Whats wrong with interviewing Putin?

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  1. Pro_Line_FL

    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So....

    Question: Was he put on a "kill list"?

    Answer: Not exactly, - meaning no, he was not
     
  2. JohnHamilton

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    I think that there are darn few people in the U.S. population who think Putin is right or just. The question is, what is the best way to go forward?

    Very few people on my side trust Joe Biden or think that he was brains enough to run anything, including a hotdog stand. We have no confidence that Biden will look out for our interests. Afghanistan proved that. He is ethically compromised, and he is unable to present any cogent arguments because he is mentally impaired. Therefore there is skepticism about our Ukrainian involvement.
     
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    Show me the public opinion polls which prove this.
     
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    Pro_Line_FL Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Would you have listened to Hitler justify the holocaust and judge him by his words (knowing he was guilty), or would you just hang the bastard.

    Its your party, not mine.

    Maybe, because that was before he committed his crimes, but we are talking about AFTER Putin committed his crimes. Did you know Hitler was the "Person Of The Year" around mid 1930s.

    It was hell in US too. What's your point?

    Me? No, I don't - you do. You are always the first to defend all the authoritarian nonsense that is being pushed in places like Florida.

    His name popped into your head, not mine. Isn't that interesting. Don't worry about telling me what I think, I KNOW what I think. You just worry about explaining what YOU think

    Trump here, Trump there, Trump everywhere. And BIDEN.......DEMOCRATS......LAPTOP........BORDER........HUNTER.....LOL
     
  5. JohnHamilton

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    If you are referring to the Time Magazine “Person of the Year,” that is given out to the most notable individual, not the most virtuous. Hitler was a mover and a shaker and not for good causes. But he was notable and news worthy.
     
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    The media accounts I have read on Carlson's gift to Putin by giving him the opportunity to explain his rational for invading Ukraine is that it was a missed opportunity for Vlad.
     
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    Well, he made some popular things happen to gain the popular support, - like enact a massive infrastructure project the "Autobahn" which put millions of people to work AND he ordered a production of a cheap car which even the middle class can afford and enjoy the new roads, - the Volkswagen aka The People's Car.
     
  8. LiveUninhibited

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    Putin's goal is to eliminate support for Ukraine to make it easier to conquer, not to win a popularity contest. So anything that makes Ukraine look bad, or makes it seem like it's an internal Russian matter that other countries should not think about, is a win for him. Trumpers are his natural allies for a few reasons. First, the Trump form of republican is relatively isolationist, and Putin wants America to stand back while he restores Russian glory conquering former parts of it. Second, he's socially conservative. Third, Trump admires dictators who can do things he wishes he could do and so they get along well and bond over things like hatred of journalists.
     
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    Nothing wrong with anyone interviewing Putin. Kind of pointless though.
    It's just a campaign propaganda.
    Putin won't say anything except what he wants made public. It doesn't have to be truthful even. Just made public.

    Too bad a journalist who knows who to do interviews wasn't doing the interview.
     
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    You misread the post you responded to.
     
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    Fake news.
    And 1A only applies within the borders of USA.
     
  12. modernpaladin

    modernpaladin Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Tucker was put on a list of 'enemies to Ukrainian national security' that is associated with Ukrainian secret services, is cited as a human rights concern by the U.S. Govt, and includes on the list people who have been assassinated for opinions on the war, like Russian journalist Daria Dugina, Ukrainian writer Oles Buzina[49] and former Verkhovna Rada parliamentarian Oleg Kalashnikov, just days after they were put on the list. How many people on the list need to be assassinated before you would call it 'a kill list'?
     
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    Sounds reasonable. I assume he is trying to humanize himself. I am not a fan of Putin or Tucker, but I see nothing wrong with an interview. I would feel the same way if a leftie did it.
     
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    Did you believe Putin?
     
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    I haven't actually watched it to be honest.. Pretty sure it's all bullshit, just like the Ukraines barrel of bullshit.. The entire shitshow is doing nothing for America or American other than reducing the repairs needed to fix the damn potholes and crap roads we have to endure while these two no accounts rob us blind..
     
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    Lmao, you thing this rock throwing contest has impressed anyone. The only thing Pootin had was nuclear threats, other then that, total wussy..
     
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    I have no idea what you're saying, or what you think I was saying. But I was saying what Putin's goals were in being interviewed by Tucker. Why would Putin go into depth on Russian history? He's trying to make the case that this is an internal Russian matter and the west shouldn't be interfering. He's making this case to Tucker's viewers, Trump supporters who are more receptive to the idea of America not interfering in Ukraine.

    Perhaps you're saying he failed in his aims? Probably. I'm not sure what gave you the idea I thought anybody was impressed.
     
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    You really that impressed with poootins military might against country of 43 million men, women and children?
     
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    Idiot? Do you know how many lib outlets have interviewed Putin? A ton and I've already posted those somewhere on this board. Plus Mike Wallace interviewed Iran's ayatolla.
     
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    Did you watch the interview?
     
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    My assessment of Carlson as an idiot has nothing to do with this particular interview. Ease down, please.
     
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    Whats wrong with interviewing Putin?

    Nothing.

    Kissing his ass and spreading his lying propaganda while he was at it is what was wrong.

    But hey, "tucker carlson"; that's all the explanation needed.
     
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    To what are you referring here?
     
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    A ...
    ... tucker, interviewing Putin?
    :shock:

    Oh! Are you a tucker fanboy ... sorry. 8)
     
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