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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you not think it odd that a Alabama pedophile who speaks Russian
is running and may win a Senate seat? I do. Republican Senator, Shelby of Alabama, said he would immediately open an inquiry if Moore won and was seated. Maybe he should inquire why Moore wanted to learned Russian at the military academy. What a perfect place to place a Russian puppet. Like they blackmailed Trump. I think Putin definitely has something he's holding over Trump's empty orange guord.
I know it's a stretch. Many people speak multiple languages. But, it's fun to ponder. Considering the bull shit the GOP comes up with to investigate Democrats.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2017/dec/09/maybe-putin-is-right-roy-moore-speaks-with-the-guardian
Kirk Lover
(3,608 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,092 posts)Trump is one of them, why not others?
handmade34
(22,756 posts)maybe Putin is right...more akin to me than I know
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)to asimilate and destroy.
Qutzupalotl
(14,311 posts)Trump supported Moores opponent, Luther Strange, in the primary, and was pissed that Moore won anyway. Youd think with Trumps love of Russia, hed have backed Moore...but he didnt, at least not at first.
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Might have been more reasonable back when we were still chilly with the Cold War.
2naSalit
(86,622 posts)he should have such recall after all these years unless he;s been using it. I was once pretty good at French but never use it and it's fading from my memory.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Esp. as justa few minutes go I am reading of Russian bots getting involved in this race.
"Why @MooreSenate have the Russians taken such an interest in the Alabama race??
Following Russian politics my whole life I have never seen the Kremlin interested in a local race..
Lots of troll activity and bot accounts too.
Why @MooreSenate have the Russians taken such an interest in the Alabama race?? Following Russian politics my whole life I have never seen the Kremlin interested in a local race.. Lots of troll activity and bot accounts too."
Link to tweet
RandomAccess
(5,210 posts)17:04 11/22/2017
The emerging alliance between Putin and Trumps God squad; The unlikely partnership is years in the making.
https://thinkprogress.org/religious-right-russia-3e80e2ea2e4a/
Reverence for Putin on the Right Buys Trump Cover
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/us/politics/putin-trump-conservatives.html?_r=0
The veneration of Mr. Putin helps explain why revelations about Russias involvement in the election including recent reports that members of Mr. Trumps inner circle set up a meeting at which they expected a representative of the Russian government to give them incriminating information about Hillary Clinton and Mr. Trumps reluctance to acknowledge it, have barely penetrated the consciousness of the presidents conservative base.
Guns and religion: How American conservatives grew closer to Putins Russia
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-the-republican-right-found-allies-in-russia/2017/04/30/e2d83ff6-29d3-11e7-a616-d7c8a68c1a66_story.html
Growing up in the 1980s, Brian Brown was taught to think of the communist Soviet Union as a dark and evil place.
But Brown, a leading opponent of same-sex marriage, said that in the past few years he has started meeting Russians at conferences on family issues and finding many kindred spirits.
Brown, president of the National Organization for Marriage, has visited Moscow four times in four years, including a 2013 trip during which he testified before the Duma as Russia adopted a series of anti-gay laws.
What I realized was that there was a great change happening in the former Soviet Union, he said. There was a real push to re-instill Christian values in the public square.
How Russia Became the Leader of the Global Christian Right
While the U.S. passed gay-rights laws, Moscow moved hard the other way.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/02/how-russia-became-a-leader-of-the-worldwide-christian-right-214755
RACHEL MADDOW: Russia makes inroads with American right via guns, religion DURATION 6:10
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russia-makes-inroads-with-american-right-via-guns-religion-986677827557
Richard Engel, NBC News chief foreign correspondent, and NBC's Kelly Cobiella look at how members of the American political right are building an appreciation for Vladimir Putin through guns and Evangelical Christianity.
former9thward
(32,009 posts)Please don't travel in Europe, you will really be bothered!
There is a lot of material to criticize Moore over but knowing another language, Russian or otherwise, is not one of them. Did you not know our military used to encourage people to learn Russian? Currently they like people who know various dialects of Chinese. Must be Chinese spies there!
Lint Head
(15,064 posts)take a tidbit of truth and hammer a Democrat by lying through omission. The Alt Right just makes shit up.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Anybody can remember a phrase or two...
Just like I know 30 words in Spanish LOL. Enough to get me in trouble at a bar