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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 09:45 PM Mar 2017

Seriously, who isn't tied to Russia?

It's overwhelming that tRump has so many around him, past and present, with deep Russian ties.

And to hear many of his voters and surrogates claiming there is nothing there, wow, it's like living in The Twilight Zone.

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Seriously, who isn't tied to Russia? (Original Post) SHRED Mar 2017 OP
Me. dchill Mar 2017 #1
I buy Russian dressing sometimes. n/t rzemanfl Mar 2017 #2
One of my great-grandfathers was from Russia. tenorly Mar 2017 #10
Most Democrats, apparently. Tatiana Mar 2017 #3
I'm 60 years old SHRED Mar 2017 #4
I drink vodka sometimes Best_man23 Mar 2017 #5
Drink Titos - made in Austin! Initech Mar 2017 #8
Easier to ask: Who in the White House is not working for Putin? dalton99a Mar 2017 #6
Who in the republican party isn't on Putin's payroll? Initech Mar 2017 #9
Imagine if you will, a scenario in which Russia won the Cold War... Initech Mar 2017 #7
I drink two cups of Dazbog coffee every morning. KGBlend - an interrogating blend! CrispyQ Mar 2017 #11
Follow the mob money, like honey, attracts the bears. L. Coyote Mar 2017 #12

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
10. One of my great-grandfathers was from Russia.
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 11:31 PM
Mar 2017

I understand that as a young man, the Tsar's Okhrana forced him to work as an informant - probably using many of the same tactics Putin now uses with BLOTUS.

After a narrow brush with death, he fled Russia around 1910, eventually becoming successful in real estate.

"My experience in Russia," he would say, "taught me how to deal with people in this business."

Tatiana

(14,167 posts)
3. Most Democrats, apparently.
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 09:58 PM
Mar 2017

Republicans made a deal with the dictators and now they are the Party of Russia. From the Trump cabal to the Ryans, McConnells, and Nunes of the Republican party, they are nearly all connected somehow.

The only ones with clean hands are probably McCain and Graham.

 

SHRED

(28,136 posts)
4. I'm 60 years old
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 10:17 PM
Mar 2017

I'm not sure younger people understand Russia.

Maybe I'm stereotyping but I think younger folks think us baby boomers are too "reactionary" about Russia considering what we went through...duck and cover drills in elementary school come to mind.

The Russian people are suffering under a brutally repressive governmental system that most Republicans envy and confuse with "strength". And based on the Trump Administration they apparently want a similar system for us right here in the USA.

Initech

(100,097 posts)
7. Imagine if you will, a scenario in which Russia won the Cold War...
Mon Mar 27, 2017, 11:27 PM
Mar 2017

Only it's not imaginary, it's real.

CrispyQ

(36,492 posts)
11. I drink two cups of Dazbog coffee every morning. KGBlend - an interrogating blend!
Tue Mar 28, 2017, 03:22 PM
Mar 2017

Russians make the world's strongest vodka.
Think they'd make a wimpy cup of coffee?

https://dazbog.com





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