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Jackie Calmes on CNN; Putin and Trump vs Putin and Obama

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CALMES: I was struck that Putin didn’t project a more, umm, steely confidence at the beginning.

CALMES: He looked down a lot, he didn’t make eye contact often, and President Trump was constantly making eye contact, or trying to, with him. So it was interesting. I just wondered what was — ’cause I’ve been in the room with Putin and when it was President Obama, and he’d usually be sitting back on the chair like that to just telegraphing disrespect. But it was a different Putin I saw there.
What was there to respect with Obama?

He was a teleprompter reader. A light-weight. The job was "above his paygrade". He was a child in a man's game... and everybody knew it... Putin wanted to ensure everybody knew and saw that he knew Obama was a weakling and that he had zero respect for him.

He obviously succeeded.
 
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nuthin' like being two of the most (perceived) confident & strong leaders, alone in a room together, and gazing into the eyes of the other .......... :eek:
 
^^ Spot on

Obama vs Putin and Trump combined is a demigod vs two midgets
 
What was there to respect with Obama?

He was a teleprompter reader. A light-weight. The job was "above his paygrade". He was a child in a man's game... and everybody knew it... Putin wanted to ensure everybody knew and saw that he knew Obama was a weakling and that he had zero respect for him.

He obviously succeeded.

Obama isn't a stark raving moron who only cares about himself ... so stop trying to make comparisons, it's silly.

Trump talks tough, but we all know better ... are you afraid of him? Does anything Trump strike fear in you?

Between YOU and Trump, who would YOU think is The Weakling?
 
nuthin' like being two of the most (perceived) confident & strong leaders, alone in a room together, and gazing into the eyes of the other .......... :eek:

Did anyone check to see if Trumps Ears got bigger?

I know his lips look a little moist.
 
What was there to respect with Obama?

He was a teleprompter reader. A light-weight. The job was "above his paygrade". He was a child in a man's game... and everybody knew it... Putin wanted to ensure everybody knew and saw that he knew Obama was a weakling and that he had zero respect for him.






He obviously succeeded.

So........I'm confused, CNN posts positive re Trump and they deserve a Pulitzer, CNN posts negative re Trump they are "fake news?"
 
What was there to respect with Obama?

He was a teleprompter reader. A light-weight. The job was "above his paygrade". He was a child in a man's game... and everybody knew it... Putin wanted to ensure everybody knew and saw that he knew Obama was a weakling and that he had zero respect for him.

He obviously succeeded.

reaganteleprompter.jpg

"Mr. Gorbachov, tear down...... Oh, dear, where are my glasses?"
 
What was there to respect with Obama?

He was a teleprompter reader. A light-weight. The job was "above his paygrade". He was a child in a man's game... and everybody knew it... Putin wanted to ensure everybody knew and saw that he knew Obama was a weakling and that he had zero respect for him.

He obviously succeeded.

The left thinks in terms of, what's good for them, not the country. It's an unparalleled level of selfishness. DJT did good for the country, which is terrible for the left.
 
Obama isn't a stark raving moron who only cares about himself ... so stop trying to make comparisons, it's silly.
A reporter from the LA Times was on CNN explaining her experiences watching Obama and Putin over the years... vs. what SHE saw with Putin and Obama.

Trump talks tough, but we all know better ... are you afraid of him? Does anything Trump strike fear in you?
"We"? Whom might you be speaking on behalf of? Try speaking for yourself, or define the party you claim to represent.

Now...

What do you know better?

How to win against Trump? That'd be something. You do know you could make millions sharing this expertise? You do know why... do you not?

Let me assist you.

You could have told the 16 other R's and Hillary, Obama and the Goebbels Media how to win... because they failed spectacularly. Nobody has beaten Trump yet... yet you know how? LOL...

Between YOU and Trump, who would YOU think is The Weakling?
We're both Alpha males. We'd get along just great. We both have testicles... unlike Obama. Sad fact is, Hillary had as many testicles as Obama, but more testosterone.
 
The left thinks in terms of, what's good for them, not the country. It's an unparalleled level of selfishness. DJT did good for the country, which is terrible for the left.

We had 8-years of it.

Everything was about how this or that would concern Obama.
 
The left thinks in terms of, what's good for them, not the country. It's an unparalleled level of selfishness. DJT did good for the country, which is terrible for the left.

Lulz. I love unintentional irony. It's the most delicious kind.
 
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"Mr. Gorbachov, tear down...... Oh, dear, where are my glasses?"

Obama without a teleprompteur was a lost camper. Reagan had core beliefs, pro-American beliefs and could espouse them extemporaneously. Obama couldn't, for fear of revealing his anti-American core.
 
So........I'm confused, CNN posts positive re Trump and they deserve a Pulitzer, CNN posts negative re Trump they are "fake news?"

A blind mutt finds rotted meat once in a while.

You can be sure... the LA Times contributor's comments were not appreciated.
 
Obama without a teleprompteur was a lost camper.

Newp. No evidence indicates that.
Reagan had core beliefs, pro-American beliefs and could espouse them extemporaneously.

