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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDear President Obama
Your intentions are laudable but we can not ignore the fact the GOP, the Deplorables, and Donald Trump are enamored with Vladimir Putin and are in his thrall:
They are enemies of freedom, the rule of law, pluralism, and our entire way of life.
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Dear President Obama (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
OP
I was very glad he pointed out that a third of Republican voters think Putin is great.
emulatorloo
Dec 2016
#1
He made it pretty damned clear that he was sickened by the support for Putin
etherealtruth
Dec 2016
#2
My grandparents fled Russia after the first revolution in 1905, one step ahead of the latest pogrom.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2016
#6
emulatorloo
(44,133 posts)1. I was very glad he pointed out that a third of Republican voters think Putin is great.
He had a few choice thing to say about anti-Russian Republican politicians who are apparently now ok with the Putin Regime/
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)2. He made it pretty damned clear that he was sickened by the support for Putin
"Ronald Reagan would turn over in his grave"
flamingdem
(39,313 posts)3. Remember when he said in the end it's always about Us?
Obama out, we're on our own.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)4. I don't want to be ruled by Russia. I rather be euthanized.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)5. You might get that option......
but it will be slow and painful.......
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)6. My grandparents fled Russia after the first revolution in 1905, one step ahead of the latest pogrom.
They got tired of living under a despotic government.