Putin urges voters to back Bush

[kostya]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/18/putin.iraq/index.html

[bunkerbuster1]

1. One dictator backs another.

Professional courtesy.

[gp]

2. shut your piehole pootie poot! eom

[On the Road]

3. This Provides a Great Comeback

to the "foreign leaders endorse Kerry" meme. Which country do you want to emulate?

[shockingelk]

54. problem is the headline is inaccurate

I don't see any statement from Putin urging voters to back Bush.

[screembloodymurder]

60. But, but..... isn't he a commie.

Bush is in league with the communists.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Oh, how are the conservatives going to respond?

Vote Bush because the president of Russia endorses him?

<snort>

[Claire Beth]

19. LMAO! exactly

[SquireJons]

22. Yup!!!

Go Pootie Go. Americans just loooove endorsements from Russian Dictators.

[MisterP]

58. watch for the "dastardly Yurpian leaders support Kerry! the horror!"

rhetoric to evaporate

[study_war_no_more]

5. We are at war with easteurasia?

Putin is doing such a good job in Chechya I will surely put him on my list of informed commentators. Actually he didn't endorse either he said it would be a victory for terrorists if Bush lost- he wasn't specific about who these terrorists were excactly.
Empty warheads support each other no surprize here.

[saskatoon]

59. support each other

Well don't forget George looked into Putin's soul and I guess saw the same kind of bastard that he is so that explains it.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

6. It could lead to the spread of terrorism? Were school kids being massacred

by terrorists prior to the Iraq war?

[The White Tree]

37. I love that quote from Kurt Vonnegut

I never saw that before. I sent it to my wife. Thanks.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

40. It's from an interview he did in In These Times earlier this year

I'll post the link later when I get home...don't have it on this computer. You can google Vonnegut and In These Times and find it easily though. :hi:

[Aidoneus]

42. Sure

around 40,000 of them, but that's not to be talked about.. those were done mostly by bombs and artillery shells, and not flamethrowers.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

7. One incompetent dictator backs another.

Gotta have a friend SOMEWHERE, I suppose.

[aden_nak]

8. So just to be clear. . .

When a foreign leader backs Bush, the opinions of other world leaders matter. When an overwhelming majority of foreign leaders back Kerry, we shouldn't let outsiders decide our elections?

[kayell]

14. The only standards that apply to Repugs are double standards.

[Kierkegaard]

28. That about sums it up, I think.

Typical mexed missages...

[Kimber Scott]

9. Terrorists don't care who our president is.

I really don't believe the terrorists give a shit who our president is. Refering to terrorists as having a sway on our election processes one way, or another, does nothing more than empower them. This is our country, our vote. Not Putin's, not terrorists', not even Great Britain's. One American. One vote. Period.

[Rhoderick]

10. That's an endorsement...

...that I don't think Bush is proud to have. And if he is proud to have it, we should all be very afraid. I think the conotation is obvious: President Bush turns a blind eye to Putin's anti-Democratic "reforms" and, in return, Putin pretends to support Bush's GWOT.

[htuttle]

11. I would rather play chess against Bush rather than Kerry too

Bush thinks the game is Liar's Poker. Putin has been eating his lunch.

[VegasWolf]

12. "Don't forget Russia!", hehehe. n/t

[Brundle_Fly]

13. Putin says Back Bush

because he isn't all over me for trampling my own citizen's personal freedoms....as he is doing the same.

by the way the war was wrong.

Kerry spells more trouble for Putin, and he knows it.

[Sagan]

15. Very KGB / Real Politik

Putin knows that with bumblin', stumblin' Chimpy in there that Russia is in a much better leadership position. Plus, Chimpy will by design and through policy keep oil prices high, which is great for Russia.

Putin has no love for the Chimp, but he knows what's best for Russian power, and that's an inept oilman in the White House.

[Arianrhod]

32. That's my thought, too.

Putin just signed a deal to take an air base in Tajikistan, which is right on the Chinese border. Add that to the one they have in Kyrgyzstan next door, and they have a perfect air corridor along that border, plus access to Afghanistan.

I'm wondering if Putin is hoping another * term will further undermine America's economy and credibility, and stretch our army out even further--all of which would work to Russia's advantage.