Which he betrayed over and over again at the drop of a hat. You should really consider learning some history instead of worshiping the man as an idol.
Obama couldn't, for fear of revealing his anti-American core.

Since he wasn't anti-American, he could harbor no such fear.

Next.
 
Newp. No evidence indicates that.
Ample evidence.
Think if Trump was so incoherent... once?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2wS8B1Qp5kQ

Which he betrayed over and over again at the drop of a hat. You should really consider learning some history instead of worshiping the man as an idol.
He achieved:
1. Tax reform.
2. Strong military.
3. Revitalized economy (that kept booming after he left... after years of stagflation).
4. Ended the Evil Empire.

The only thing he didn;t accomplish was defecit reduction. D's ran Congress and spent, and spent, and spent the massive revenues that were pouring in. Reagan didn't shut down government over it. Perhaps he should have.

Time for you to learn some history. You have... and you can thank me later.

Since he wasn't anti-American, he could harbor no such fear.
Ahhh ... don;t sell your fellow Alinskyite short. He was a model anti-American with a big chip on his shoulder... and he did a decent job of fooling people of both...

...But... the fooling did not last long. He gutted the Demokrat Partei, and helped Hillary lose the election.

Those were his this anti-American's most positive contributions.
 
Ample evidence.
Think if Trump was so incoherent... once?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2wS8B1Qp5kQ

A. Five minutes cannot rationally construed to represent a political career of over 12 years.
B. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4546796/donald-trump-sentence

"Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes,
OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart
—you know, if you're a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if,
like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the
smartest people anywhere in the world—it's true!—but when you're a
conservative Republican they try—oh, do they do a number—that's
why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went
there, went there, did this, built a fortune—you know I have to give my
like credentials all the time, because we're a little disadvantaged—but
you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me—it would
have been so easy, and it's not as important as these lives are (nuclear
is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the
power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of
what's going to happen and he was right—who would have thought?),
but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners—now it
used to be three, now it's four—but when it was three and even now, I
would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because,
you know, they don't, they haven't figured that the women are smarter
right now than the men, so, you know, it's gonna take them about
another 150 years—but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us."
He achieved:
1. Tax reform.

He raised taxes at least 11 times.
2. Strong military.

Also traded arms for hostages, betraying his own "We will not negotiate with terrorists" bull****. Also got 241 Marines blown up, engaged in penny ante bull**** like invading Granada, etc....
3. Revitalized economy (that kept booming after he left... after years of stagflation).

And blew up the national debt that we're still paying down, increased trade deficits, etc...
4. Ended the Evil Empire.

The most hilarious bit of historically illiterate revisionist ignorance yet. Nice!

No, he didn't do that.
The only thing he didn;t accomplish was defecit reduction. D's ran Congress and spent, and spent, and spent the massive revenues that were pouring in. Reagan didn't shut down government over it. Perhaps he should have.

For a guy who thought government was the problem, he expanded the size, scope, power, reach and cost of gov't to levels unheard of before his time.
Time for you to learn some history. You have... and you can thank me later.

Seriously, since you don't know history, why embarrass yourself by trying to talk about it?
Ahhh ... don;t sell your fellow Alinskyite short. He was a model anti-American with a big chip on his shoulder... and he did a decent job of fooling people of both...

Lulz. I love it when Marxists like you have no rational answer and are forced to eat your words.
...But... the fooling did not last long. He gutted the Demokrat Partei, and helped Hillary lose the election.

Those were his this anti-American's most positive contributions.

Sorry you couldn't actually back up any of your claims.
 
Given the Russian surge of spies coming into the u.s. putin is obviously playing Trump for a patsy
 
A. Five minutes cannot rationally construed to represent a political career of over 12 years.
B. https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4546796/donald-trump-sentence

"Look, having nuclear—my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes,
OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart
—you know, if you're a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if,
like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the
smartest people anywhere in the world—it's true!—but when you're a
conservative Republican they try—oh, do they do a number—that's
why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went
there, went there, did this, built a fortune—you know I have to give my
like credentials all the time, because we're a little disadvantaged—but
you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me—it would
have been so easy, and it's not as important as these lives are (nuclear
is powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the
power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of
what's going to happen and he was right—who would have thought?),
but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners—now it
used to be three, now it's four—but when it was three and even now, I
would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because,
you know, they don't, they haven't figured that the women are smarter
right now than the men, so, you know, it's gonna take them about
another 150 years—but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us."

He raised taxes at least 11 times.

Also traded arms for hostages, betraying his own "We will not negotiate with terrorists" bull****. Also got 241 Marines blown up, engaged in penny ante bull**** like invading Granada, etc....

And blew up the national debt that we're still paying down, increased trade deficits, etc...

The most hilarious bit of historically illiterate revisionist ignorance yet. Nice!

No, he didn't do that.

For a guy who thought government was the problem, he expanded the size, scope, power, reach and cost of gov't to levels unheard of before his time.

Seriously, since you don't know history, why embarrass yourself by trying to talk about it?

