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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:08 AM Original message |
In Russia, Obama’s Star Power Does Not Translate |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
1. They actually like Putin. Enough said. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. True.............. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think they're still very skeptical after Shrub! Can't say that I blame them. n/t |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
3. You mean the country that believes it's for whites only? |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yeah, that's mentioned in the article. |
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Bumblebee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
4. Don't underestimate the element of racism in their reaction. Many Russians are |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Russia has always had racial and ethnic tensions. |
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junkiebrewster (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yep... |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. yeah, a couple of eastern european leaders had some interesting |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. what are you basing your "assessment" on? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 11:07 AM Response to Original message |
10. hey Bea! |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Hi, Dionysus |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. you just went up to level four humor. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. It's a private joke between the two of us. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. seemed appropriate none the less |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. lolol |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
12. My first reaction is that they still have a lot of racists |
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junkiebrewster (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Jealousy may play into it some |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. I've unconsciously gone along with the media insisting the US is the only |
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junkiebrewster (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:59 AM Response to Reply #26 |
36. Their economy bottomed out in the 1990s |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. This comment about race is pretty telling: |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Yes, and they liked Bill Clinton OK per that article |
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Born_A_Truman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
14. State owned media |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. That's probably part of the problem. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
15. I think the state still controls the press over there. |
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mkultra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
17. the importance of their opinion is paramount |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
18. (shrug) That's nice. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. not a surprising post coming from an Obama-hater |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
20. No surprise that the state run |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
22. Yet they still think more of him than the OP. |
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Number23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
29. And in other news: |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. Thanks for posting an alternate perspective, Number23! |
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junkiebrewster (371 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:52 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. HEh |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:49 AM Response to Original message |
31. Russians are historically skeptics |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:52 AM Response to Original message |
32. Well, he certainly isn't Putin..... |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. And I bet he has better aim than Cheney. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. fuck them. |
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NatBurner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 06:52 AM Response to Original message |
34. their olympic judges are always dicks too. they'd give this post a 6.1 |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
37. They probably need the Nazi |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. The Nazis didn't defeat them. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
38. I'm going to lose a lot of sleep over this. |
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hileeopnyn8d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
41. hmmm |
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