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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts) Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:10 PM Dec 2014

Fox News: 'Putin is Al Sharpton with Nukes'

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-contributor-putin-is-al-sharpton-with-nukes/

In further proof that if Reverend Al Sharpton didn’t exist Fox News would have to invent him, Fox contributor Ralph Peters spotted a similarity between the civil rights advocate and 2005 Super Bowl champion Vladimir Putin.

The remarks came in response to President Barack Obama‘s assessment that Putin, hailed as such a tough actor after his seizure of Crimea, was not looking so good in the face of his sputtering economy.

Not so fast, countered RP Tuesday morning. “Putin is going to be the head of state in Russia long after Obama has been consigned to the ash heap of history,” Peters said. “Putin is suffering a setback, but he’s not a Washington milquetoast who just quits. He’s in this for the long-term.”

“If you follow the Russian media, he has created an alternative reality for the Russian people,” Peters said. “He is sort of Al Sharpton with nukes, creating this cult of victimhood, victimhood, victimhood for the Russian people.”

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Fox News: 'Putin is Al Sharpton with Nukes' (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Dec 2014 OP

Ralph, you're drunk. Go home. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #1

If that were the case, Putin would compare directly to Faux Major Nikon Dec 2014 #2

Putin, however does NOT love Faux, he may pretend to but Putin is a KGB agent randys1 Dec 2014 #9

It's more like a crush they can't seem to shake Major Nikon Dec 2014 #10

According to this same network, House of Roberts Dec 2014 #3

That doesn't even make sense. Iggo Dec 2014 #4

"a washington milquetoast who just quits"??? anybody there know about the end of a term in niyad Dec 2014 #5

Even the right wing friends (I now have none) on FB Just for Fun Dec 2014 #6

I thought they admired Putin. Do they now admire Sharpton? hollysmom Dec 2014 #7

"he has created an alternative reality" 0rganism Dec 2014 #8

Here is something to consider, Wellstone ruled Dec 2014 #11

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

1. Ralph, you're drunk. Go home.

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:11 PM

Dec 2014

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

2. If that were the case, Putin would compare directly to Faux

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:14 PM

Dec 2014

The glaring difference between Shapton and Putin is Faux loves Putin.

randys1

(16,286 posts)

9. Putin, however does NOT love Faux, he may pretend to but Putin is a KGB agent

Reply to Major Nikon (Reply #2)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:23 PM

Dec 2014

who would just as soon imprison or kill faux news owner and employees as he would MSNBC.

Putin is still fighting the cold war and these idiot treasonous fucks (fox news, ANY american who admires Putin while not respecting Obama) would be just as at risk as the rest of us if Putin could do what he really wants to do.

I dont pretend to know exactly what Putin would want to do, ultimately, but this worship of him by the right is making me really fucking angry.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

10. It's more like a crush they can't seem to shake

Reply to randys1 (Reply #9)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:25 PM

Dec 2014

Putin is just the essence of rightwingnut manly-manliness and they can't seem to resist.

House of Roberts

(5,177 posts)

3. According to this same network,

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:14 PM

Dec 2014

Obama does everything Al Sharpton tells him to do.

So, by that reasoning, Al Sharpton is Al Sharpton with nukes!

Iggo

(47,558 posts)

4. That doesn't even make sense.

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:14 PM

Dec 2014

niyad

(113,344 posts)

5. "a washington milquetoast who just quits"??? anybody there know about the end of a term in

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:15 PM

Dec 2014

office?

seriously, ralphie, get your meds checked.

Just for Fun

(149 posts)

6. Even the right wing friends (I now have none) on FB

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:15 PM

Dec 2014

are still using Al Sharpton to make him the bogeyman.

I said "Whatever" and unfriended them - they're worst than worthless.

A friend I thought was a good person went too far and started posting pro-life shit, and that's when I decided she's not worth my time.

hollysmom

(5,946 posts)

7. I thought they admired Putin. Do they now admire Sharpton?

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:22 PM

Dec 2014

0rganism

(23,957 posts)

8. "he has created an alternative reality"

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:23 PM

Dec 2014

Putin's not the only one. according to Suskind, one senior Bush aid put it thusly:
''That's not the way the world really works anymore,'' he continued. ''We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.''
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?_r=0

as usual, Fox News promotes both short- and long-term memory loss.

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

11. Here is something to consider,

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 02:43 PM

Dec 2014

noticed through the years,when corporations resort to name calling or using derogatory name or character comparisons,they are in trouble. In this case I think Faux Noise is lashing out in a attempt to remain relevant. With the lose of Dish TV,Fake Noise's Demo's got to be in the toilet. And,if you get your info from ABC/Disney or NBC/GE/Comcast,you have noticed a major shift to the Fear and slight of truth model. Or as my Grand Daughter calls it,tits and ass showboating.

BTW,what is the hot topic on the Cable this morning,demonstrations in Moscow,are we seeing the beginning of Regime Change. If so,Mr. Obama wins game set and match. Eat that John McCain and Mitt Romney,losers both.

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