Lulz. I love it when Marxists like you have no rational answer and are forced to eat your words.

Sorry you couldn't actually back up any of your claims.

I said he was useless without a teleprompteur, and he is.

Trump can give speeches extemporaneously, as Reagan could, because their core beliefs are pro-American and pro-Liberty... Obama needed the Teleprompteur crutch to shield people from his true anti-American, anti-Capitalist hostile beliefs.

Reagan:
1. The highest tax rate was 27% when he left office.
2. He didn't trade arms for hostages.
3. His tax reductions caused all boats to rise (JFK analogy), and that brought masses of revenue to the government. Demokrats, as they are apt to do, spent, spent, and spent more. (In case you did not know...Congress holds the purse strings).
4. Former Soviets admit he brought down the USSR. He did it through economics and escalating the arms race. Star Wars scared the **** out of the USSR.

Here... from ARTE France... a short bit explaining Reagan and included... how he brought down the USSR.
Enjoy!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUHFde_GYu8

PS. Me a Marxist. LOL... that's perhaps the funniest thing I or anyone here has read on DP.

You see Obama's reign of error a great success for the Demokrat Party? Me too. I love the fact he gutted the party and made it regional. To me, that's success when it comes to Demokrats. The more you lose, and think it's a win... the better.
 
Obama without a teleprompteur was a lost camper. Reagan had core beliefs, pro-American beliefs and could espouse them extemporaneously. Obama couldn't, for fear of revealing his anti-American core.


One of these days you're going to have to get used to the idea that a black man was president
 
I said he was useless without a teleprompteur, and he is.

Trump can give speeches extemporaneously, as Reagan could, because their core beliefs are pro-American and pro-Liberty... Obama needed the Teleprompteur crutch to shield people from his true anti-American, anti-Capitalist hostile beliefs.

Reagan:
1. The highest tax rate was 27% when he left office.
2. He didn't trade arms for hostages.
3. His tax reductions caused all boats to rise (JFK analogy), and that brought masses of revenue to the government. Demokrats, as they are apt to do, spent, spent, and spent more. (In case you did not know...Congress holds the purse strings).
4. Former Soviets admit he brought down the USSR. He did it through economics and escalating the arms race. Star Wars scared the **** out of the USSR.

Here... from ARTE France... a short bit explaining Reagan and included... how he brought down the USSR.
Enjoy!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUHFde_GYu8

PS. Me a Marxist. LOL... that's perhaps the funniest thing I or anyone here has read on DP.

You see Obama's reign of error a great success for the Demokrat Party? Me too. I love the fact he gutted the party and made it regional. To me, that's success when it comes to Demokrats. The more you lose, and think it's a win... the better.


Trying to defend reagen is like trying to defend Trump. embarrassing
 
One of these days you're going to have to get used to the idea that a black man was president

One day you'll just put away the race card and not post when you have nothing to say.

As for the Reagan comment... I'll let it stand as is... as a monument to ignorance.
 
One day you'll just put away the race card and not post when you have nothing to say.

As for the Reagan comment... I'll let it stand as is... as a monument to ignorance.


another right wing dishonest post
 
I said he was useless without a teleprompteur, and he is.

LOL! Stomping your feet and clenching your fists white in impotent rage won't make it magically true. Sorry, reality doesn't work that way.
Trump can give speeches extemporaneously, as Reagan could, because their core beliefs are pro-American and pro-Liberty... Obama needed the Teleprompteur crutch to shield people from his true anti-American, anti-Capitalist hostile beliefs.

No, he simply can't, and never has, or you could point to examples, and Obama simply has no such beliefs. Why continue try and pass your Make-Believe fantasies off as reality?
Reagan:
1. The highest tax rate was 27% when he left office.

Irrelevant to what I stated.
2. He didn't trade arms for hostages.

Objective fact: yes, he did.
3. His tax reductions caused all boats to rise (JFK analogy), and that brought masses of revenue to the government. Demokrats, as they are apt to do, spent, spent, and spent more. (In case you did not know...Congress holds the purse strings).

Oh, dear. No, I'm sorry, they didn't: https://mises.org/library/myths-reaganomics
4. Former Soviets admit he brought down the USSR. He did it through economics and escalating the arms race. Star Wars scared the **** out of the USSR.

And reality dictates that he didn't. They had long been on the inevitable course to implosion, quite apart from Reagan.
Here... from ARTE France... a short bit explaining Reagan and included... how he brought down the USSR.
Enjoy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MUHFde_GYu8

Yawn. A video? Here, try something not based in hero-worship: https://www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...agan-nor-the-united-states-won-the-cold-war-2
PS. Me a Marxist. LOL... that's perhaps the funniest thing I or anyone here has read on DP.

LOL! Only a Marxist would have posted that.
You see Obama's reign of error a great success for the Demokrat Party? Me too. I love the fact he gutted the party and made it regional. To me, that's success when it comes to Demokrats. The more you lose, and think it's a win... the better.

It's OK that you had to run from each of your points and couldn't back them up.

I've never seen you do anything else.
 
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