Yeah I'm sure Tucker's real busted up that some nobody from Liberal Circlejerk Website #39,728 totally stuck it to him. How many heads of state have you interviewed lately? Note: The voices in your head don't count.
Are you really simping for the heir to the Swanson frozen dinner empire? Does he really need you to stand up for him against a comedy article written as if it was from Putin's point of view? How pathetic is your little life that you need to get on your knees for some doughy rich dude who will never know you exist or give a shit about your life? Thanks for the laugh, cuck.
My lasting memory of Tucker Carlson is the brutal beating John Stewart gave him years ago. In a just world that would have been the end of Carlson’s career and he’d be selling crab juice in front of the UN.
It was Paul Begala who worked for Bill Clinton, and is a fixture on CNN. Maybe crossfire was a dumb show. I never watched, but Paul Begala is a good guy.
Way back when I was a Yute or Youngun' whatever, the Soviet Union was reviled by Republicans.
Fast forward to the 2000s:
o Republican Party color becomes red.
o "Better Dead Than Red" loses its anti-communist cachet. New interpretations ascribed.
o Most Republicans love the autocracy and strongman displays from Putin when before they hated Kruschev, Breshnev, Gorbachev, and other S.U. strongmen.
o In a complete flip, the Democrats now accuse the Republicans of cozying up with Russia. Back in the day, it was the Republicans who accused the Dems of being too soft on the former S.U.
There are other examples which I can't think of because the world has turned upside down and my brain hurts most of the time these days.
The only things remaining are that most Americans still don't understand the difference between communism and socialism, Boris and Natasha are still funny as hell, and Spy vs. Spy still seems relevant. I am old.
In our great national divorce, I never expected that the left would get custody of the football players, while the right got the Russian fellow travellers.
This is where I'm at too. The only thing that hasn't changed is the rabid anti-Communist rhetoric. But those espousing it conflate Communism with socialism and simultaneously think Russia is now a democracy or something not-commie/socialie, so it's ok now. Even though its current dictator is (exNKVD, ex)KGB.
"Way back when I was a Yute or Youngun' whatever, the Soviet Union was reviled by Republicans."
I don't think there were ever many Americans who liked the USSR, at least not after we learned what it was like under Stalin. The debate was always how we should deal with them, somewhere between "can't we all just get along" and "nuke-fest".
Comparing then to now, though, were there any Americans of any prominence who defended the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, like you see some Republicans defending Putin and Ukraine? I'm sure there were actual members of CPUSA who did, but were there any notable media figures or Congress-critters who accepted Brezhnev's rationale?
There was always a tankie left sympathetic to the Soviet Union; hell, the name "tankie" stems from Soviet-sympathetic leftists trying to justify the Soviet Union's brutal suppression of the Hungarian revolution against Soviet rule. They've never been influential or wielded actual power in the U.S., but they existed. To an extent, they still exist.
The difference between tankies then and tankies now is that earlier tankies were sympathetic to the Soviet Union's (stated) ideological goals, while tankies now are only pro-Russia in its capacity of being anti-American. To modern tankies, all sins are forgiven if a given country is opposed to the U.S.
"Such strange little man! He looked so confused the whole time. Like little puppy with first chew toy. He bite, toy squeak, he hop away and stare at toy for two minutes as if it might bite back. Then he bite again, toy squeak, he yip, Vladimir laugh at him." The best description of Sucker that I have ever read. Thank you!
I don't think I have ever seen anything by Tucker Carleson... never saw his show, and other than a few clips discussing what he said, or did -- then again, I find reporters who hold themselves out as "pundits" just silly. That said, although Putin has been interviewed several times by "western" journalists, but not in the English language media (which is the only thing people in the US would pay any attention to)... Carlson -- having a large following, or at least getting attention from sites like this (all publicity is good publicity) -- he's a "useful idiot".
That said, using a historial analysis to justify policy isn't something you find in the US, but is SOP in most of the world. That is, where US policy makers (or those explaining policy) might in a stretch think back as far as the Second World War, in other countries, it's not unusal to draw on the last several centuries, It's no wonder Carlson had that lost puppy-dog look... besides not understanding Russian, I don't think he understood the nuanced argument that Putin was making.
