Posted on 12/26/2010 8:06:51 AM PST by RobinMasters
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Many Russian immigrants to the "red borough" of Staten Island are flocking to the Republican Party, saying that the national Democrats' "socialistic" policies remind them too much of the top-down oligarchy they fled in their native land.
With many of the borough's Russian arrivees already owning businesses and active in civic organizations, their muscle could help the Island GOP solidify electoral gains made this year, when the party took back congressional and Assembly seats.
Businessman Arkadiy Fridman said that the newly formed Citizens Magazine Business Club, a confederation of more than 50 Russian-owned businesses here and in Brooklyn, has aligned itself with the Molinari Republican Club (MRC) in an effort to increase the Russian community's political and economic clout.
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I left socialist canada for an America that I do not recognize anymore.
“Who is a better leader Obama or Putin?”
In all honesty, I’d rather have Vladimir Putin as President of the United States right now.
Of course he’s not a citizen, and thus not “Constitutionally qualified” to hold such a position, but - hey? - who cares about that any more?
Regardless of what else may be said about him, Putin appears to be a true leader and fiercely nationalistic. He will use his personal power and the powers of his office to advance his nation in the world.
There is simply no comparison to be made between the two.
I’d prefer Putin!
don’t know about the newer wave of Russkie immigrants but before nearly all I knew were Jewish at least by name and other identity tags
and all have been fairly Leftist by my standards
has this changed?
I guess Brighton beach style Russkies here is a mite dated
Oh yes we can!
Throughout the campaign it became more and more apparent that Staten Island’s Russians were on our side.
They are the same thing. No comparison necessary.
I thought the RINOS had already aligned with the Russians.
That is one HUGELY hilarious statement! It's like saying you can't compare cocaine with crack.
Not surprising. The Democrat party is little different from the Communist party they left behind
People who have lived under socialist oppression understand it far better than the pampered morons who vote for it here do. This goes without saying.
But don’t make the mistake of thinking that these elitists on the left care about such things. They just believe that they are entitled to lead and live the kind of life they would deny to the rest of us. All we are to them are “the masses”, who don’t know how to “live right”, succeed, or spend our own money the “right way”.
As long as we endure them in government or on our college campuses, we are in danger. Make no mistake.
Every European living in the USA I have met hates Obama and the democrats.
Here in Wasilla, at least, the Russian (Ukrainian) people are very observant Orthodox Christians. Many still wear their traditional dress.
i know...my knowledge is dated from 10-20 years ago
not many Russkies per se in Nashville area but lots of blonde Christian Ukranians
Hey, Tax-chick! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Thank you. Merry Christmas to you, too. (I’m not ready for the new year yet ;-).
Anoreth is home, and we have just enough snow to look pretty.
There was a large influx of Christian Russians to New York in the early 90s, many of whom were Pentecostals claiming “persecution” under Yeltsin. Most of them initially settled in Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge, but have been migrating out of Brooklyn to Garbage Island in large numbers for much of the past decade.
not true in NY and NJ. Most of the Euros living here (French, Italian, Scandanavian, German, etc.) tend to be liberal yuppie metrosexual types, even in suburbia. Even the proletarian Polish immigrants in Wallington and Linden, however, voted for Obama and the Dems in 2008/2010.
More's the joy!
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