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Tucker Carlson visits Russia, attends ballet

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by citygator, Feb 4, 2024.

  1. exiledgator

    exiledgator Gruntled

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    That doesn't matter. The rubes will lap up the narrative as given to them.

    Tucker will kick his wounds, cash his check, and do it again.
     
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  2. Trickster

    Trickster VIP Member

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    The more I read about this creep, the more I wish he’d stay in Russia. The only way to defend/excuse this traitorous POS is to be a a Putin sympathizer, which is just inconceivable to this veteran.
     
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  3. sierragator

    sierragator GC Hall of Fame

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    Complete russophile pos. A modern day Tokyo Rose.
     
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  4. mikemcd810

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    Good Twitter thread calling out Putin's lies during the interview

     
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  5. mikemcd810

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    @vegasfox why is the Kremlin censoring parts of the interview they didn't like? Isn't it important for all Russians to at least hear what Tucker and Putin have to say?

     
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  6. GatorJMDZ

    GatorJMDZ gatorjack VIP Member

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    Putin's target audience was people wearing those red truck stop baseball caps proven to cause brain damage.
     
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  7. PITBOSS

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    “ Ahead of the interview, Carlson claimed that “not a single Western journalist has bothered” to interview Putin, despite numerous Western outlets requesting meetings with the Russian leader, only to be rebuffed. The Kremlin on Wednesday made clear that it deems those outlets to be biased, but approves of the stance taken by Carlson, who has publicly criticized aid to Ukraine

    Carlson, who was ousted from Fox News in April last year, was feted like a celebrity during his time in Moscow. Russian state media breathlessly followed his moves, publishing footage of him being mobbed by Russian reporters as he left his hotel on Wednesday and reporting that he managed to say the word ‘Spasibo’—‘thank you’ in Russian—as he purchased a burger at the Russian version of fast-food chain McDonald’s the same day.

    Throughout, the former Fox News anchor failed to challenge Putin about Russian atrocities in Ukraine or his sweeping crackdown on dissent at home…..The Kremlin had got what it wanted: a two-hour platform for Putin to communicate his ideas to the West,”

    https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/wh...m63kjnv3w1ko7dg&reflink=article_copyURL_share


    “Why do I care … what is going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia?” the host said. “And I’m serious. Why do I care? Why shouldn’t I root for Russia, which I am?”
    Carlson 11/2019
     
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  8. sierragator

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    “Why do I care … what is going on in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia?” the host said. “And I’m serious. Why do I care? Why shouldn’t I root for Russia, which I am?”
    Carlson 11/2019

    Tells you everything you need to know about Comrade Carlson.
     
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  9. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    And that's why Putin chose Carlson for the interview.
     
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  10. BLING

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    If only it were so easy as Tucker getting “a check” (presumably you mean from the Russian govt). That would leave no doubt about his allegiances. (at least from a legal perspective it would make him a foreign agent). Unfortunately zero chance it’s that clean.

    I suspect the financial angle was more just building his “brand” and website. He did it for clicks. Of course even granting him the “greed” aspect, some of his past arguments do make you question his loyalties.
     
  11. ursidman

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    Bug Tussle NC
    Chris Wallace, a former colleague at Fox said calling TC a useful idiot is unfair to useful idiots.
     
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  12. exiledgator

    exiledgator Gruntled

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    Imagine it's 1958. Or 1983. Or 2004. Russia (USSR) invades a sovereign Europe
    I meant clicks.
     
  13. GatorJMDZ

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    Putin is a wanted war criminal. Would love to see him take a little "vacay" in The Hague.

    Zelensky is a hero.

    Does your middle school still have "opposite day?"
     
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  14. flgator2

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    What type of criminal is Putin?
     
  15. G8trGr8t

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    Tuberville siding with Putin...smdh

    Senator Defending Putin Sparks Furious Backlash (msn.com)

    Tuberville took to X, formerly Twitter, on Friday to share his thoughts about Carlson's sit-down with the Russian leader.

    "Last night's @TuckerCarlson's interview with Putin shows that Russia is open to a peace agreement, while it is DC warmongers who want to prolong the war. That is why I'm voting to stop 60 BILLION MORE of our tax dollars to this conflict," the senator wrote.
     
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  16. GatorJMDZ

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    You have to wonder if Tuberville and Marjorie Taylor Greene had children if they would have any detectable brain function.
     
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  17. PITBOSS

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    Meanwhile Russia just this week bombed Ukrainian cities killing civilians, still has thousands of Ukrainian children they abducted, and as we discuss, the Russia army is actively invading into Ukraine and flatting cities.

    Tuberville is a good example of using demagoguery. It’s so much easier to glob on simplistic ideas vs actually understanding and discussing the more complex and unpleasant truth and solutions.


    Ukraine’s 'Underground Railroad' rescues abducted Ukrainian children from Russian reeducation camps | Fox News

    “Three Ukrainian teens who escaped from these camps with the help of their relatives and a group called Save Ukraine spoke to FOX News after testifying before the Congressional Helsinki Commission. 19-year-old Ksenia was kidnapped from their home in Kharkiv by Russian troops two years ago with her brother who was 10 years old at the time.”
     
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  18. citygator

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    Nail on the head.
     
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  19. sierragator

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    Russia invades Ukraine and we are the warmongers. Pootie loves the support. Thanks tubby.:rolleyes:
     
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  20. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    Anyone hearing echoes of "Ho Ho Ho Chi Minh, the Viet Cong are going to win?"