[Qutzupalotl]

64. I think you two have nailed it.

I was wondering why he seemed to want Bush to win and resorted to a cheap fear tactic to try to bring that about. Oil and money, along with the gradual destruction of a global superpower (without firing a shot), is why.

[Arianrhod]

77. It's how we defeated them. n/t

[amber dog democrat]

16. i am suposed to care what Putin thinks ?

This is too funny. If only Breshnev had come out in support of Richard Nixon or Andropov in support of Reagan, maybe those elections would not have been Repug Landslides.

This is too funny. Thank you, Comrade Putin.

[Zynx]

17. Putin pwns Chimpy

He doesn't want someone with an actual brain leading the United States. As it is, Chimpy thinks he is best buds with Vladdie. "I looked into his eyes and saw a man of God!"

Anyone who thinks they can read someone who was/is KGB needs a brain installed.

[auburngrad82]

18. Ironic that the head of the country that repugs have loved to hate

now endorses their candidate. If Russia had endorsed Kerry you could be assured that repugs would be yelling about the Commies endorsing the Liberal. Now the shoe is on the right foot. What do you think they'll say?

[central scrutinizer]

23. They will continue to label Kerry and any Democrat

as a socialist as they drive their Hummer to the Communist Chinese Outlet Mall (commonly called Walmart).

[xxqqqzme]

31. rethug response will B the sound

of crickets chirping.

[Career Prole]

20. I remember a time in the not-so-distant past that backing from Russia

would be the kiss of death for an American politician.
Now the French are the "enemy".
I f**king understand completely...
:shrug:

[RobertSeattle]

21. Former KGB Agent/Commie supports Bush

[Lizzie Borden]

68. Would you please

quit referring to him as a "commie"? There are Communists in Russia but Putin has nothing to do with them.

[SOS]

79. How quickly Putin changed

when it was to his benefit.

From an in-depth report on Putin from Der Spiegel (German newsmagazine):

"What were some of Ussolzev's personal impressions of his colleague Putin? "He was a pragmatist," says the former KGB officer, "someone who thinks one thing and says something else." Someone who was a "complete conformist" and did not believe in any changes in his native country, who played the role of the committed Communist to keep up appearances, and who called his colleague an "idiot" because of his "provincial openness." According to Ussolzev, Putin told him to restrain his criticism of conditions in the Soviet Union and think about his family."

http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/english/0,1518,270555,00.html

[NNN0LHI]

24. Gosh. Why doesn't Chimpy ask his pal Vlad to stand down his nukes...

...pointed toward the USA? It would seem like the friendly thing to do.

Don

[cprise]

25. He doesn't want Kerry sending the UN into Chechnya

[David__77]

26. I can see why. But his thinking is strategically flawed.

I am almost certain that he believes that another Bush term will significantly alter the balance-of-power betweens leading powers and that a multipolar order is thereby more likely. Also, he correctly sees Bush as ideological cover for nationalist policies domestically. But the problem is that the instability created by the US under Bush will not only undermine the US, it will also harm Russia.

[VegasWolf]

27. OF COURSE, who would you like to face in competition for the world -

chimp or kerry? duh?

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[Crunchy Frog]

29. Alright Pootie poot,

I wasn't going to, but how could I turn down the reccomendation of a former high official in the KGB. I'm sure that in that capacity, you absolutely know what is best for American democracy. Thank you for showing me the error of my ways in supporting Kerry.

[Blue_Roses]

30. Didn't Kerry mention something in the debates about cleaning up the

nukes selling on the black market out of Russia--or something to that effect? I'm gonna go find a link. I know I heard this right.

That would explain alot of the so-called "endorsement."

[legally blonde]

33. Isn't this the same guy who stopped elections

in Russia because of "terrorists"??? Hmmmm. :tinfoilhat:

[Lizzie Borden]

69. Yes.

n/t

[olddad56]

34. This should serve as a resounding endorsement for Kerry.

[olddad56]

35. I'll bet Osama Bin Laden thinks people should vote for Bush.

[UTUSN]

36. Why, Yes, Le's *Do* Listen to a Blood-covered Spymaster

And, let's see: He supports Shrub, but opposes the Iraq war, and claims that terrorist attacks are aimed at defeating Shrub but he will respect whatever decisions U.S. voters make------whoa, he's doing one of those mind-control experiments on me! My head is spinning.

