FUCK!!!!!! Putin

[bigdarryl]

Homophobic mother fucker.Why are some in this country kissing up to him condemning the President for not meeting with him

[bravenak]

1. He's a p.o.s.

I hope he wrestles an angry polar bear naked.
And loses.

[ZombieHorde]

2. I agree that Putin sucks, but I do think world leaders should keep the lines

of communication open.

[steve2470]

3. agreed

Fuck the RW, I wish PBO had told Putin TO HIS FACE that he strongly disapproved of their government's handling of Snowden. Anyway...it's done now.

[hrmjustin]

4. Putin is evil and must be loudly proclaimed so.

[arely staircase]

5. but there are worse people than Putin

so it is innapropriate to talk about him. I learned that right here on DU.

[Mojorabbit]

6. Because it is his job to meet with other leaders or else send an underling to do so

That is one of the things we elect a President to do. Good grief.

[ZombieHorde]

8. Exactly. It's part of the job description. nt

[cascadiance]

7. Just think of how much more popular Obama would be if he were to say he was not meeting with Putin..

... for Putin's homophobic policies and not moving towards change in time for the Olympics instead of his BS about giving Snowden asylum...

Makes you wonder if that was ever even considered as a strategy, or if they really have some things they are afraid of more internally over the NSA scandal than any blowback of pushing Russia on being more tolerant of gays.

[n2doc]

10. Exactly. He would have been fine meeting with Putin had Snowden been turned over. n/t

[cascadiance]

11. But he's relying on so many here that like a police state more than their 4th amendment rights!

THAT is why he felt bold enough to say that the NSA's "rights" (if they had any such thing) to spy on all of us and to make sure we can grab anyone that stands in the way of that matters more than the rights of LGBT people around the world... Sad...

Makes you wonder why so many Soviet leaders of the past didn't hold talks with the U.S. hostage when we didn't turn over those that sought asylum here? Hmm... Were THEY wanting more to pursue diplomatic solutions than Obama's administration (and the shadow government behind it)?

[olddots]

9. I think Putin's favorite movie is The Mouse That Roared

if he was an American guess what party he would be part of .

[awoke_in_2003]

12. A mouse with a formidable...

stockpile of nuclear weapons.

[Scurrilous]

13. Putin has embraced the golden one and provided him succor.

All of Putin's sins have now been cleansed and the pure have welcomed him to their fold.

[shenmue]

14. I can't wait until there's somebody else

I'm tired of him.

[Cha]

15. Because snowden's in russia and they're confusing it with "snubbing snowden"..

[Number23]

16. Well that was helpful.

For the record, I think the mouth-breathers calling the president "immature" for not agreeing to meet with Putin have the analytical skills of a wet paper bag. How DARE he not meet with the man who just gave him the finger in front of the entire world??! I have not read or seen anything in the international media that doesn't understand exactly what Obama is doing and why. So the 30 folks in GD that castigated him including posting pictures of crying babies are AS USUAL in the loud, but utterly insignificant minority.

Not just Russia's homophobia but their reaction to Syria have made me want to scream. Literally scream.

[Skidmore]

17. Anyone remember Alexander Litvinenko?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/26/weekinreview/26lyall.html?_r=0

His friends insisted that he had been poisoned on Nov. 1, perhaps during or after two meetings in London — one in a hotel, the other at a restaurant — and that he had been a target because of his vocal opposition to the government of President Vladimir V. Putin.

Yeah, Putin's a peach.

[backscatter712]

18. What? Agree with him on one issue and disagree with him on another?

I know, the very idea makes heads explode...

[LittleBlue]

19. We meet with a lot of countries who have objectionable policies

In Saudi Arabia, the penalty for being gay is death. We still meet with them.

This has zero to do with gays and everything to do with Snowden. Throwing a tantrum doesn't help anyone.

[MADem]

20. Because they don't like Obama, and they like Rand Paul.

It's an enemy of thine enemy game they're playing.

It's pretty despicable.

I can't see why anyone would cheer for someone who wants to imprison and fine people for being who they are.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Yes Putin is ugly when it comes to homophobia

He is actually average, and his attitudes were (still are in many areas of the country) the same as they were here a generation ago

I guess a Cold War is what the doctor ordered no that the brush wars are over.

Yes, go ahead, call me cynical.

[Liberal_in_LA]

22. he is a bigot