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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsObama is reported telling Putin to "cut it out" in reference to Russia's hacking our election system
Do you remember when you were a kid, in the back seat of the car with your dad driving? You and your brother/sister doing whatever it took to annoy the other, like crossing the invisible line in the center of the back seat, remember? What did your dad say? "Cut it out....." followed by some form of threat like. "Or I'll stop the car and leave you on the side of the road" . Well I would like to remind us all that we are not in a car, Russia is not a child and leaving Russia at the side of the planet won't work. Just like leaving us/me at the side of the road wasn't going to happen and I knew it.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)You're being manipulated.
LisaL
(44,985 posts)And isn't it too little too late? Trump becomes president next month.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Transcripts are available
Girard442
(6,088 posts)...even when that was the thing that was desperately needed.
Hugin
(33,222 posts)Just before a... "You want something to cry about? I'll give you something to cry about."
Not that!
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)that "cut it out" worked.
Sometimes we use shorthand for what we say, or leave out the details of what our response would be.
At that same press conference, Obama added in some pretty snide remarks about Putin's Russia, calling Russia a small, weak country that "does not produce anything that others want to buy, except oil and gas and arms."
When you treat a bully with disdain and contempt, perhaps "cut it out" is very appropriate.
LisaL
(44,985 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)Remember when Obama called Russia a regional player and not a super power anymore?
Obama has 8 years of zingers he is about to release.
Let's see what he says when he stops being nice!
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)when the next Admin take charge, trump on his twitter and Admin with people like old cheney & his band of republican killers attracting domestic attacks with their actions.
MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Obama was never one given to hyperbole.