Carlson might be an idiot (useful or otherwise), but Putin certainly isn't. If anything, he just showed he's not the cartoon villain, Lex Luthor character he's made out to be... if perfectly rational and open to negotiations, but that the US cannot negotiate based on simplistic assumptions about territory and recent events.
The post-World War II placement of national borders and their inviolability by force is the cornerstone of the post-World War II peace, and in this instance is over land that Russia had renounced several times by treaty.
The historical basis of his claims are irrelevant if the method he uses to press the issue is military force: those are by their nature invalid. Otherwise we go back the old ways.
I only saw this response now, but one thing that occurs to me is 75 plus years of maintaining boundries in Europe is a pretty impressive record. And at the time these boundries were set, the Soviet Union was more or less accepted as a single entitity. You may be a scholar of this and I'm not, but was Ukraine seen as a "country" or as an internal division of the Soviet Union? If the latter, and considering its own borders were tweaked post WWII for various reasons, I don't know how much weight to give to whatever was decided back then, over any other historical consideration.
At any rate, the Russians and Ukrainian working out their dispute at negotiations would certainly be less deadly than the way its being done now.
Yeah I'm sure Tucker's real busted up that some nobody from Liberal Circlejerk Website #39,728 totally stuck it to him. How many heads of state have you interviewed lately? Note: The voices in your head don't count.
Are you really simping for the heir to the Swanson frozen dinner empire? Does he really need you to stand up for him against a comedy article written as if it was from Putin's point of view? How pathetic is your little life that you need to get on your knees for some doughy rich dude who will never know you exist or give a shit about your life? Thanks for the laugh, cuck.
***Priceless*** 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Six bucks ???!!!???
Ta, Gary. You deserve a medal, or a vacation, or why not both?
What a bunch of fucking weirdos these people are.
Is Tucker Carlson selling out America? We can't know for sure. We can't say for sure.
I'm imagining tucker delivered maralago docs in exchange for the pee tape. And putin laughing while he hands tucker a copy of a copy of a copy...
in a pee-stained cover
I would say, "Chef's kiss", had it not be say many times before the time of now.
My lasting memory of Tucker Carlson is the brutal beating John Stewart gave him years ago. In a just world that would have been the end of Carlson’s career and he’d be selling crab juice in front of the UN.
Yeah, who was that other guy with tucker, acting as the 'counterpoint' to the 'point'? Stewart skewered them both.
It was Paul Begala who worked for Bill Clinton, and is a fixture on CNN. Maybe crossfire was a dumb show. I never watched, but Paul Begala is a good guy.
Canned clam juice, more likely, because he’s a MONSTER.
Way back when I was a Yute or Youngun' whatever, the Soviet Union was reviled by Republicans.
Fast forward to the 2000s:
o Republican Party color becomes red.
o "Better Dead Than Red" loses its anti-communist cachet. New interpretations ascribed.
o Most Republicans love the autocracy and strongman displays from Putin when before they hated Kruschev, Breshnev, Gorbachev, and other S.U. strongmen.
o In a complete flip, the Democrats now accuse the Republicans of cozying up with Russia. Back in the day, it was the Republicans who accused the Dems of being too soft on the former S.U.
There are other examples which I can't think of because the world has turned upside down and my brain hurts most of the time these days.
The only things remaining are that most Americans still don't understand the difference between communism and socialism, Boris and Natasha are still funny as hell, and Spy vs. Spy still seems relevant. I am old.
In our great national divorce, I never expected that the left would get custody of the football players, while the right got the Russian fellow travellers.
I also never expected that the left would get the FBI agents, and the right would get the woowoo medical quacks.
This is where I'm at too. The only thing that hasn't changed is the rabid anti-Communist rhetoric. But those espousing it conflate Communism with socialism and simultaneously think Russia is now a democracy or something not-commie/socialie, so it's ok now. Even though its current dictator is (exNKVD, ex)KGB.
"Way back when I was a Yute or Youngun' whatever, the Soviet Union was reviled by Republicans."
