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Isn't it Totally AMAZING THAT Roy Moore speaks RUSSIAN?? (Original Post) yuiyoshida Dec 2017 OP
Wow, I thought this video was fake wellst0nev0ter Dec 2017 #1
But the worst thing we could have in the Senate True Dough Dec 2017 #2
Maybe he is a Russian plant? yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #3
He probably learned by immersion world wide wally Dec 2017 #21
Russia IS Trump's friend. CakeGrrl Dec 2017 #62
Wow O Wow Me. Dec 2017 #4
My gawd. Glimmer of Hope Dec 2017 #5
Good Lord, that is CHILLING. Tatiana Dec 2017 #6
Maybe Mueller will find a connection between him and Russia yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #9
Poorly. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2017 #7
But understandable. LisaL Dec 2017 #8
And learned long, long ago. Igel Dec 2017 #50
Birds of a fascist feather flock together. roamer65 Dec 2017 #10
WOW, great catch! That is frightening. R B Garr Dec 2017 #11
And he insults the US. dawg day Dec 2017 #52
Divine providence. mountain grammy Dec 2017 #12
ISN'T THIS WORLD INCREDIBLE! populistdriven Dec 2017 #13
And he loves Putin just like Trump does. LisaL Dec 2017 #15
The Look on Greasy Roy's Face After Uttering populistdriven Dec 2017 #20
Proof Positive.... SergeStorms Dec 2017 #24
I saw that on AMJoy this morning spanone Dec 2017 #14
Thanks! I must have missed that segment! R B Garr Dec 2017 #17
He said yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #25
No, he said How are you dhol82 Dec 2017 #31
it wasn't yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #35
Um, I heard kak ve poshivaet dhol82 Dec 2017 #39
That's what it sounds like to me also. LisaL Dec 2017 #40
We need someone who knows Russian yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #42
Ummmmmm dhol82 Dec 2017 #43
Yea, he didn't admit to some conspiracy as posters were maybe hoping for. LisaL Dec 2017 #47
It's already been translated. LisaL Dec 2017 #44
He said it in English. dawg day Dec 2017 #53
Thanks...he spoke as if he knew the language well although it was just that line spanone Dec 2017 #54
was familiar with the language and its pronunciation yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #55
yep! spanone Dec 2017 #56
No, he said Hello, how are you today lanlady Dec 2017 #65
Whoa! NastyRiffraff Dec 2017 #16
WTF!!! That was chilling....he smiled and went right into saying what he would say to Putin.... Pachamama Dec 2017 #18
What are the odds that an evangelical PatSeg Dec 2017 #19
He probably learned it just so he could talk to Putin if he ever were to meet him. LisaL Dec 2017 #23
Yep, slim but it's a Russian phrase that I know. Duppers Dec 2017 #36
Yeah PatSeg Dec 2017 #69
First time I saw the vid . . . peggysue2 Dec 2017 #22
That Russian postscript is a chilling reminder of who and what we're dealing with. LenaBaby61 Dec 2017 #49
That is unbelievable. JDC Dec 2017 #26
Soon to be a prerequisite? Freethinker65 Dec 2017 #27
I'm worried that he isn't out campaigning right now. rainin Dec 2017 #28
He speaks Russian, maybe his election is getting help yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #29
Wow. Just wow. hay rick Dec 2017 #30
Another Russian asset? Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #32
I hope its better than his English. cwydro Dec 2017 #33
"Sweet Home Alabama" Dalton Mac Dec 2017 #34
Do his fans know he crapped all over America? cp Dec 2017 #37
Interesting that he does. I bet there are no Russians in his district. SummerSnow Dec 2017 #38
"Ay, now the plot thickens very much upon us." ailsagirl Dec 2017 #41
Man, he didn't hesitate for a second! That just shot right outta his smirking mouth. FailureToCommunicate Dec 2017 #45
Wanted to read "Lolita" as it was *meant* to be read. dawg Dec 2017 #46
Good one. LisaL Dec 2017 #48
So he learned English? Igel Dec 2017 #51
Oops, my bad! dawg Dec 2017 #61
Was that his pickup line when he went to malls in Moscow? bullwinkle428 Dec 2017 #57
Fuck Roy Moore DangerousUrNot Dec 2017 #58
YOU ARE FUCKIN KIDDIN ME !!! He could speak German or Chinese but Russian ?! More proof as to why .. uponit7771 Dec 2017 #59
I don't think they teach Russian in AL schools mcar Dec 2017 #60
They might now.... yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #63
What he said lanlady Dec 2017 #64
Russian is the new mandatory second language of the redumbliCON party. democratisphere Dec 2017 #66
Weird. moondust Dec 2017 #67
But there's no collusion, they tell us!!! Initech Dec 2017 #68
No they just believe yuiyoshida Dec 2017 #70
I speak and read some Russian... Xolodno Dec 2017 #71
He went to west point lostnfound Dec 2017 #72
Moore suddenly speaking Russian on the video reminds me of the 'No Way Out' (1987) final scene. Tactical Peek Dec 2017 #73
k and r Achilleaze Dec 2017 #74

CakeGrrl

(10,611 posts)
62. Russia IS Trump's friend.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 09:14 PM
Dec 2017

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.

