How Far Does The Russian Connection With Repugs Go Back?.....

[global1]

I'm asking because I remember that in 2001, President George W. Bush issued a truly astounding appraisal of Vladimir Putin, the former KGB agent who has run Russia since replacing Boris Yeltsin in 1999. "I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. We had a very good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul; a man deeply committed to his country and the best interests of his country."

Dubya's Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, was fluent Russian speaker and a Russian expert.

Have the Repugs been playing footsie with Putin since Dubya's time?

[roamer65]

1. Further than we would like to know.

[msanthrope]

2. Abramoff......his lawyer is White House Counsel. nt

[Doreen]

3. For how smoothly things have fallen in place for this administration

I would say for many many years maybe even as far back as Reagan.

[wishstar]

4. Bush,Cheney, Rice etc lobbied heavily for Tillerson who wants oil deals with Russia

and Bush Admin. did not push for any sanctions against Russian aggression in 2008

[2naSalit]

6. Somehow

that leads me to partially conclude that it could go back as far as uncle ronnie with HW as VP and an spy himself... and all that oil. It may have been since WWII, actually. I suspect that there has been some planning as early as the Yalta Conference and the division of the remnants of the Ottoman Empire. Once a major commodity was discovered and claimed by the "deciders" it was game on for the oiligarchs of the west. We're seeing the full extent of the treachery that has been brewing since then... IMHO

[kerry-is-my-prez]

5. Remember Bush's affectionate nickname for him was "Pooty Poot," and shortly after Bush made

his " I looked into his eyes" statement, Putin pulled some shit and made Bush look like a total idiot - if I'm not mistaken.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. Probably back to when Joe McCarthy and Roy Cohn were colluding with them.

I'm joking!

On the other hand, that kind of extreme hypocrisy from Republicans wouldn't surprise me!