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In reply to the discussion: Why We Must Oppose the Kremlin-Baiting Against Trump [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)47. The Pathetic Lives of Putins American Dupes
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/pathetic-lives-of-putins-american-dupes.html
The most prominent intellectual apologist for Putin is Stephen F. Cohen, Princeton professor, Russologist for the left-wing Nation. Cohen is a septuagenarian, old-school leftist who has carried on the mental habits of decades of anti-anti-communism seamlessly into a new career of anti-anti-Putinism. The Cohen method is to pick away at every indictment of the Russian regime without directly associating himself with its various atrocities. Is Putin persecuting gays? Well, Cohen wants us to know that various Ukrainians nationalists dislike gays, too. And also Barack Obamas claim to snub Sochi because of gay rights is probably not on the level. Is Putin bullying and killing journalists? Eh, says Cohen, Every time a journalist breaks a leg, they say the Kremlin did it. Accidents happen.
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What the "Clinton campaign" said was factually accurate or evidence based opinions
Renew Deal
Mar 2017
#1
This pro-Putin article by Putin apologist Cohen was already thoroughly debunked at DU
wishstar
Mar 2017
#3
Opinions from credible sources are worth more than opinions from, say, Rush Limbaugh.
DanTex
Mar 2017
#54
Using the term "plain facts" to talk of what are so-far simply allegations of Russian involvement
guillaumeb
Mar 2017
#57
Using the term "simply allegations" to talk of what are established facts of Russian involvement
DanTex
Mar 2017
#62
Cohen is wrong. This is also about politics. Attacking Trump and weaking him in the public eye is
TeamPooka
Mar 2017
#26
How the hell does this author think we can have this "impartial investigation of the facts"
pnwmom
Mar 2017
#76
Look up Cohen's ridiculous defenses of Putin, it's astounding the pretzels he twists himself into
bettyellen
Mar 2017
#9
And ignore his interference in European and American elections- because that's not nationalism...
bettyellen
Mar 2017
#13
So what? Does that mean we are supposed to pretend Putin didn't interfere in ours?
DanTex
Mar 2017
#23
This article and the surrounding discussion have nothing to do with "impressing the voters"
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2017
#36
Don't know if you noticed - you are the only one defending this author and their weak ass premise.
TeamPooka
Mar 2017
#27
I did not see where he advocated allowing the case to build before calling for impeachment.
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2017
#37
I'm sorry. I'm not going to get into further discussion with someone whose made 4,000 posts
Crunchy Frog
Mar 2017
#66
Sure, nothing to see there. That's why like 10 Russians associated with this thing have dropped
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2017
#39
So Democrats are supposed to still play nice in the sand box with the deplorables
LiberalLovinLug
Mar 2017
#40
OK. So if a steam roller was heading your way full force and you knew you were going to be hit by it
caroldansen
Mar 2017
#55
Russia is a mafia nation; trump is at least partly being controlled/influenced by them;
TheFrenchRazor
Mar 2017
#70