[gatlingforme]

38. I see hordes of loans going to Putin compliments of Tax payers

[Zorra]

39. Kremlin Backs Bu$h? n/t

[gatlingforme]

41. Actually, if Putin backed Kerry that would not be good.

[JolietDem]

43. Bush on Putin

"I looked into the man's eyes...I got a sense of his soul."
- George W. Bush on Putin

Birds of a feather stick together...I look into Putin's eyes and see only darkness...but maybe there's something more sinister about the fraternalism of Bush/Putin...Putin was a former KGB operative...Bush Sr. was the former head of the CIA, and both of them at the time when our countries where the worst of enemies...hmmmm

[gatlingforme]

73. That is a good point too! n/t

[JolietDem]

44. Bush on Putin

"I looked into the man's eyes...I got a sense of his soul."
- George W. Bush on Putin

Birds of a feather stick together...I look into Putin's eyes and see only darkness...but maybe there's something more sinister about the fraternalism of Bush/Putin...Putin was a former KGB operative...Bush Sr. was the former head of the CIA, and both of them at the time when our countries where the worst of enemies...hmmmm

[ladybugg33]

46. You are right. Putin wants free reign to terrorize the Chechens.

One evil being supporting another.

Ok. so Bush has the media, the courts, the corportations, the Feds, the military, the Swifties, Putin, Rush, O'Reilly, Hannity, and Nader campaigning for him. Kerry is doing very well considering how much the deck is stacked against him.

[6th Borough]

47. Also, the policy of preemptive war (which = Georgia for Putin) /NT

[Lizzie Borden]

72. We and the Brits are building a pipeline

through Georgia.

[gatlingforme]

74. yes, and considering what other incentives Bush has given Putin

that is scary. But, as you said, Kerry is holding his own very well

[LiberteToujours]

45. So let's MAKE something of this

One area that Republicans really have us beat is in kicking up a big shitstorm about nothing at all. This IS something and we need to make a fuss about it. Keep repeating, "Russian dictator backs Bush, Bush leadership is good for Russia's national interests". Let's not just let this one die at the end of the news cycle. Repeat, repeat, hammer it in, Bush is good for Russia, bad for America!

[leesa]

48. Too funny! Won't THIS cause some dissonance among the commie

hatin' conservatives!

[Riverman]

49. Mussolini liked Hitler too

[truthisfreedom]

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[Catherine Vincent]

52. Lmao! Love that pic!

[gatlingforme]

75. me too LOL

[Endangered Specie]

51. Dictators of a feather flock together.

[Mz Pip]

53. Who cares what he thinks?

Who cares what Pootie Poot thinks? Why should I care the Bush has picked up the all important Eurasian dictator endorcement?

MzPip
:dem:

[TankLV]

55. Where's the repuke outrage they had when reports of foreign leaders

endorsing Kerry made them go ballistic and demand to know who, and how it was against the law, etc., etc.?

[sr_pacifica]

56. Well, he's a chip off the ol' block isn't he?

With his undemocratic reforms...

[MsAnthropy]

57. "Saint" Ronnie must be spinning in his grave

since he was so anxious to start the bombing.

Judge a man by the company he keeps, I say. Smirky has always had a hard time making the right friends...

[0007]

61. You gotta be pulling my choke.

[dolstein]

62. Bush is a communist sympathizer

Once a Red, always a Red. Any candidate who would accept support from a Commie bastard like Putin is clearly disloyal and unfit to hold office.

[Kierkegaard]

63. I urge Putin to go Cheney himself.

[Cocoa]

65. I'm waiting til the Saudi Royal Family endorses someone

call me an "undecided voter" until then.

[robbedvoter]

66. Didn't Bandar already campaign for W? Although in his country...

I remember this exchange on MTP:

MR. RUSSERT:   Who's more popular in your country, Osama bin Laden or George W. Bush?

PRINCE BANDAR:  We never put those--this polling there.  But..
(never answered)

[teryang]

67. Our country is seriously weakened

...with the exploitative and corrupt leadership now at the helm. Of course, Putin would endorse them.

[johnnyrocket]

70. From one facist to another.

[johnnyrocket]

71. From one facist to another.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

76. Yet

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x915355


:shrug:

[GOPBasher]

78. Maybe Putin wants us to go bankrupt