Igel

(35,313 posts)
50. And learned long, long ago.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:01 PM
Dec 2017

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

(36,745 posts)
10. Birds of a fascist feather flock together.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:14 PM
Dec 2017

I would have asked him where he learned the Russian and pressed him on it.

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
11. WOW, great catch! That is frightening.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:15 PM
Dec 2017

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)
52. And he insults the US.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:30 PM
Dec 2017

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?

populistdriven

(5,644 posts)
13. ISN'T THIS WORLD INCREDIBLE!
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:22 PM
Dec 2017

TRUMP PLACED IN WHITE HOUSE BY GOD!

www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=76&v=Pr8zOsvrza4

AMERICA IS EVIL

PUTIN IS RIGHT

R B Garr

(16,954 posts)
17. Thanks! I must have missed that segment!
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:48 PM
Dec 2017

Had it on in the background. This deserves a full listen.

Incredible! That is seriously scary stuff.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
31. No, he said How are you
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:27 PM
Dec 2017

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.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
39. Um, I heard kak ve poshivaet
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:57 PM
Dec 2017

That’s ‘how are you.’ Otherwise translated as ‘how are you living.’
What did you hear?
Don’t want to go looking for Cyrillic on the iPad.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
42. We need someone who knows Russian
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 07:12 PM
Dec 2017

I only speak Japanese 私は彼が何を言ったのか分からない。

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
43. Ummmmmm
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 07:17 PM
Dec 2017

I am Ukrainian.
Have taken some Russian classes. What I heard was the stock phrase you see in all the guide books.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
16. Whoa!
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:47 PM
Dec 2017

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)
18. WTF!!! That was chilling....he smiled and went right into saying what he would say to Putin....
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 05:51 PM
Dec 2017

....in Russian....

PatSeg

(47,465 posts)
19. What are the odds that an evangelical
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:04 PM
Dec 2017

Christian from Alabama knows any Russian? This is really disturbing.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
23. He probably learned it just so he could talk to Putin if he ever were to meet him.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:05 PM
Dec 2017

As he seems to share Trump's love for Putin.

Duppers

(28,120 posts)
36. Yep, slim but it's a Russian phrase that I know.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:44 PM
Dec 2017

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.


PatSeg

(47,465 posts)
69. Yeah
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 11:09 PM
Dec 2017

I can't think of anything about him or his life that would include learning any Russian phrases. Rather Weird.

peggysue2

(10,829 posts)
22. First time I saw the vid . . .
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:04 PM
Dec 2017

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

(6,974 posts)
49. That Russian postscript is a chilling reminder of who and what we're dealing with.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 07:56 PM
Dec 2017

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

(10,127 posts)
26. That is unbelievable.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:12 PM
Dec 2017

Why does he know Russian? Did he study it for some reason? Did his parents or family migrate?

rainin

(3,011 posts)
28. I'm worried that he isn't out campaigning right now.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:21 PM
Dec 2017

It worries me that he already knows how this turns out.

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
38. Interesting that he does. I bet there are no Russians in his district.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:51 PM
Dec 2017

I guess the Rosetta Stone was a requirement to join Putin's army

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
41. "Ay, now the plot thickens very much upon us."
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 07:02 PM
Dec 2017

George Villiers (1628-1687)
2nd Duke of Buckingham
The Rehearsal, Act III Scene ii

Igel

(35,313 posts)
51. So he learned English?
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:03 PM
Dec 2017

It was originally written in English.

Nabokov, the author, later translated it into Russian himself. But the original ... English.

DangerousUrNot

(431 posts)
58. Fuck Roy Moore
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:51 PM
Dec 2017

The Republican Party is probably will filled with Russian plants. Yea that’s right, I’m about to go full conspiracy theorist.

uponit7771

(90,340 posts)
59. YOU ARE FUCKIN KIDDIN ME !!! He could speak German or Chinese but Russian ?! More proof as to why ..
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:51 PM
Dec 2017

... the whole KGOP congress is against Mueller

lanlady

(7,134 posts)
64. What he said
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 09:28 PM
Dec 2017

“Hello, how are you doing today?” In perfectly well-practiced Russian.

Weird coming from a judge from the Deep South!

moondust

(19,984 posts)
67. Weird.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 10:17 PM
Dec 2017

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?

Xolodno

(6,395 posts)
71. I speak and read some Russian...
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 12:31 AM
Dec 2017

...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.

Tactical Peek

(1,209 posts)
73. Moore suddenly speaking Russian on the video reminds me of the 'No Way Out' (1987) final scene.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 02:16 PM
Dec 2017

SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!




http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093640/

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