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rug

(82,333 posts) Sat Feb 13, 2016, 11:49 PM Feb 2016

I hate it when republicans misquiote Stalin.

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I hate it when republicans misquiote Stalin. (Original Post) rug Feb 2016 OP

Me too nt k8conant Feb 2016 #1

what did they say? was it in the Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2016 #2

It was ben carson again. rug Feb 2016 #3

k8conant

(3,030 posts)

1. Me too nt

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2016, 11:58 PM

Feb 2016

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

2. what did they say? was it in the

Reply to rug (Original post)

Sun Feb 14, 2016, 12:04 AM

Feb 2016

Middle of blah blah hate blah obama horrible ?

rug

(82,333 posts)

3. It was ben carson again.

Reply to Laura PourMeADrink (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 14, 2016, 12:18 AM

Feb 2016

Something about Stalin saying to defeat the US we must undermine three things, their religion, their patriotiism and something else. Reader's Digest stuff.

Here, snopes debunked it a long time ago.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/undermine.asp

OTOH, this one's authentic and one of my favorites:

"Bukharin's a swine and surely worse than a swine because he thinks it below his dignity to write a couple of lines."

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