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(7,509 posts)but yeah, he studied a bit of Russian.
True Dough
(17,314 posts)is another liberal Democrat, says Chump!
yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)He says Putin is Right, than perhaps his allegiance is to Mother Russa.
world wide wally
(21,754 posts)CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)So for his legion of Trumpsters, Russia is THEIR friend, too.
They've been programmed by years of Fox News and RW radio to believe Liberals hate everything they love.
They want a homogenous, white, authoritarian America.
They share more "values" with Putin than with true, patriotic Americans.
Me.
(35,454 posts)Are they all in on it? Please, please, please let this go viral.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Tatiana
(14,167 posts)He's in on it too????
yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)too.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,408 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)Igel
(35,350 posts)It's what beginning Russian textbooks based on emigres in the '20s used to teach in the '60s and '70s.
I tried saying that to non-emigre Russians and they basically told me that what I said was very, very old fashioned.
roamer65
(36,747 posts)I would have asked him where he learned the Russian and pressed him on it.
R B Garr
(16,975 posts)Why hasn't this been in the media more?? It's amazing something like this is only seen a couple days before an election and online. Seems like it should be splattered everywhere a long time ago.
Scary! Too much coincidence looks like a plan.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Says the US is evil and Putin isn't... because gay marriage. Really. Sickening. Why isn't he being called a traitor? Why are his "patriot" fans not shocked that he says the US is worse than Russia?
mountain grammy
(26,645 posts)And he speaks Russian. WTF? Unbelievable!
populistdriven
(5,644 posts)TRUMP PLACED IN WHITE HOUSE BY GOD!
www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=76&v=Pr8zOsvrza4
AMERICA IS EVIL
PUTIN IS RIGHT
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Because Putin is against gay marriage.
populistdriven
(5,644 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)that there is no god.
spanone
(135,866 posts)wonder what he said in russian?
R B Garr
(16,975 posts)Had it on in the background. This deserves a full listen.
Incredible! That is seriously scary stuff.
yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)"Putin is Right" in Russian.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)It was a phrase like Guten Tag or Bonjour
Not sure how or when he learned it but it was not ominous.
He said, Putin was right, afterward in English.
yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)привет privet (hello) or kak dela? Kак дела? (how are you?)
dhol82
(9,353 posts)Thats how are you. Otherwise translated as how are you living.
What did you hear?
Dont want to go looking for Cyrillic on the iPad.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)I only speak Japanese 私は彼が何を言ったのか分からない。
dhol82
(9,353 posts)I am Ukrainian.
Have taken some Russian classes. What I heard was the stock phrase you see in all the guide books.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)Post #39 is correct.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)Putin is right. The US is evil.
Trump's all down with that.
spanone
(135,866 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)spanone
(135,866 posts)lanlady
(7,135 posts)Not Putin is right - which would be Putin prav
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Nothing wrong with speaking Russian in itself, but coupled with what he said before that, showing his belly to Putin to be scratched...that was sickening.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)....in Russian....
PatSeg
(47,578 posts)Christian from Alabama knows any Russian? This is really disturbing.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)As he seems to share Trump's love for Putin.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)It simply mean "how are you?" And is one of the first things any Russian language student learns. My hubs speaks the language, btw.
Wonder why this old bible-thumping pedophile knows it? He truly must be anticipating meeting some Russian.
I can't think of anything about him or his life that would include learning any Russian phrases. Rather Weird.
peggysue2
(10,839 posts)the Russian/Putin greeting had been cut. Even without that, Moore's words are reminiscent of Trump's comments about the United States being no better than Putin's Russia: "America's done a lot of wrong, killed a lot of people."
In other words, there is no difference between Putin's despotic reign where he's killed off journalists, critics snd activists and the United States' form of government.
All is evil, all is bad, all is equivalent.
Gary Kasparov has warned about this false equivalency tactic and reminds people that the point of propaganda is not only to confuse people with half truths but exhaust our critical thinking ability to discern fact from bullshit.
That Russian postscript is a chilling reminder of who and what we're dealing with.
LenaBaby61
(6,977 posts)As I continue to say, it's NOT going to be easy in 2018 to vote the bums out of office, because ruskie bums are still being ALLOWED by the GOP & fatso to interfere into our elections (Which benefits them of course).
JDC
(10,132 posts)Why does he know Russian? Did he study it for some reason? Did his parents or family migrate?
Freethinker65
(10,037 posts)rainin
(3,011 posts)It worries me that he already knows how this turns out.
yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)From the Russians.
hay rick
(7,638 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,339 posts)Sleeper cells all over the place.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)K and r.
Dalton Mac
(76 posts)cp
(6,652 posts)Creep to the nth degree.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)I guess the Rosetta Stone was a requirement to join Putin's army
ailsagirl
(22,899 posts)George Villiers (1628-1687)
2nd Duke of Buckingham
The Rehearsal, Act III Scene ii
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)Igel
(35,350 posts)It was originally written in English.
Nabokov, the author, later translated it into Russian himself. But the original ... English.
You learn something new everyday.
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)OH YES!!!!!
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DangerousUrNot
(431 posts)The Republican Party is probably will filled with Russian plants. Yea thats right, Im about to go full conspiracy theorist.
uponit7771
(90,359 posts)... the whole KGOP congress is against Mueller
mcar
(42,372 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)Maybe they replaced French and Spanish.
lanlady
(7,135 posts)Hello, how are you doing today? In perfectly well-practiced Russian.
Weird coming from a judge from the Deep South!
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)moondust
(20,002 posts)The question is WHY?
It's especially odd to hear somebody from the generally xenophobic Deep South who lived through Reagan's Evil Empire years and no doubt worshiped Reagan drop a Russian 101 phrase like that without hesitation as though he's taking Russian classes or something. His accent is bad but it's understandable. Why would he have a Russian phrase on the tip of his tongue?
Initech
(100,100 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,853 posts)its Hillary who colluded, she is to blame for everything as well as Obama.
Xolodno
(6,398 posts)...and I'm of Russian descend. With that said, I speak more Spanish. So what in the Sam-Hill is a schmuck from Alabama speaking Russian? Russia trades very little with the US...and that was before the Sanctions. There is very little need in the US to speak Russian for business related issues...and even less so, for politics.
lostnfound
(16,189 posts)Maybe there?