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KoKo

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26. She always looks kind of "Put Out" about everything. It makes me wonder
Fri Sep 6, 2013, 08:38 PM
Sep 2013

why she feels that being "In Your Face" is a winning policy for the hearts and minds of savvy Americans.

The Rusdian lawmakers should meet with Putin and get him to get Syria under control. Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #1
I agree. The Russian "lawmakers" are nothing but stooges for Putin. nt bluestate10 Sep 2013 #4
And Putin is nothing more than a useful idiot for The Powers That Be. So is Assad, for that matter.. AverageJoe90 Sep 2013 #20
And they're BIGOTS just like Putin is. Anti-LGBT law anybody? DevonRex Sep 2013 #71
And just EXACTLY HOW LONG are such laws surviving in the US right now? TheMadMonk Sep 2013 #88
Their wanting to come to the US was nothing more than political theatre. Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #2
i would have met with them and turned the discussion to gay rights in their country JI7 Sep 2013 #3
Yes...if US lawmakers wanted to go to Russia to discuss those horrendous anti-gay laws... Cali_Democrat Sep 2013 #5
Awww ...... why so shy with that proof? nt. polly7 Sep 2013 #6
I think this was just a propaganda ploy quinnox Sep 2013 #7
Or maybe you come over with the hope of dialogue that may prevent another atrocity. nt. polly7 Sep 2013 #8
Just saying, it would look very odd to see Russian politicians instructing US ones on what they feel quinnox Sep 2013 #11
Possibly, they were hoping to better understand what's prompting something polly7 Sep 2013 #15
How embarrassing. We are acting like children on the world stage. The Russians and Chinese were sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #9
Yes, I remember a whole lot of people had their hopes pinned on Russia back then to stop it. polly7 Sep 2013 #17
Some of us haven't changed. Principles are principles and as far as I can tell, nothing has happened sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #18
That's good news. I hope there are plenty like you out there. nt. polly7 Sep 2013 #35
Well, according to the polls on this latest 'war' in the ME, we are definitely in the majority, by sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #40
Those HOMOPHOBIC RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS can stay the fuck HOME. DevonRex Sep 2013 #72
Mmm ... sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #81
I thought we Dems Elected Obama to reach out across the World for Peace KoKo Sep 2013 #10
If These Russians Were Serious About Peace... KharmaTrain Sep 2013 #14
Some Americans are still lost in the old Cold War era, back in the 'fifties. They can't seem to get sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #21
I know...it's amazing to see the "closed minds" out there all over the internet.. KoKo Sep 2013 #24
But they are like dinosaurs now, a shrinking minority. The overwhelming majority is rejecting them sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #29
WTF?? THOSE FUCKING BIGOTS ARE JAILING LGBTs. DevonRex Sep 2013 #74
"Wave those fucking self-righteous flags...There's more detail in the original RT article " ProSense Sep 2013 #12
LOL, still mad about snowden I assume? n-t Logical Sep 2013 #19
Putin doesn't rock. But the Russians were right about Bush's Iraq fiasco and we were so hoping back sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #22
Bush isn't in office. A lot of people were right about Bush. That doesn't make Putin reliable. ProSense Sep 2013 #25
Your attempts to change the subject are silly. Bombing for peace is still a stupid idea and bound to sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #27
The topic of the OP is Russian lawmakers wanting to inject themselves into a Congressional debate. ProSense Sep 2013 #30
Apparently they are NOT trying to inject themselves into anything. Did you read the OP at all? sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #32
"They are wisely leaving us to our own devices. Very smart of them." ProSense Sep 2013 #33
You reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllly want these bombs polly7 Sep 2013 #34
What the hell are you talking about? ProSense Sep 2013 #36
Not working. Really, you should tune in to RT where they are open to discussion on Russia's sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #38
