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53. invest in a dictionary

Reply to frylock (Reply #51)

Fri Apr 18, 2014, 03:55 PM

Apr 2014

it will save you more embarrassment.

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Snowden: Vladimir Putin must be called to account on surveillance just like Obama [View all] muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 OP

Sounds like he's playing us now. I'm not falling for it. nt AverageJoe90 Apr 2014 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2014 #15

+1 Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #25

explain to me how this was of any benefit to Putin.. frylock Apr 2014 #37

how is pitching set up softball questions to any politician to their benefit? nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #41

you believe Putin was telling the truth? frylock Apr 2014 #45

no. nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #50

okay, so you think the people of Russia are stupid morons? frylock Apr 2014 #52

no. but while you can't fool all the people all the time arely staircase Apr 2014 #57

that's really profound frylock Apr 2014 #61

This was an immense PR coup by Putin, and there's no other way to look at it Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #56

putin is on record as lying about the surveillance state in russia.. frylock Apr 2014 #66

Why not? Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #74

so what can snowden do, short of punching putin in the cock on satellite TV, to satisfy you? frylock Apr 2014 #77

For starters? Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #80

you may have a lot of links... grasswire Apr 2014 #82

these people have never played a game of poker in their lives.. frylock Apr 2014 #83

What if I told you Snowden isn't playing chess, Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #85

this was of no benefit whatsoever to putin! frylock Apr 2014 #87

Oh, for the love of god... Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #84

you'll never get it. grasswire Apr 2014 #89

So Snowden is now on the same level as Ghandi and MLK? Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #92

Fabulous post. Amazing. Number23 Apr 2014 #91

Oh, he's a wiley one, that Edward! randome Apr 2014 #2

+1 flamingdem Apr 2014 #32

it isn't working, vlad nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #3

is there any criticism of Putins surveillance in there? nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #4

Yes: muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #7

I took the first part to be a jab at obama arely staircase Apr 2014 #8

Well, then, I'm glad to have corrected you on that muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #10

we shall see arely staircase Apr 2014 #11

I don't know what the consequences will be muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #12

fair enough nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #13

of course you did, because that's your default setting. frylock Apr 2014 #38

and yours is what? arely staircase Apr 2014 #44

i'm more into policy than i am personality.. frylock Apr 2014 #47

your not a Democrat? arely staircase Apr 2014 #49

hey, you're welcome for all the votes.. frylock Apr 2014 #54

do what you feel is right nt arely staircase Apr 2014 #59

all damn day frylock Apr 2014 #62

Everybody should criticize his own side. Edim Apr 2014 #72

that is my point arely staircase Apr 2014 #73

Screw Snowden... TreasonousBastard Apr 2014 #5

snowden is all about his own fame ProdigalJunkMail Apr 2014 #6

YAWN B Calm Apr 2014 #9

Is he still there? pipoman Apr 2014 #14

Friends! Romans! Countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him! stevenleser Apr 2014 #16

Well said. eom MohRokTah Apr 2014 #17

Here is the sad truth for Snowden supporters. If he survives this, it was a sham. stevenleser Apr 2014 #18

So you're saying Putin supports this op-ed too? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #19

Putin is trying to re-establish Russia's sphere of influence theboss Apr 2014 #20

What does the evidence suggest to you? Ask Khodorkovsky and Litvinenko what they think stevenleser Apr 2014 #21

The evidence suggests you're saying Putin got Snowden to write this muriel_volestrangler Apr 2014 #22

Putin doesn't care about the publicity. If he did, he wouldn't have killed Litvinenko like he did. stevenleser Apr 2014 #24

"might regain credibility in the eyes of his hardcore supporters." NCTraveler Apr 2014 #28

I am trying to be generous to fellow DUers who are prolly struggling with cognitive dissonance stevenleser Apr 2014 #31

I do think most of them will get it. Not all, but most. NCTraveler Apr 2014 #33

more projection frylock Apr 2014 #42

projection? arely staircase Apr 2014 #48

hunh? frylock Apr 2014 #51

invest in a dictionary arely staircase Apr 2014 #53

i'll get right on that sir! frylock Apr 2014 #55

me too arely staircase Apr 2014 #64

adios muchacho frylock Apr 2014 #65

right on the money, steven arely staircase Apr 2014 #46

+1 Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #34

how was this of any benefit to Putin? frylock Apr 2014 #39

And boom goes the dynamite...nt SidDithers Apr 2014 #40

Great...Now he's playing the "I meant to do that" -card to save face? Blue_Tires Apr 2014 #23

Anyone who believes that his question to Putin sufrommich Apr 2014 #26

He has gone so far that no one can back him up on this. NCTraveler Apr 2014 #27

And that's up to the Russian Citizens 2banon Apr 2014 #29

Snowjob has such a brilliant mind that he doesn't even notice the puppet strings. tridim Apr 2014 #30

I can't wait to hear Bill Maher's take on this. He thinks Snowden's a fuckin' idiot, and I agree. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #35

As do I. mimi85 Apr 2014 #36

That's what I think too..his goose is cooked...Russian style HipChick Apr 2014 #43

Yup. Stick a fork in him, he's pretty much done. NPR seems to agree. Even people who've supported Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #76

Who cares what Bill Maher thinks. Seriously. elias49 Apr 2014 #60

Yet he's still on the air, after all these years. Must suck for you, huh? Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #75

Nah. I just stopped watching a few months ago. elias49 Apr 2014 #93

K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2014 #58

Sorry Willy, but ya gotta admit that Snowden really screwed himself Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #68

Snowden is on the right side of history. grasswire Apr 2014 #63

but but but why doesn't snowden care about the surveillance state in russia? frylock Apr 2014 #67

that's a smearmater for you - just like his buddy - Smearmaster Greenwald Douglas Carpenter Apr 2014 #69

He fell (or raced) into Putin's lap elfin Apr 2014 #70

So ProSense Apr 2014 #71

Keep flapping. grasswire Apr 2014 #78

Too funny ProSense Apr 2014 #79

Flap away. grasswire Apr 2014 #81

Wrong. I think you guys have come to believe your own nonsense, and that's just tragic. Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #86

you might want to go browse the 800 or so comments... grasswire Apr 2014 #88

A scientific poll vs. the comment section of a newspaper? Hmmm. Which one to believe? Tarheel_Dem Apr 2014 #90

WTF? jazzimov Apr 2014 #94