Well, at least now we know why they're called "Red" states

[Bucky]

[DURHAM D]

1. Why do Republicans love Russia? nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Fellow autocrats.

[Bucky]

5. Well, it's complicated

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/11/06/putins-russia-promotes-women-and-misogyny-in-politics-wait-what/

[font size="3"]Putin’s Russia promotes both women and misogyny in politics. Wait, what?[/font]

This is not to say that the regime is feminist, by any means. Russia has not passed even the weak gender-equality legislation that has been under consideration for more than a decade. This summer, activists barely averted the decriminalization of battery, which domestic-violence victims use because there is no specific domestic-violence legislation.

Rather, women are being recruited into Russian politics to suit the needs of the regime. In the past two elections, some women have been used as “showgirls,” including a ballerina, a rhythmic gymnast and a former Playboy model, to attract voters. Other elite women have been recruited as “political cleaners,” a role especially for governors, to clean up the appearance of corruption. As one commentator told me, “There is the perception that women are less corrupt.”

[SunSeeker]

16. Kind of like the beauty pagent queens Fox hires to read the "news." nt

[malthaussen]

7. Many reasons.

Try this one on for size: China.

-- Mal

[tecelote]

11. I've made a few R's mad lately by...

calling them Comrade.

With the Friday night news dump, it makes it even more relevant.

[Salviati]

18. They should really adjust their party designation...

E.g. McConnell (Я - Kentucky)

[keithbvadu2]

19. Good one! --- "...United Russia won the elections in America,"

Trump supporters celebrate and are proud.

"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article118666158.html

[RelativelyJones]

26. That, is excellent.

[shadowmayor]

15. There's a lot of arguments as to why

Strong authoritarian ruler, super Daddy figure at the helm. Strict rules and enforcement. But a lot of us think it's skin color. The Russians are a mostly white society. The long simmering strife between the Germans and Russians is a divide the right wing hopes to melt away. These people see the world as a skin color, tribal war where all the whites must come together to defeat the browns and blacks and yellows.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. well played!

[safeinOhio]

4. Putin

Appeasers.

[KittyWampus]

6. BWAH!

[MFM008]

8. Yup.

[jaxind]

9. Good one!

Love it!!

[democratisphere]

10. Da, tak verno.

[FailureToCommunicate]

12. !!!

[gordianot]

13. Literally

I had a friend that always maintained the Republican Party was analogous to Russian Communist Party ruled by autocrats. His thesis maintained that both parties needed each other to maintain control hence the Cold War. If you can't beat them join them Reagan's dust bin of history is getting full of trash, go for the guns forget the butter.

[Cryptoad]

14. easy,,

their economies are in the Red, death spiral to the bottom on the barrel. Moocher Red state that only produce 35% on the GDP and most of that is TX.

[SunSeeker]

17. I wish I could laugh...

[Botany]

20. Can we now call Trump, "Putin elect?"

And God forbid Trump gets into office he should be called President Putin.

[Bucky]

25. I'm still sticking with "Petulant-Elect Trump"

[War Horse]

21. Sigh...

But that gave me laugh as well

[JHB]

22. After years of searching, the Republicans finally found someone on orders from Moscow...

...and he is them.

[Fast Walker 52]

23. Ronald Reagan and all the other cold warrriors are rolling over in their graves...

[elmac]

24. Still waiting on my Russian flag I ordered

Going to fly it high for all my trumpster neighbors to see.