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Susan Linehan's avatar

The real question is not so much why the GOP as a party supports Putin. Power at any cost is a given for them. The question is why so many Americans fall for it. I can get that some people just want the "security" of being told what to do so they can get on with the process of getting the latest TV--even though when told simply that they SHOULD wear masks mid-pandemic it is a horrendous burden on their freeeeedum. But why so MANY?

I suspect the answer is that what they think of as the result of a Putin style regime is that such a government will tell OTHER people what to do, not themselves. This is what Jeff Tiedrich calls the Leopard Eating People's Faces Party. The leopards will never eat THEIR faces because, of course, whatever the Leopards propose must align with their own beliefs, which are inexorably correct about everything.

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Lesley's avatar

thank you, Noah. have you seen this morning's Washington Post story, supposedly a WH behind-the-scenes of how Friday's Oval Office debacle happened? sourced by anonymous WH staffers (preserving access at all costs), the reporters and editor swallow whole an obviously nonsensical version of events in which the WH expected everything to go smoothly and was blindsided by Zelenskyy's insistence on security guarantees—which no responsible leader would agree to forgo. they also accept that even Vance's presence, much less his pivotal role as provocateur, was normal and standard, which it absolutely is not. disappointing but at this point not at all surprising to see the paper advance the Administration's ridiculous attempt at clean-up of an ambush that didn't succeed in winning them their outrageous minerals agreement and was supposed to damage Zelenskyy but instead revealed them as the disgusting pro-Russian bullies they are.

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