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First, I'm a Cruz guy, but have heretofore felt very comfortable with Trump if that is the way it turns out. Joe Scarborough's interview with Trump today is seriously troubling to me, considering Trump may very well end up our President. In case you have not heard, after Trump seemed to praise Putin for "running his country", Scarborough twice challenged Trump over the fact that Putin kills journalists and opponents.

It was Trump's response that really shocked me. After the second time Scarborough challenged Trump with this fact, Trump's response was, "we kill a lot of people too". Geez, is he asserting moral equivalence between Putin's killing his own citizens and the US killing terrorists? This type of response must be explored and challenged in the most urgent manner. We cannot have a President with, apparently, a view that such use of force against citizens by an executive should not even raise an eyebrow. Very scary.

1 posted on 12/18/2015 3:44:24 PM PST by mtrott
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As bad as Putin is, Obama and his supporters are a greater danger to freedom and Christian values — our soft-on-Islam President is spreading homosexuality, radical feminism, socialism, and environmental extremism all over the world.


28 posted on 12/18/2015 4:02:45 PM PST by Socon-Econ
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"RT [Russia Today] has been called a propaganda outlet for the Russian government[10][11][12] and its foreign policy[10][11][13][14] by former Russian officials[15] and by news reporters,[16] including former RT reporters.[17][18][19]

It has also been accused of spreading disinformation.[20][21][22]

The United Kingdom media regulator Ofcom has threatened RT with sanctions because of repeated violations of its rules on impartiality.[23]

The network states that it offers a 'Russian perspective' on global events.[24]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_%28TV_network%29
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Nov 2015...

Vladimir Putin's media Svengali who was found dead in DC hotel was 'murdered for being an FBI informant'


29 posted on 12/18/2015 4:03:46 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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Trump stands zero chance of getting elected


32 posted on 12/18/2015 4:05:16 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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Bull and baloney! Seems it never makes the news nor is she ever questioned although Hillery has a string of dead people from Washington to Arkansas behind every step she and Bill have made.

Scarborough is a creep. You noted yourself he TWICE challenged Trump over Putin. I’d guess Trump was referring to Hillery, but you believe what you want to.


38 posted on 12/18/2015 4:07:22 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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The Vlad, 1oz silver ;-)

That's not a real silver round...lol.
I like the buffalo rounds myself.

40 posted on 12/18/2015 4:07:34 PM PST by Bobalu (Even if I could take off, I could never get past the tractor beam!)
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Before anyone tries to claim some kind of moral superiority here, you don’t think the U.S. Government has killed journalists right here in the good ol’ USA?

Two names for your consideration:

Andrew Breitbart

Michael Hastings

And those two are very likely the tip of the iceberg, courtesy of our federal fascists in Washington.

Let’s not kid ourselves.


41 posted on 12/18/2015 4:08:21 PM PST by mkjessup (JimRob: "It's Trump or Cruz, all the others are amnesty pimps" And the man is RIGHT!)
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At least Putin has the class to not decorate Fort Gramercy Park with his leavings.

Rootin for Putin and the Trumpster.


43 posted on 12/18/2015 4:10:05 PM PST by Frederick_Barbarossa
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admiration by Putin should be taken as very high praise

conversely, lack of praise or admiration for Obama is de facto expression of contempt

Putin wants and needs a worthy opponent for verbal battles on the world stage

Obama and all the Euro’s are pussies


44 posted on 12/18/2015 4:10:59 PM PST by Thibodeaux (leading from behind is following)
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I actually heard the full interview on tv this morning, and if anything, it made me all the more supportive of Trump (although I still don’t discount Cruz).

As long as Putin is standing up against homo-fascists, the global-warming pinheads, and bombing ISIS, he’s leagues preferable to the loathesome, pajama-boy scum that we have leading America. Our leaders and our culture are pushing poison onto the world with our faggoty degeneracy.


48 posted on 12/18/2015 4:12:48 PM PST by greene66
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Ted Cruz on ISIS, Russia, Obama, missile defense, and the New START Treaty with Russia...

"If we want to actually dismantle ISIS, we need to dramatically change course. We need a real, robust campaign that maximizes our overwhelming air advantage.

