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To: BunnySlippers

According to our Russian roomate, Russians speak about Zhirinovsky the same way we talk about Howard Dean.


3 posted on 11/08/2005 4:08:02 PM PST by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: cripplecreek
According to our Russian roomate, Russians speak about Zhirinovsky the same way we talk about Howard Dean.

My Russian wife claims Zhirinovsky is insane, and so do most of the Russians I know. Some Americans like to portray this nutcase as being representative of Russian views. They could not be more wrong.
9 posted on 11/08/2005 4:12:30 PM PST by GarySpFc (Sneakypete, De Oppresso Liber)
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To: cripplecreek

Howard Dean with a little Scott Ritter and who else? Buchanan ---thrown in the mix for good measure.


12 posted on 11/08/2005 4:12:54 PM PST by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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To: cripplecreek
"According to our Russian roomate, Russians speak about Zhirinovsky the same way we talk about Howard Dean."

What he or she might not have told you, is that the Rodine Party also blames the USA with a lot of conspiracy stories. The Russian Federation joined the Chinese PLA not long ago, to tell the USA to get all of its military posts out of Asia. And here's another tidbit.

Russia says new Topol RS-12 mobile ICBM can evade U.S. missile defense
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513904/posts

The currently prevailing fascist Party consolidated by proponents of the "Church of Mother Russia" (Christian Orthodox) is not much less dangerous than the various Communist parties.

Russian Rabbi Investigated for Distributing Book of Jewish Law [Update, more info.]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431369/posts
(Russian Orthodox/Greek Orthodox)

Russia calls for banning Judaism
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431407/posts
(Russian Orthodox/Greek Orthodox)

Russia probing whether Jewish law constitutes incitement
["first time since Stalin's regime"]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431367/posts
(Russian Orthodox/Greek Orthodox)

And as is commonly known, Russia is also holding on to Iran and Syria as military allies and providing them with medium range and other arms.
17 posted on 11/08/2005 4:21:37 PM PST by familyop ("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
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To: cripplecreek
"According to our Russian roomate, Russians speak about Zhirinovsky the same way we talk about Howard Dean."

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21 posted on 11/08/2005 4:24:24 PM PST by DannyTN
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