"Mike Pence May Have Made Up An Ancient Russian Proverb"

[sunnystarr]

I ran across this via a link from John Hardwood's twitter site posted by Lisa Tozzi ‏@lisatozzi. https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood

In the course of the whole…thing, Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence quoted what he said was an old proverb about Russia.

“There’s an old proverb,” Pence said, “that says the Russian bear never dies, it just hibernates.”

The closest version to Pence’s quote during the Vice Presidential debate came from…Mike Pence in 2014.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/hayesbrown/mike-pence-is-basically-a-bear-expert?utm_term=.nvz55JJQ4#.ak2qqjjMA

It's a fun read. Enjoy!

[ffr]

1. Palm to face. What an idiot! Doesn't fall far from the Donald tree.

[Beartracks]

2. Well, duh. It starts off: "In Soviet Russia..."

Other than that, Pence was spot on.





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[major debacle]

3. Those of old enough to remember the height of the Cold War

... know that the analogy of a hibernating bear was applied to the Soviet Union being quiescent, as is reflected in this article on Russia:

http://www.roguemoney.net/stories/2016/01/25/beware-the-russian-bear-hibernates-no-longer

[sunnystarr]

4. That's one scary article... nt