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Crowman1979

(3,844 posts)
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 08:28 AM Mar 2014

Would 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.

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Would the right-wing be praising Putin if he had brown skin? (Original Post) Crowman1979 Mar 2014 OP
I don't get it. Who is praising Putin? Links? References? geckosfeet Mar 2014 #1
Pat Buchanan for one BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #2
Oh God. His credibility is nil. How is he even taken seriously? geckosfeet Mar 2014 #5
What, may I ask, is your point? BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #6
Frankly, I lost count. But here is a very illuminating Salon.com article which shows a few. Crowman1979 Mar 2014 #3
Jeez. What a motley crew. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #11
Praise is partial. Igel Mar 2014 #16
Here's a Rachel Maddow segment showing some more right-wing praise. Crowman1979 Mar 2014 #4
I think one of the reasons the OP did not provide links is that their is .......... wandy Mar 2014 #7
whaddya got to say about the RW fawn over Putin now?..... marble falls Mar 2014 #10
How do you even take this seriously? geckosfeet Mar 2014 #12
How do you not? marble falls Mar 2014 #13
Whack job rhetoric on its face. Thats how. geckosfeet Mar 2014 #18
Becaue whackp talk is innocent. Ask King Ted Cruz. marble falls Mar 2014 #19
Blathering senator huckster vs blathering wannabe huckster. Not much difference - but enough geckosfeet Mar 2014 #20
Well, we've actually got a couple here. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2014 #25
I don't think they would support Putin if he wasn't a fascist. LuvNewcastle Mar 2014 #8
I think your last sentence says it all. marble falls Mar 2014 #9
The deal is madokie Mar 2014 #14
if democrats praised putin and there was a reTHUG president, there would be treason trials spanone Mar 2014 #15
Arguably yes; just look at Freepers fawning over the president of Uganda Jgarrick Mar 2014 #17
less vigorously, to be sure nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #21
that's not how racism works n/t Enrique Mar 2014 #22
What does pipi_k Mar 2014 #23
They don't seem to have a problem with Museveni. NuclearDem Mar 2014 #24
If Obama had been in office when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait n2doc Mar 2014 #26

geckosfeet

(9,644 posts)
11. Jeez. What a motley crew.
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 09:24 AM
Mar 2014

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)
16. Praise is partial.
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 11:35 AM
Mar 2014

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).

wandy

(3,539 posts)
7. I think one of the reasons the OP did not provide links is that their is ..........
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 09:05 AM
Mar 2014

far too much right wing insanity to chose from.
The daily KOS gives a good explanation.

And while the right's praise of Putin's "decisiveness" and conservative tendancies seem incongruous, they are not. In fact, the American right has a history of praising the same dictators they have a history of claiming to patriotically be against.

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)
10. whaddya got to say about the RW fawn over Putin now?.....
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 09:13 AM
Mar 2014

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

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,079 posts)
25. Well, we've actually got a couple here.
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 09:33 AM
Mar 2014

But in terms of prominent conservatives, Palin and Guliani have made roundabout praises of Putin's "leadership" as opposed to the President.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
14. The deal is
Sun Mar 23, 2014, 09:29 AM
Mar 2014

Putins skin color has nothing to do with any of this, Obama's on the other hand has everything to do with this

pipi_k

(21,020 posts)
23. What does
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 09:13 AM
Mar 2014

brown skin have to do with it?


Did they have a problem with Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice?


n2doc

(47,953 posts)
26. If Obama had been in office when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
Mon Mar 24, 2014, 09:49 AM
Mar 2014

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.

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