Stephen Cohen pulling for Putin on MSNBC

[OnDoutside]

Stephen Frand Cohen is an American scholar and professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University. His wife, Katrina vanden Heuvel is an American editor and publisher. She is the editor, publisher, and part-owner of the liberal / progressive magazine The Nation. She has been the magazine's editor since 1995.

Seriously, if this guy isn't on Putin's payroll, then no one is.

He was just on with Ali Velshi, defending Putin and Russia. No evidence of collusion - Russia wants partnership with US Putin worried Trump may not be able to deliver etc

[Warpy]

1. The car radio was on NPR on the way home

for about four minutes, until I could safely fiddle with the dial. They had some GOP drone on trying to say that because Steele's dossier was leaked before the election, it was perfectly legal to collude with the KGB to hack Clinton's email. He kept spewing one lie after another, trying to normalize treason.

The tell was that his voice would go up a note or two with each successive lie. He was getting quite squeaky by the time I switched over to the other college station.

Only the Republican mobsters would try to normalize treason and try to blame it all on the Democrats (his last lie before I throttled him.

[Coventina]

2. This is why I'm considering letting my subscription to The Nation expire.

His columns are pro-Putin idiocy.

[OnDoutside]

3. He sounded like Dershowitz, devoid of reality.

[Coventina]

4. I'm just really sad that The Nation is publishing his pro-Putin garbage.

I guess sleeping with the editor is one way of getting your work out there.

[OKNancy]

5. He's a russophile. Always has been

No matter the subject and long before Trump, he would defend Russia/USSR

[MiddleClass]

6. I heard Katrina was married to a Russian Communist

I don't know if he is Russian, what's his rationale communism, the peoples Republic, or just a fan of that type government?

[LenaBaby61]

7. I haven't listened to or ...

Paid much attention to Cohen in a long while. I'm to the point where I don't pay much attention to his wife either. If he loves and trusts putin & mother russia so much, why doesn't he move over there ------>

[OnDoutside]

8. It sounded like he was surprised to even get an interview

On MSNBC. Ali Velshi gave a pretty robust interview though.