We need to focus our efforts not on trying to create friends, but on supporting our real ones, especially the Kurds in Iraq and Syria who have actually had success against ISIS."

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"We can redouble our efforts to develop the defensive weapons that neutralized the offensive Soviet threat -- particularly missile defense, which has seen a 25% budget reduction under Obama, according to an analysis from the conservative Heritage Foundation, and has been constrained by bad arms deals like New START.

We should not only move quickly to install the canceled interceptor sites Putin opposed in Poland and the Czech Republic, but also to develop the next generation of systems that will only increase his discomfiture.

These options do not entail a ground war in Syria, yet would effectively shake us free from the failed policies that have brought us to our current impasse.

These options set us on a new path that puts Putin on notice that the United States is reclaiming our traditional role as leader of the free world."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/opinions/cruz-syria-putin/index.html

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"I think it would be a mistake to get involved in the Syrian civil war. There have been voices in Washington eager for us to send our sons and daughters over to fight that civil war for some time. I haven't been one of them. I think the touchstone of U.S. military policy should be protecting the national security of this country."

"What we're seeing Putin in Russia do is a direct response to the profound weakness of Obama over six and a half years.

Putin views Obama as weak, as ineffective, and frankly, as a laughingstock. And, as a result, he is moving in, he is invading his neighbors, like Ukraine, he's kidnapping Estonians, and he's moving into Syria to gain a stronger foothold in the Middle East."

https://www.tedcruz.org/news/icymi-cruz-we-have-no-business-getting-in-the-middle-of-the-syrian-civil-war-goal-should-be-to-defeat-isis/

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Ted Cruz:
"We need a coherent plan to address both the specific crisis in Syria and the challenge posed more broadly by Putin's resurgent Russia.

The good news is that America still has options, if our leaders can summon the will to exercise them.

For starters, in Syria we can't double down on the failed strategies that have given Putin his opportunity to intervene.

We are now two years out from President Obama's proposed intervention after al-Assad used chemical weapons against his own people. ..."

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/09/opinions/cruz-syria-putin/index.html

53 posted on 12/18/2015 4:14:37 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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...dismiss his alleged killing of journalists and others who cross him

Well, we must respect other cultures and their ways of doing things.

54 posted on 12/18/2015 4:14:42 PM PST by Cementjungle
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Hussein has given NUKES TO IRAN!

More people are going to die because of THAT ACTION than Putin's actions.

How many vets are dead because of Obama's VA mismanagement? OBAMACARE, anyone?

57 posted on 12/18/2015 4:16:54 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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You’re falling for the leftist bait.

Why should trump denounce Putin?

Putin paid Tump a compliment and he is to reply with insults?

This is not an issue.


59 posted on 12/18/2015 4:17:43 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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Trump says many troubling things and also has repeatedly shown his is not Conservative.

But don’t worry; the Trump brigade will have excuses and they will want to kick your a$$.


63 posted on 12/18/2015 4:18:43 PM PST by Calpublican (A.G. Lynch: The intent of this statement is to incite violence against radical Islam)
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Stalin was good leader too and Mao ....and ya know America had slavery

Nothing surprising from Trump ....he makes great clown but its still hard for me to believe his followers will follow him no matter what


71 posted on 12/18/2015 4:21:30 PM PST by woofie
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The Nazi criminal George Soros thanks you for spewing his propaganda.


72 posted on 12/18/2015 4:21:55 PM PST by sergeantdave ( If not you, who? If not now, when?)
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What’s wrong with killing journalists?


76 posted on 12/18/2015 4:25:23 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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You should listen to Trump’s words until you understand what be said. Do you need a picture and names? Do you really think he meant terrorists?


77 posted on 12/18/2015 4:25:32 PM PST by Aleya2Fairlie
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And by the time I was done typing that they would kick your a$$, they were doing it. :)


79 posted on 12/18/2015 4:25:44 PM PST by Calpublican (A.G. Lynch: The intent of this statement is to incite violence against radical Islam)
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Go hide in your closet.
I also watched Morning Joe but came away with an opposite view from yours.


80 posted on 12/18/2015 4:26:28 PM PST by onyx
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