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Putin's aggression leaves his right-wing fan club squirming
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Feb. 27, 2022 | Jason Horowitz

Posted on 02/27/2022 12:29:38 PM PST by artichokegrower

For years, a global choir of right-wing politicians has sung the praises of Vladimir Putin. They looked up to the Russian strongman as a defender of closed borders, Christian conservatism and bare-chested machismo in an era of liberal identity politics and Western globalization. Fawning over him was a core part of the populist playbook.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: neoconagitprop; neoconslovewar; propaganda
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It was the liberal greenies in the USA and world that gave Putin the economic power he has today. If the USA was energy independent as it was durint the Trump Adminstration Putin wouldn't be reaping the billions of dollars he is today due to inflated oil prices.
1 posted on 02/27/2022 12:29:38 PM PST by artichokegrower
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Commie spin.


2 posted on 02/27/2022 12:30:26 PM PST by HighSierra5 (The only way you know a commie is lying is when they open their pieholes.p)
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What a whopper of a LIE. Only leftist have supported and continue supporting putin


3 posted on 02/27/2022 12:31:31 PM PST by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them)
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People like Putin become more aggressive when surrounded by weak leaders.


4 posted on 02/27/2022 12:32:40 PM PST by plain talk
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The other thing to remember is the corruption that took place with the Ukrainian government that involved ones like Hillary and Obama and Biden and McCain and all of their friends.


5 posted on 02/27/2022 12:33:44 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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C’mon Chronicle, you love Commies!


6 posted on 02/27/2022 12:35:00 PM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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No support for Putin from THIS “right-winger.”


7 posted on 02/27/2022 12:35:10 PM PST by ScottinVA (Enough. Cage the libs.. now. )
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Boy - they REALLY don’t understand why we had respect for Putin as much as we hate his totalitarian actions.

Hurr Durr - Putin not on ourside now... ‘cept we liked Putin when Hillary supported him with her great reset button in 2010.

I’ll not be snarky and point out how the left happily supported Hitler AND Hugo Chavez when they were in the midst of destroying their countries.


8 posted on 02/27/2022 12:35:41 PM PST by Skywise
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Using this logic, Churchill and Roosevelt were hard core Stalinists. What an awkward spot.


9 posted on 02/27/2022 12:36:00 PM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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Propaganda at its finest. “The 1980s are calling and they want their foreign policy back” was not a line from a “right-wing fan club.” The “Russian re-set” was not the brain child of a “right-wing fan club.”


10 posted on 02/27/2022 12:36:29 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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SF Chronic Defecation feels an urge to snivel at “right-wingers.”

What better opportunity than to call Russia’s murderous leader a “right-winger”?

Putin is now hated, therefore it’s only fitting he be labeled a right-winger.

Why, if Trump was in office, the SF Defecator would be hailing Putin as an enlightened progressive champion of Democracy.

On the other hand, if Trump was in office, Putin would be trying to find the head below his belt.


11 posted on 02/27/2022 12:38:10 PM PST by Hostage (Article V)
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Yep, commie spin. Big lies.


12 posted on 02/27/2022 12:38:18 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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At most, some conservatives have recognized that Putin has sided with the Orthodox Church against some of the social decadence of the West. And that is a fact. Whether he is sincere is another question, but based on my reading most Russians think he is.

However, that is NOT the same as defending Putin's alleged accumulation of vast wealth or his alleged murders of political opponents and critics, nor does it indicate support for this invasion.

And I remember just a few years ago when it was not considered "treasonous" to oppose American military intervention in countries that had not attacked us or our formal allies.
13 posted on 02/27/2022 12:38:31 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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Is there an Official Putin Fan Club somewhere out there that I don’t know about?


14 posted on 02/27/2022 12:38:35 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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They got played.

The MSM was in on it too. They would run a LGBTQI-whatever information operation just before Putin would propose some ‘protection of the family’ BS law, decree or whatever. All meant to bring conservatives to Putin so when US Leftist fail to impose full economic sanctions, seize Russian elites’ assets etc. the conservatives would not call them out on it.

The US and China are currently Putin’s lifeline while he threatens Europe with annihilation.

Putin’s deception of Western conservatives won’t last much longer.


15 posted on 02/27/2022 12:39:20 PM PST by Justa (If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
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"Propaganda at its finest. “The 1980s are calling and they want their foreign policy back” was not a line from a “right-wing fan club.” The “Russian re-set” was not the brain child of a “right-wing fan club.”

Touche.
16 posted on 02/27/2022 12:39:54 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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To: artichokegrower

The Lib definition of “Putin supporter” is someone who doesn’t want to send our troops to die defending the country that bankrolled the Biden crime family.


17 posted on 02/27/2022 12:40:06 PM PST by throwthebumsout
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The only people I’ve seen supporting Putin are the hardcore lefties (AOC, Elizabeth Warren supporters).. (I’m not counting obvious Russian propagandists - who we have here).

They are very circumspect.


18 posted on 02/27/2022 12:40:47 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: artichokegrower

Pure unadulterated crap.


19 posted on 02/27/2022 12:42:06 PM PST by Fungi
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Is there an Official Putin Fan Club somewhere out there that I don’t know about?

Might be a small group of ‘em, but they’re not official yet.

20 posted on 02/27/2022 12:42:25 PM PST by windsorknot
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