[John Valentine]

So “Putin rules for himself.”

If that’s the case, Mr. McCain, how exactly does that differentiate Russia under the rule of Putin from America under the rule of Obama?

[SMGFan]

Ooh, tough guy , but how about showing that against Obama in 2008 and now. Afraid because he is 1/2 Black?

[RginTN]

I see much projection here.

McCain attempted to repress political speech with McCain/Feingold. McCain was involved in corruption in the Keating 5. Mccain ally’s himself with terrorists in the Muslim Brotherhood and wants to topple MidEast govts using the US military...that’s violence.

Its a sad day when a Russian politician has more credibility than an US politician like Mccain!

[muir_redwoods]

Versus the completely selfless motives of our senators. /s

[elhombrelibre]

"He says Putin’s allegiance to Assad is hurting Russia’s international stature."

It may be hurting Russia's international stature, but President for Live Putin's got a real fan club here on FreeRepublic. Strangely, his sins as a KGB man and supporter of Communism and the Gulag are forgiven; he can arm the enemies of peace and Security for the money he can get from it, and be called a staunch enemy of al Qaeda. In the case of Assad, he was arming al Qaeda to kill Americans just a couple of years ago. Putin, President for Life, can sell advanced weapons to the mad mullahs in Iran, and still be praised by some as a great Christian without any cognitive disonance.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I’m glad that McCain is a man of the people and not some self serving piece of crap. McCain and 0bama are watching out for the middle class to make sure they cease to exist.

[Stand Watch Listen]

[Witch-king of Angmar]

They don't respect your dignity or accept your authority over them. They punish dissent and imprison opponents. They rig your elections. They control your media. They harass, threaten, and banish organizations that defend your right to self-governance. To perpetuate their power they foster rampant corruption in your courts and your economy and terrorize and even assassinate journalists who try to expose their corruption.

This is actually a quite good description of America under the Obama regime.

[AlexW]

Even having enjoyed my eight years in post Communist central Europe,I never dreamed that I would have far more respect for the leader of Russia then I do our own, Barky Obumbo.
Putin is a real man. Obumbo is, at best, a pathetic man-child.

[Witch-king of Angmar]

How has he strengthened Russia's international stature? By allying Russia with some of the world's most offensive and threatening tyrannies. By supporting a Syrian regime that is murdering tens of thousands of its own people to remain in power and by blocking the United Nations from even condemning its atrocities. By refusing to consider the massacre of innocents, the plight of millions of refugees, the growing prospect of a conflagration that engulfs other countries in its flames an appropriate subject for the world's attention. He is not enhancing Russia's global reputation. He is destroying it. He has made her a friend to tyrants and an enemy to the oppressed, and untrusted by nations that seek to build a safer, more peaceful and prosperous world.

This coming from a man who demanded that Egypt re-instates in power the Muslim Brotherhood! You couldn't make this stuff up!

[mikey_hates_everything]

Dear Russians, Sorry about that. We don’t know how our crazy uncle gets himself out of the attic sometimes. Sincerely, Americans

[4rcane]

gawd, is mccain a child? So petty

[Sirius Lee]

The irony is that a hit-piece critical of Putin can be published in Russia whereas the MSM in the U.S. has forbidden any negative speech against homobama.

[don-o]

Clicking through to the full screed, there is this nugget.

"They write laws to codify bigotry against people whose sexual orientation they condemn. They throw the members of a punk rock band in jail for the crime of being provocative and vulgar and for having the audacity to protest President Putin's rule."

McCain throws this in despite the fact that the vast majority of Russians support laws outlawing homosexual proselytizing of minors. And the Patriarch of Moscow pled for mercy for Pussy Riot.

Putin again knew what he was doing. He gave Crazy John enough rope.

[LibLieSlayer]

Those Russians are just going to love you mcdickhead.

[cripplecreek]

“I know you are but what am I” diplomacy.

Some day McCain will graduate to the first grade.

[niteowl77]

McCain's (or whoever wrote it for him) piece is actually a bit worse than I'd expected it to be, and my expectations were not high. Oh, sure, it was fun for me to substitute "Obama" for Putin" and find the piece to make about as much sense, but there's not a lot of entertainment value in it. If I had a stronger stomach, maybe I could have gotten a few more laughs from the esteemed Senator wrapping himself in the mantle of our freedoms and our Constitution, given his sorry-assed history of tossing either over the side to suit his own needs.

Well, he's on record in Pravda as being against their dictator while carrying the water for America's dictator, so he's still on the payroll, but this was not exactly the machine's best effort.

Mr. niteowl77

[SC_Pete]

This was all for domestic consumption back home. With his popularity plummeting, it makes it difficult for him to vote for Obama’s radical agenda. The Tea Party is killing him in AZ. He wants to sound conservative—McCain is a fraud.

[Darren McCarty]

Obama rules for himself, and McCain's ego is just as big as both Obama and Putin.....combined.

F' em all.

[mdmathis6]

McCain had better be careful. Manyu prominent press or political officials and others have gotten the polonium or ricin “treatment” or have been in “car accidents” for being uberly publically critical of Putin. McCain going directly to the Russian people won’t play well and Putin or his security folks may respond!