"Really, you should tune in to RT where they are open to discussion" ProSense Sep 2013 #42
So are we! Lol! sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #44
Maybe we could convert every U.S. news organization to emulate RT. ProSense Sep 2013 #45
Sure would be. At least we'd get to hear some Liberal voices for a change. sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #47
So you would be cool with every U.S. news organization becoming a mouthpiece for the government? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #50
I'm definately not cool with it. That is how it is now though and the reason why I never watch sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #70
RT still spreads Russian propaganda. So no matter ProSense Sep 2013 #77
RT provides real news from all over the world which is why it now has a larger viewing audience sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #82
That would be an upgrade for Fox. n/t tazkcmo Sep 2013 #59
I said news organizations. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #60
ok then tazkcmo Sep 2013 #65
As opposed tazkcmo Sep 2013 #57
it would have cut into their iphone poker time n/t Enrique Sep 2013 #13
No time for talk, talk, talk. We have to go, go, go! another_liberal Sep 2013 #16
Samantha Power on Syria: 'We Have Exhausted' Diplomatic-Only Options bigtree Sep 2013 #23
She always looks kind of "Put Out" about everything. It makes me wonder KoKo Sep 2013 #26
she's defensive because she wanted to keep posing as a progressive bigtree Sep 2013 #31
Sad...but, maybe it's her husband Cass's influence. Still we are what we are... KoKo Sep 2013 #49
She is such a war monger. Does anyone listen to her anymore? sabrina 1 Sep 2013 #28
she's hoping to legitimize her leftist rhetoric with a little hawkishness bigtree Sep 2013 #43
Didn't she win a Peace Prize for her book on Genocide? KoKo Sep 2013 #51
excellent read bigtree Sep 2013 #83
More than ever I suspect this whole thing has nothing to do with Syria at all kenny blankenship Sep 2013 #37
So Syria ISN'T killing civiluans... brooklynite Sep 2013 #53
Yeah, that's EXACTLY what I said kenny blankenship Sep 2013 #54
Please help me... brooklynite Sep 2013 #55
I would help you if I thought for a minute there was any helping you. kenny blankenship Sep 2013 #56
Considering that the Russian lawmakers would have been in the US for diplomatic reasons davidpdx Sep 2013 #39
Yes. For once Congress decided not to overtly insult Obama, even after pnwmom Sep 2013 #41
Which is what I find hilarious when someone posts an article saying that the Russian lawmakers davidpdx Sep 2013 #46
Churchill addressed Congress in December 1941. Savannahmann Sep 2013 #52
That ProSense Sep 2013 #58
Baloney Savannahmann Sep 2013 #84
They do not interfere in legilative debate. The notion is absurd. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #86
I don't understand where you get the word interfere Savannahmann Sep 2013 #87
Churchill was invited by Congress to speak davidpdx Sep 2013 #61
But our Congress didn't travel to England to lobby their legislature. pnwmom Sep 2013 #67
Of course the defense contractors are behind this. mick063 Sep 2013 #48
Grandpa's a slacker. tazkcmo Sep 2013 #62
This is a missed opportunity. What are our congressional leaders snappyturtle Sep 2013 #63
They're "afraid" of appearing to be influenced by the foreign legislators pnwmom Sep 2013 #68
Oh, that's very open minded of them. snappyturtle Sep 2013 #73
Right. People like Rubio and Graham and Boehner are really going to help defuse the situation. pnwmom Sep 2013 #76
Who knows? They can't succeed if they don't try. snappyturtle Sep 2013 #79
They wouldn't try! They don't care what Obama does as long as he fails. n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #85
Congress would have been fools to meet them. Obama would have destroyed them politically for meeting hrmjustin Sep 2013 #64
GOOD FOR OUR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS. I don't give one DevonRex Sep 2013 #66
Wait...What?? KharmaTrain Sep 2013 #75
No, we are NOT hallucinating. They believe Putin will return Russia to communism. DevonRex Sep 2013 #78
The Golden Age Of The Gulag... KharmaTrain Sep 2013 #80
Our Congress is supposed to be listening to US -- their constituents -- not lobbying pnwmom Sep 2013 #69
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