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Obama Calls to Congratulate Putin | The Weekly Standard

As the New York Times reported earlier in the week, there are serious charges that Putin rigged the election: "A day after claiming an overwhelming victory in Russia’s presidential election, Vladimir V. Putin on Monday faced a range of challenges to his legitimacy, including charges of fraud from international observers and a defiant opposition that vowed to keep him from serving his full six-year term."

Even the State Department called for an investigation into the election earlier in the week.

Yet with President Obama reportedly calling to congratulate Putin, apparently the White House isn't too concerned with the fraudulent election--or even its worrisome outcome.
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Why couldn't he have just said nothing?
 
Don't worry guys, Russia's our friend!
 
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American said:
Obama Calls to Congratulate Putin | The Weekly Standard

Why couldn't he have just said nothing?
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Why couldn't you assume he knows more about international diplomacy than you?

Putin has had an 90% approval rating for fricking ever. His popularity is waning, it's not implausible by any remote means that he won legitimately.
In fact, it's probably pretty certain he did.

****, the USA probably has 10% of its presidential votes inaccurately recorded, or illegitimate, or fraudulent, or cast by the dead, or people are screwed over waiting at a line to vote and never making it in.

Give it a rest.
 
The election results in Russia were generally consistent with pre-election polls and some exit polls showed that Putin received at least 58% of the vote. Despite some reported irregularities, Putin sill has strong majority support in Russia and getting along with Putin should be one of Obama's top priorities.
 
I suspect Obama was really calling to ask for advice and tips to get re-elected.
 
Putin didn't need to rig the election. Polls have shown him ahead for months. Surely people don't think Obama should have ignored Putin's win.
 
ThirdTerm said:
The election results in Russia were generally consistent with pre-election polls and some exit polls showed that Putin received at least 58% of the vote. Despite some reported irregularities, Putin sill has strong majority support in Russia and getting along with Putin should be one of Obama's top priorities.
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He has support in rural areas. Everyone in Moscow hates him.
 
Rosie1 said:
Putin didn't need to rig the election. Polls have shown him ahead for months. Surely people don't think Obama should have ignored Putin's win.
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Maybe he did need to and maybe he didn't need to. Either way, he did.

In a precinct in Chechnya he got more votes than there are people. In Chechnya. Putin is about as popular in Chechnya as Osama bin Laden is in New York.
 
I found it funny how just as this Putin is being elected they start running old Vlad Putin documentaries on TV. Same old tactics never fail

If you noticed, US media has a way of making other places- namely everywhere- look like breeding grounds for the anti-Christ if not sites for a civil apocalypse. I had just happened to talk to a Russian woman visiting the country a few days ago and she said there is strong support for him precisely because he is tough and won't be led about by US or EU interference.
 
American said:
Obama Calls to Congratulate Putin | The Weekly Standard

Why couldn't he have just said nothing?
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It's just what world leaders do for each other. I'm sure that Putin probably congratulated Obama when he was elected too. For Obama to not offer his congratulations might have upset US-Russian diplomatic relations. And there is no reason to do that when we wouldn't even be gaining anything by Obama's silence.
 
For the sake of US-Russian relations, it probably was not the worst decision.
 
Rosie1 said:
Putin didn't need to rig the election. Polls have shown him ahead for months. Surely people don't think Obama should have ignored Putin's win.
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Only conservatives, who know far more about foreign policy than the President of the United States or the State Department. It doesn't matter which President or which state department.
 
obama and putin having some agreements in development of country
 
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