How Trump got his party to love Russia - WaPo (something you can ask the RW'ers you know)

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For decades, anti-communism united conservatives behind the Republican Party. An otherwise disparate collection of national security hawks, free-market enthusiasts and social traditionalists rallied to the GOP, resolutely committed to checking Soviet influence around the world. All of these constituencies had reason to despise godless, revolution-exporting Bolsheviks. Although Russia no longer subscribes to Marxist-Leninist doctrine, it still presents a threat to the United States, its allies and the liberal world order. Witness its aggression against Ukraine, its intervention in Syria and its support for extremists across Europe.

In Donald Trump, the GOP nominated the most pro-Russian U.S. presidential candidate since Henry Wallace, whose 1948 bid on the Progressive Party ticket was largely run by communists.
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In an interview recorded more than 30 years ago, Russian defector Yuri Bezmenov revealed* the KGB’s counterintuitive approach to recruiting. “This was my instruction: Try to get into large-circulation, established conservative media. Reach . . . cynical, egocentric people who can look into your eyes with angelic expression and tell you a lie. These are the most recruit-able people, people who lack moral principles, who are either too greedy or suffer from self-importance.” Say this for Bezmenov: He knew his mark.

- Washington Post

I know many who lack moral principles, who are either too greedy or suffer from self-importance. They're all republicans who watch Fox News and RW M$M.

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1. I rarely watch Fox but I have heard Hannity, O'Liely and others talking about

Putin being a great leader for at least a couple years. They like to compare him to Obama leading from behind, whatever
that is supposed to mean.