, Teapublicans have no problem creating alternate realties.
marble falls
(56,353 posts)Tue Mar 04, 2014 at 06:34 AM PST
Palin: 'Putin wrestles bears!'
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The GOP chicken hawks are continuing to heap praise on Vladimir Putin because of his willingness to invade other countries at will. Because you know, that's how you prove how tough and manly you are when you're a head of state. You can now add Sarah Palin to the chorus, as she praises Putin for ... and this so funny I had to laugh ... wrestling bears:
Look, the perception of Obama, of him and his potency across the world is one of such weakness," Palin told Fox News' Sean Hannity. "People are looking at Putin as one who wrestles bears and drills for oil. They look at our president as one who wears mom jeans and equivocates and bloviates.
He drills for oil! He wrestles bears! He invades countries!
Them thar Ruskies got a real president! First, he's the right color! He drives a 4x4 pickup with a set of truck balls! He's got a gun rack in the back window! If Obama were a real president, why he'd be chewin' baccy, ridin' bareback, and shooting his best friend in the face! Then go eat a steak and fuck his wife. RUMSFELD!!!
I'm sure the president is secure enough to find this all rather amusing, if he's paying any attention at all, which I doubt. But for the Washington media establishment, which never met a war it didn't like to embed, such tripe is good copy.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/04/1281986/-Palin-Putin-wrestles-bears
geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)marble falls
(56,353 posts)geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)marble falls
(56,353 posts)geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,079 posts)But in terms of prominent conservatives, Palin and Guliani have made roundabout praises of Putin's "leadership" as opposed to the President.
LuvNewcastle
(16,820 posts)marble falls
(56,353 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)Putins skin color has nothing to do with any of this, Obama's on the other hand has everything to do with this
spanone
(135,627 posts)Jgarrick
(521 posts)for his anti-gay measures.
steve2470
(37,456 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)pipi_k
(21,020 posts)brown skin have to do with it?
Did they have a problem with Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice?
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)The repubs would have praised Saddam's 'boldness' and said Kuwait had really legitimately belonged to Iraq all along.
I think it has more to do with Obama hatred than any particular leader.