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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep. Dana Rohrabacher Claims Russian Authoritarianism Is Morally Equal To USA
But Russia's authoritarian practices, including a habit of using assassination to quiet government criticism, gets a weird pass in Rohrabacher's brain, which surely digested ample legitimate reports of Vladimir Putin's corruption and campaign to erode all civil liberties.
Nonetheless, over the last decade, Orange County's senior career politician repeatedly praised Putin and even wept at a conservative political forum about what he sees as callous American abuses of Russia.
Rohrabacher quadrupled down this week on his sentiment during a telephonic town hall meeting after one caller expressed dismay about Russian intelligence hacking operations and advocated for an independent prosecutor to investigate.
The congressman downplayed Putin's burglaries of computers tied to Hillary Clinton's campaign because the espionage produced "accurate information" to harm the Democrats and, besides, he claims, the Unites States secretly meddles in Russia's elections too.
"About the Russian involvement in the election . . . which actually disclosed the emails of Hillary's campaign manager and people who are higher up in the opposition there in the Democratic Party." said Rohrabacher, who unsuccessfully lobbied to become Donald Trump's secretary of state and, given his mimicking of the president's pro-Russian lines, may still want an administration job. "But, uhhh, none of the things that were made public were inaccurate. They were all accurate and I, certainly the Russians, we don't condone them hacking into our system at all."
http://www.ocweekly.com/news/new-headline-7953950
Good lord these people are fucking insane!
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)disgusting. republicans lick poot poot's boots, and PISS all over everything that Already Makes America Great.
anti-American republicans need to pack up and move to freaking Siberia, where their craven boot-licking fetish would fit in.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)material,what the hell don't you get.
Qutzupalotl
(14,333 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)It is all about organization and messaging and staying on Message. And again,it has to be done the day after the Election. This waiting till the last 3 months just will not cut it. Been there and seen the crappy results.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)There is a good documentary about his rise to power on PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/putins-way/
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)The republiCON Russian sympathizers are taking control and undermining our Democracy.
Initech
(100,104 posts)Doodley
(9,135 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,316 posts)...but Dana is not a "her," he's a "swamp creature."
world wide wally
(21,755 posts)TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Putin would have been pleased.
LonePirate
(13,431 posts)And Republicans would be the ones shouting "traitor!"
Initech
(100,104 posts)Archae
(46,354 posts)This is the same asshole who loved the Taliban until 9-11.
Initech
(100,104 posts)I will never understand how this guy got elected and repeatedly gets elected.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)PROUD
Wounded Bear
(58,721 posts)hasn't changed much.