The many faces of Vladimir Putin

[riqster]

I recommend that DU's sizable contingent of Putinistas just skip this post. All it'll do is piss you off, and will not change your minds.

For those DUers with open minds, feel free to click on the links below (I am bandwidth-challenged and so cannot cut and paste the blog posts here today. Apologies):

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/the-many-faces-of-vladimir-putin/

And:

http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/what-do-putin-and-a-child-molester-have-in-common/

[MicaelS]

1. Fuck Putin.

He's a Chekist motherfucker to the bone. Always has been, and always will be.

[riqster]

2. You can't erase his KGB past.

Or ignore how it still guides him today.

[Scootaloo]

3. Not QUITE what I was expecting

[riqster]

6. That is awesome.

Not at all what I bloggified, but excellent.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

7. Come on now, he's a happy guy.

Here he is holding his newborn daughter:



Here he is on his wedding day:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. I can't believe why anyone here would want to support Putin as this point.

Did anyone see the Daily Show yesterday where Jason Jones essentially made the point that Russia under Putin has just about every right-wing, conservative position that Republicans in this country desire?

[riqster]

8. It is odd, but the Putin Apologists have a presence here.

Boggles the mind.

[Scootaloo]

9. Well, I don't give a shit for the guy...

but the frothing hate towards Russia I see sometimes around here seems so very 1985. Putin's... honestly not worse than a lot of other world leaders. Some of which are our bosom buddies.

Quick, pick one; Vladimir Putin, or Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifah?

Our president picked the latter.

[MicaelS]

10. Because some here want Russia to act as a counterbalance to the US.

And Putin is seen as "standing up" to the US, so they cheer him on, no matter what he does. If some see the US as "evil", then anything Putin does to combat that evil is acceptable.

[hrmjustin]

5. Putin is evil!