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What Is So Bad About Putin?

Libs are always going on about him like he's the Devil but I think any sane country would be proud to have such a strong, capable leader. Remember that freedom isn't free. We need people like Putin to defend democracy from dictators.

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The thing is, he is a dictator. He imprisons the leaders of the opposition, so he can keep on getting re-elected. Russia is an oligarch nation, not a democratic one. He isn't standing up for democracy, he's fighting against it. And the homosexuality laws he has there are oppressive and stupid.

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OmegaPan(710) Disputed
1 point

The thing is, he is a dictator. He imprisons the leaders of the opposition, so he can keep on getting re-elected

Sounds like the Democrat Party.

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cruzaders(325) Disputed
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He did an outstanding job with his country, I'd rather have a self proclamed dictator who does a good job than a president who is terrible who got elected because he lied to a bunch of morons

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NumberOne(422) Disputed
3 points

I'd rather have a self proclamed dictator

That's because you're a sociopathic fascist POS who hates democracy.

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Rusticus(810) Disputed
2 points

You're in the wrong country asswipe. Get the hell out.

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He is a egomaniacal dictator with a closet full of skeletons and a bunch of shady finances....

Oh wait, you said "Putin", duh....

Same response

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2 points

We need people like Putin to defend democracy from dictators.

We need someone who arrests, bullies and kills political opponents to defend democracy? Funny, because that sounds like the complete antithesis of democracy to me.

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1 point

Are you Putin me on? ;)........................................................

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0 points

Nothing, that is, that a nice radioactive isotope in his caviar wouldn't cure. Does anyone think that the "untimely deaths" of his detractors and opponents is "coincidence"? That his attempted take-over of the nations that left the Soviet Union, and don't want to go back, is justified? That he backs a Syrian President who slaughters his people makes him a "very good person on that side"??

A better question is, what good is he to the world??

"Strong, capable leader..." His "strength" comes from FEAR! "Any sane country...." would defend themselves from him!

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3 points

Do have a thumbs up for a good, well expressed post.

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Rusticus(810) Disputed
2 points

Why don't you Russian turds float back to Russia?

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outlaw60(15368) Disputed
1 point

Bowel Al of Road Island being your 81 years old have you forgotten the Progressives love for Russia ?

Democrats are deeply bothered by the new CIA revelations that Vladimir Putin attempted to influence the presidential election in order to help Donald Trump. They’re right to be upset – the notion that one of the world’s worst dictators hacked the Democratic National Committee in an attempt to boost a candidate to power should be deeply troubling.

But they haven’t typically been upset about such things in the past, when they benefit Democrats.

Take, for example, Barack Obama.

Go all the way back to March 2012, when Obama met with Putin stooge and then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Obama was caught on a live microphone telling Medvedev, “On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved, but it’s important for him to give me space.”

Medvedev replied, “Yeah, I understand, I understand your message about space. Space for you…”

To which Obama said, “This is my last election. After my election, I have more flexibility.”

Medvedev answered genially, “I understand. I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”

Democrats were fine with that one. In fact, they then proceeded to spend the rest of the election cycle mocking Republican candidate Mitt Romney for stating that Russia posed the greatest geopolitical threat to the United States. Obama himself mocked Romney by stating that “The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back.” He then handed control of Syria to Putin, and followed by doing little as Russia invaded Ukraine.

Let’s go back a bit further, to 1983. Senator Teddy Kennedy (D-MA) wanted to run for president, and so he sent a friend, John Tunney, to Moscow. In Moscow, Tunney told the head of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, that he wanted a deal. According to Forbes:

Kennedy’s message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election. “The only real potential threats to Reagan are problems of war and peace and Soviet-American relations,” the memorandum stated. “These issues, according to the senator, will without a doubt become the most important of the election campaign.”

He offered to help Andropov get TV interviews in the US, and he offered to visit Moscow.

The deal didn’t work out. But Democrats ignored the reports when they finally broke in 2009.

Or check out 1960. Here’s Craig Shirley and Andrew Shirley reporting:

In 1960, they held U-2 pilot Gary Powers after his plane crashed illegally in Russia, and specifically delayed his release until after the presidential elections. They used Powers as a bargaining chip, and, according to Khrushchev himself, it worked. In his memoirs, the Soviet leader stated, “We kept Nixon from being able to claim that he could deal with the Russians; our ploy made a difference of at least half a million votes, which gave Kennedy the edge he needed.”

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AlofRI(3294) Clarified
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Please listen, outhouse. The KEY WORD is MEDVEDEV. Obama (and Hillary) were making PROGRESS with ol' Medvedev. Putin was also listening to that mike. Shortly after that ol' Pute pushed ol' Med off his stool and took over Russian politics more "formerly". He didn't want that Obama/Hillary influence leading Russia to their kind of "friendship". But a while later things changed. A guy that recognized this killer as a "great leader". Now, there was a bone he could chew on! Without the O/H factor he could now work on U.S. from the INSIDE! Hopefully get rid of sanctions, kiss a little Trumpy ass, turn him into an asset! That couldn't happen with O/H and Meddy! It's working! Trump is an asset! Now he's getting somewhere! He's even got a bunch of Mother Russia trolls on the internet, his best propaganda tool! People who will spread his "subtleties" around CD and facebook, etc. Pull your head out of the hole, outhouse, you don't even recognize the "stench" any more!

Maybe because its yours and ol' Pute's and it's what you like?? :-(

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