I don't think there were ever many Americans who liked the USSR, at least not after we learned what it was like under Stalin. The debate was always how we should deal with them, somewhere between "can't we all just get along" and "nuke-fest".
Comparing then to now, though, were there any Americans of any prominence who defended the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, like you see some Republicans defending Putin and Ukraine? I'm sure there were actual members of CPUSA who did, but were there any notable media figures or Congress-critters who accepted Brezhnev's rationale?
There was always a tankie left sympathetic to the Soviet Union; hell, the name "tankie" stems from Soviet-sympathetic leftists trying to justify the Soviet Union's brutal suppression of the Hungarian revolution against Soviet rule. They've never been influential or wielded actual power in the U.S., but they existed. To an extent, they still exist.
The difference between tankies then and tankies now is that earlier tankies were sympathetic to the Soviet Union's (stated) ideological goals, while tankies now are only pro-Russia in its capacity of being anti-American. To modern tankies, all sins are forgiven if a given country is opposed to the U.S.
Wannabe fascist interviews actual Nazi. News at 11.
I've read that Carlson struggled to say much during the interview, but in fairness to Tucker, it's difficult to talk while tossing someone's salad.
Michigan chiropractor chased by moose while skiing in Jackson Hole, Wyoming:
https://youtu.be/SQLV-z9ocd8
Jackson Hole is closed. The moose out front should have told you.
Möösen are having a moment, eh?
Why did this happen? It's a total....... [puts on sunglasses]...... moose-tery!
Funny and frightening, all at the same time.
"Such strange little man! He looked so confused the whole time. Like little puppy with first chew toy. He bite, toy squeak, he hop away and stare at toy for two minutes as if it might bite back. Then he bite again, toy squeak, he yip, Vladimir laugh at him." The best description of Sucker that I have ever read. Thank you!
I don't think I have ever seen anything by Tucker Carleson... never saw his show, and other than a few clips discussing what he said, or did -- then again, I find reporters who hold themselves out as "pundits" just silly. That said, although Putin has been interviewed several times by "western" journalists, but not in the English language media (which is the only thing people in the US would pay any attention to)... Carlson -- having a large following, or at least getting attention from sites like this (all publicity is good publicity) -- he's a "useful idiot".
That said, using a historial analysis to justify policy isn't something you find in the US, but is SOP in most of the world. That is, where US policy makers (or those explaining policy) might in a stretch think back as far as the Second World War, in other countries, it's not unusal to draw on the last several centuries, It's no wonder Carlson had that lost puppy-dog look... besides not understanding Russian, I don't think he understood the nuanced argument that Putin was making.
Carlson might be an idiot (useful or otherwise), but Putin certainly isn't. If anything, he just showed he's not the cartoon villain, Lex Luthor character he's made out to be... if perfectly rational and open to negotiations, but that the US cannot negotiate based on simplistic assumptions about territory and recent events.
But then, although
The post-World War II placement of national borders and their inviolability by force is the cornerstone of the post-World War II peace, and in this instance is over land that Russia had renounced several times by treaty.
The historical basis of his claims are irrelevant if the method he uses to press the issue is military force: those are by their nature invalid. Otherwise we go back the old ways.
I only saw this response now, but one thing that occurs to me is 75 plus years of maintaining boundries in Europe is a pretty impressive record. And at the time these boundries were set, the Soviet Union was more or less accepted as a single entitity. You may be a scholar of this and I'm not, but was Ukraine seen as a "country" or as an internal division of the Soviet Union? If the latter, and considering its own borders were tweaked post WWII for various reasons, I don't know how much weight to give to whatever was decided back then, over any other historical consideration.
At any rate, the Russians and Ukrainian working out their dispute at negotiations would certainly be less deadly than the way its being done now.
WHOOPS... posted before edited.
I want to see Tucker visit Ukraine. I don’t think it would be a warm welcome.
"Should go to Exclusion Zone. Very impressive area. Stay a few days."
Who funded Tucker Carlson's propaganda stunt?
Probably himself. He's a trust fund nepo attention whore.