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nycbos

(6,033 posts)
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 04:00 PM Feb 2017

PUTIN STARTING TO WONDER IF HIS PUPPETS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO PULL THIS OFF

MOSCOW (The Borowitz Report)—Russian President Vladimir Putin is “starting to get concerned” that the puppets he installed in the executive branch of the U.S. government “might not be up to the task at hand,” sources confirmed on Tuesday.

According to the sources, the flameout of the national-security adviser Michael Flynn was only the most recent event that has caused Putin to wonder if the figureheads he propelled into office are “just too dim-witted” to serve the goals of the Russian Federation.

“When you choose a puppet, you’re looking for a sweet spot,” one source close to Putin said. “You want to choose someone who’s dumb enough to be manipulated, but not so dumb that he can’t find the light switches.”

“Increasingly, it looks like we missed that sweet spot,” the source said.


http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/putin-starting-to-wonder-if-his-puppets-are-smart-enough-to-pull-this-off

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PUTIN STARTING TO WONDER IF HIS PUPPETS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO PULL THIS OFF (Original Post) nycbos Feb 2017 OP
Ooh the light switches. underpants Feb 2017 #1
Yep, the lights on but no one is home. jack69 Feb 2017 #2
They couldn't find them. Meetings by cell phone flashlight underpants Feb 2017 #3
Trump is as dumb as a brick, he probably don't even know if the lights are on or off. putitinD Feb 2017 #4
KNR Lucinda Feb 2017 #5
How come none of these people paid true attention for a year and a half? Doreen Feb 2017 #6

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
6. How come none of these people paid true attention for a year and a half?
Mon Feb 20, 2017, 04:26 PM
Feb 2017

By the way if you looked at his actions years before that would have also given you a CLEAR clue. IDIOT.

I have a learning disability and I am smarter than he is. I would feel safer if I was leading this country and that is also kind of scary.

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