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Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:31 PM Dec 2017

Do 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

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Do you not think it odd that a Alabama pedophile who speaks Russian (Original Post) Lint Head Dec 2017 OP
I mean it certainly is a coincidence now isn't it? n/t Kirk Lover Dec 2017 #1
Nothing would surprise me at this point. Russian assets all around us... Irish_Dem Dec 2017 #2
says Roy Moore.... handmade34 Dec 2017 #3
makes you think of the tv series The Americans, lots of russians playing fake americans sunonmars Dec 2017 #4
The part that doesnt fit is Qutzupalotl Dec 2017 #5
Good point! Lint Head Dec 2017 #7
Military academy was some decades ago....could be a historical factor. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #6
I find it interesting that... 2naSalit Dec 2017 #10
good point. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2017 #12
Many evangelicals love Putin -- really RandomAccess Dec 2017 #8
Now people think its weird to know more than one language. former9thward Dec 2017 #9
I know. My premise is to demonstrate that Republicans wll Lint Head Dec 2017 #11
I seriously doubt this fundie douchebag is fluent in Russian, his English is about 6th grade level snooper2 Dec 2017 #13

Irish_Dem

(47,092 posts)
2. Nothing would surprise me at this point. Russian assets all around us...
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:36 PM
Dec 2017

Trump is one of them, why not others?

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
4. makes you think of the tv series The Americans, lots of russians playing fake americans
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:41 PM
Dec 2017

to asimilate and destroy.

Qutzupalotl

(14,311 posts)
5. The part that doesnt fit is
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:49 PM
Dec 2017

Trump supported Moore’s opponent, Luther Strange, in the primary, and was pissed that Moore won anyway. You’d think with Trump’s love of Russia, he’d have backed Moore...but he didn’t, at least not at first.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. Military academy was some decades ago....could be a historical factor.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 06:51 PM
Dec 2017

Might have been more reasonable back when we were still chilly with the Cold War.

2naSalit

(86,622 posts)
10. I find it interesting that...
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 09:36 PM
Dec 2017

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)
12. good point.
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 04:14 PM
Dec 2017

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."


 

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)
8. Many evangelicals love Putin -- really
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:03 PM
Dec 2017

17:04 11/22/2017
The emerging alliance between Putin and Trump’s 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 Russia’s involvement in the election — including recent reports that members of Mr. Trump’s 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. Trump’s reluctance to acknowledge it, have barely penetrated the consciousness of the president’s conservative base.

Guns and religion: How American conservatives grew closer to Putin’s 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)
9. Now people think its weird to know more than one language.
Sun Dec 10, 2017, 08:09 PM
Dec 2017

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)
11. I know. My premise is to demonstrate that Republicans wll
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 02:19 AM
Dec 2017

take a tidbit of truth and hammer a Democrat by lying through omission. The Alt Right just makes shit up.

 

snooper2

(30,151 posts)
13. I seriously doubt this fundie douchebag is fluent in Russian, his English is about 6th grade level
Mon Dec 11, 2017, 04:19 PM
Dec 2017

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

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