Obama just used the "37% of Republicans approve of Putin" statistic!

[progressoid]

And said Ronald Reagan would roll over in his grave!

[spanone]

1. indeed he did.

[BeyondGeography]

2. It was a brilliant passage

Worth the whole press conference.

[ffr]

3. To be recorded, so historians can point to all the warning signs of our downfall.

Compliments of uninformed American voters.

[wishstar]

4. He said hard to pin all blame on Russia, when American misinformation is rampant

He is dismayed by and called out Americans who look more favorably on Putin/KGB than our own intelligence officials (who worked under previous administrations and many are R's)

He pointedly went after the right wing false news and extreme politicization where because he talked about being tough on Putin, the R's automatically started siding with Putin just to be opposed to Obama.

Said how can people be just as critical about Michelle Obama's healthy nutrition initiatives for schoolkids as they are about efforts to silence media (guess he was referring both to Trump and Putin's desire to control/censor press)

[AlexSFCA]

5. new alt reality is getting real

This shows that trump's propaganda is working and he will be successful at lifting sanctions against russia within weeks of inauguration and forming a new alliance with russia under the diguise of fighting terror. it appears thar putin is the only leader in the world that trump likes. I haven't heard him saying anything good about any other president. Putin and Trump will work hard to elect Le Pen and capture France to expand their far right alliance and eventually weaken NATO. Islam is being declared a hostile political ideology which is being stripped from constitutional protections (not subject to freedom of religion principle).

[KittyWampus]

6. He likes the guy in the Philippines.

[AlexSFCA]

7. their feeling is mutual i heard

When you becone friends with your enemies, enemies become your friends.

[elmac]

8. The new reality is

it's a huge shit sandwich, and we're all gonna have to take a bite

[Bob Loblaw]

9. It's only 37%

because the rest of them didn't answer the phone.

[0rganism]

10. probably up to 45% after the press conference

because Obama

[gulliver]

11. They should ask "what if Putin were black?"

[jack69]

14. Every one knows what that answer is.

The level of tolerance has shown itself again in this last election.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

17. or a woman?

37% I suspect are White Supremacists or sympathetic to them.

[Towlie]

12. I remember the strange drills we had in school when I was a pre-teen in the early '60s.

We would go to the lowest floor of the school building and line up in the halls, sit down, face the wall, and put our arms over our eyes to shield them.

I had no idea what was going on.

[jack69]

13. In our country school in South Dakota, in the 50's,

we never had those drills, everyone knew that they were pointless. Not sure what they did in the town's grade school.

[jack69]

15. Air raid defense monitors

were stationed on the local Standard Station in town at nights, I'm guessing that may have kept the local liquor store in business. Just look at the absurdity of this. In the middle of the nation, trying to watch for enemy planes, with the local airport just a quarter mile east of town. Wonder if they were paid, or why else would they do this.

[jack69]

16. Putin's history

I am willing to wager that none of them know Putin's history.

[progressoid]

19. Yep.

They heard Donnie say nice things about Putin and that's good enough for them.

[jack69]

21. Just a simple Google search will enlighten them.

Just make sure not to check just the party favored posting.

[EricMaundry]

18. Kick!

[Cha]

20. Good.