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Speak in the Past Tense and Talk About the Weather

by $8 blue check mistermix|  February 18, 201410:38 am| 35 Comments

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Here’s one place where the NRO literati and real Americans are out of touch:
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No matter how good Putin looks with his shirt off, and no matter how many puppies he crushes with his bare fists, it don’t mean shit if the toilets in his country don’t flush. Victor Davis Hansen might be able to have a stroke session where he imagines being one of Putin’s inner circle, but even 27 percenters stockpiling ammo and hiding from death panels don’t want to make Vlad their Daddy.

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  1. 1.

    Jerzy Russian

    February 18, 2014 at 10:42 am

    How can this be? George W. Bush himself saw Mr. Putin’s soul, and from what I can recall, it was good.

  2. 2.

    DougJ

    February 18, 2014 at 10:44 am

    Really would have gone with “You don’t know how lucky you are, boys” here.

  3. 3.

    Jerzy Russian

    February 18, 2014 at 10:47 am

    @DougJ:

    Really would have gone with “You don’t know how lucky you are, boys” here.

    This is why you are the teacher and I will always be the student.

  4. 4.

    Mike in NC

    February 18, 2014 at 10:48 am

    Victor Davis Hansen might be able to have a stroke session where he imagines being one of Putin’s inner circle

    Authoritarians like VDH evidently spend a lot of time thinking about stroking Putin’s privates.

  5. 5.

    maya

    February 18, 2014 at 10:48 am

    But, but, didn’t we have someone of great vision look into his soul?
    Edit: Jerzy Russian got up earlier than I.

  6. 6.

    Suffern ACE

    February 18, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Yeah, but he’s not playing for our votes. The next 3-5 presidents will have to deal with him. I’m thinking the story will be “time to reset our relationship” at the beginning of each new term.

  7. 7.

    Mark S.

    February 18, 2014 at 10:54 am

    @DougJ:

    Another great conservative song!

  8. 8.

    evolved beyond the fist mistermix

    February 18, 2014 at 10:56 am

    @DougJ: Take me to your daddy’s farm

  9. 9.

    beltane

    February 18, 2014 at 11:01 am

    Funny. It looks like America’s love affair with Putin soured at exactly the same time as its love affair with GWB.

  10. 10.

    Cacti

    February 18, 2014 at 11:03 am

    Wikileaks thinks he’s a pretty swell guy.

  11. 11.

    Mark S.

    February 18, 2014 at 11:07 am

    Putin just needs to hire Ari Fleischer to turn this around.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    February 18, 2014 at 11:11 am

    Would like to see a chart of the percentage of Americans who could correctly identify who Putin is and what position he holds.

  13. 13.

    flukebucket

    February 18, 2014 at 11:25 am

    and no matter how many puppies he crushes with his bare fists, it don’t mean shit if the toilets in his country don’t flush.

    Preach it brother!!

  14. 14.

    Biff Longbotham

    February 18, 2014 at 11:32 am

    Putin just needs to ‘reinvent himself’, then all will be roses again.

  15. 15.

    Citizen_X

    February 18, 2014 at 11:36 am

    Is wrong. Putin love puppies, all animals. Is emo kids Putin crushes with fists.

  16. 16.

    RSA

    February 18, 2014 at 11:38 am

    @NotMax:

    Would like to see a chart of the percentage of Americans who could correctly identify who Putin is and what position he holds.

    Isn’t Putin, like, the plural of puta?

  17. 17.

    Roger Moore

    February 18, 2014 at 11:38 am

    @Mark S.:

    Putin just needs to hire Ari Fleischer to turn this around.

    I was thinking more along the lines of Bob Shrum.

  18. 18.

    Biff Longbotham

    February 18, 2014 at 11:41 am

    @RSA: No, more like genitive . Or was that vocative?….

  19. 19.

    karen

    February 18, 2014 at 11:42 am

    No matter how good Putin looks with his shirt off, and no matter how many puppies he crushes with his bare fists, it don’t mean shit if the toilets in his country don’t flush

    We have to go with the toilets we have, not the toilets we want.

  20. 20.

    Roger Moore

    February 18, 2014 at 11:44 am

    Given the function of toilets, I would think defective ones would mean more shit, rather than less.

  21. 21.

    Scamp Dog

    February 18, 2014 at 11:51 am

    @Jerzy Russian: my reaction after hearing that quote was “What soul? Putin’s KGB, he doesn’t have a soul anymore!” You’d think that a conservative would have some memory of the Cold War…

  22. 22.

    kindness

    February 18, 2014 at 11:58 am

    VD Hansen has stars coming out of his tv & tingles up his leg when he see’s Putin bare chested.

  23. 23.

    Matt McIrvin

    February 18, 2014 at 12:13 pm

    See, McCain was just following the trendline when he tried to start a war with Putin back in ’08.

  24. 24.

    Poopyman

    February 18, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    Uh, there are no data points between 2003 and 2013? Wazzatden?

    (Besides a graph with 4 data points, that is.)

  25. 25.

    Yatsuno

    February 18, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    So Vladdie’s chances for re-election in the US ain’t so good eh?

  26. 26.

    Violet

    February 18, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    I’d be interested to see how Americans’ views of Putin change after these Olympics, assuming things continue to go well. The games have made Putin and Russia look good. Putin has shown up at the USA House and been friendly with US Olympic officials and athletes. Russia looks gorgeous in all the TV coverage. Putin looks like a nice, friendly, competent guy who can put on a good Olympics. He’s got to be pleased with how it’s going.

  27. 27.

    Mnemosyne (iPad Mini)

    February 18, 2014 at 12:42 pm

    @RSA:

    I thought it was that stuff they make in Canada with cheese curds and gravy.

  28. 28.

    Omnes Omnibus

    February 18, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    @Mnemosyne (iPad Mini): That is poutine and it is yummy.

  29. 29.

    catclub

    February 18, 2014 at 12:57 pm

    @Violet: “nice, friendly, competent guy who can put on a good Olympics. ”

    Worked great for Mitt Romney.

  30. 30.

    slippytoad

    February 18, 2014 at 1:04 pm

    @Jerzy Russian:

    Oh, I can’t wait to shove that one down every Republican throat for the rest of history.

    Especially the part about Bush being a fucking fool. I really enjoy harping on what an incredible goddamn fool Bush was.

  31. 31.

    GregB

    February 18, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    What red-blooded heterosexual male Christian American conservative isn’t turned on by Putin’s smooth pecs and authoritarian actions?

  32. 32.

    300baud

    February 18, 2014 at 1:46 pm

    I’m thinking the 19% that like him just know him as one of Sarah Palin’s neighbors.

  33. 33.

    J R in WV

    February 18, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    Wait a minute! 100% minus 63%…..

    37%… that’s getting close to the Human Constant of 27%, isn’t it?

    Just saying.

  34. 34.

    tybee

    February 18, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    and now i hear putin has re-arrested pussy riot. what a guy!

  35. 35.

    Chyron HR

    February 18, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    @tybee:

    Yeah, whatever, but did he violate their cellular telephony metadata?

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