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Confused senator attempts to publish column in Communist newspaper from distant past
Salon ^ | Sep 19, 2013 | Alex Pareene

Posted on 09/20/2013 2:52:06 PM PDT by klpt

Sen. John McCain, a man of his word, published his editorial — a stirring defense of the rights to free speech, dissent and political expression — in Russia’s Pravda, just like he said he would.

One small problem: As people are now finally pointing out, this isn’t the famous Pravda. After the Soviet Union was made to collapse, its official propaganda organ was sold off and eventually closed. There is no more “Pravda,” omnipresent national newspaper in which the Kremlin disseminates the party line to the oppressed masses. There is now Pravda, the struggling, thrice-weekly organ of the remains of the Communist Party, and Pravda.ru, a sensationalistic online-only news site few people in Russia take seriously.

So, after Vladimir Putin published a provocative column in America’s most prominent and trusted newspaper, John McCain basically submitted his response to the Russian equivalent of the Daily Blaze. After you read his impassioned words, you can scroll down to Pravda’s enlightening “photos of celebrities” section. Or why not check out Lady Pravda for your love and beauty tips? McCain really couldn’t have found a better way to illustrate that he’s a befuddled Cold War relic with no idea whatsoever what Russia is like in 2013.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: mccain; russia
John McCain embarrasses himself in the Russian press by submitting an editorial to an online conspiracy site
1 posted on 09/20/2013 2:52:06 PM PDT by klpt
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To: klpt

NY Times?


2 posted on 09/20/2013 2:58:10 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: klpt

Senile fool needs to go out with a suicide vest in a jihad somewhere.


3 posted on 09/20/2013 3:02:24 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

There’s a reason he graduated in the bottom of his class and, unlike his father and grandfather, never made flag rank.


4 posted on 09/20/2013 3:09:42 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: klpt

What a grandstanding jackass.


5 posted on 09/20/2013 3:12:18 PM PDT by Pietro
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To: colorado tanker

bump


6 posted on 09/20/2013 3:12:31 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: colorado tanker
McCain really couldn’t have found a better way to illustrate that he’s a befuddled Cold War relic with no idea whatsoever what Russia is like in 2013.

Says it ALL~!!!!!

7 posted on 09/20/2013 3:13:09 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: klpt

Actually, the online Pravda is quite entertaining. It features stories on UFOs, Bigfoot, lost civilizations and Martians. I enjoy it to get away from the depressing news featured by the MSM communist press here in America.

One story had real Russian bears organizing and rolling boulders onto passing motorists. The Russians hired a top-notch hunter to clean up the unbearable bear problem. He was never heard from again. Let’s hope McCain suffers a similar fate.


8 posted on 09/20/2013 3:16:42 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: klpt

Think he spent too much time in the Hanoi Hilton.


9 posted on 09/20/2013 3:28:10 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: klpt
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10 posted on 09/20/2013 3:34:38 PM PDT by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: klpt

McLame needs to follow it up by writing an article for DebkaFiles.


11 posted on 09/20/2013 3:41:31 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: sergeantdave

Basically, he wrote an editorial for the Russian Version of the Weekly World News. How did this guy become a Presidential candidate?


12 posted on 09/20/2013 3:41:54 PM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: klpt

McCain was turned in Vietnam for prostitutes, and he stayed turned.

End of story.


13 posted on 09/20/2013 3:51:52 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of the Muslim Brotherhood))
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NY Times?

RATS!! You beat me to it! They could at least have noted, more correctly, that McCain suffers from dementia, not just confusion. Next time.

14 posted on 09/20/2013 4:05:54 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Buck Off, Bronco Bama)
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To: klpt

I think McClain should give some thought to retirement .... maybe write an autobiography? I know I’d sure like to hear his version of how he crashed three multi-million dollar fighter planes.


15 posted on 09/20/2013 4:15:07 PM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: jmcenanly

“Basically, he wrote an editorial for the Russian Version of the Weekly World News.”

Well, you’re right. What else can be said?


16 posted on 09/20/2013 4:26:08 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: Hardastarboard

GMTA!


17 posted on 09/20/2013 4:38:15 PM PDT by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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18 posted on 09/20/2013 5:31:40 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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