He don't believe anything he broadcasts. We learned that from his text messages around 1/6.
Many journalists over the years have interviewed the likes of Putin, Brezhnev and Castro. What's your point? An interview is not an endorsement.
That would be true Mitchell. I will say mostly true. It is about ratings and money. But more democrats watch him than they do cnn and msnbc combined. He had the same ratings with pubs as Hannity and the others. The difference with tucker was how incredibly well he performed with democrats. You notice will knows exactly what he has been up to lately, but forgot Rachel Madcow was still on the air. He is Tucker’s bitch without knowing he is his bitch. It is magic.
It doesn't make any sense to talk about food prices either. I guess Tucker would be extremely impressed with the Presidents of African and S. American countries as well. The poorer the country, the cheaper the prices in the grocery store. It's the reason a lot of retirees end up in countries like Thailand, Costa Rica etc. They can live like kings on a fairly modest retirement.
Prices arent relative in either direction. In countries that have socialized med and all kinds of subsidies, they may have fewer take home dollars and more diposable income. That's why attacking Carlson on the income/price angle is absurd.
He’s certainly not embarrassed. He’s an absolute traitor. You don’t go to Russia and stump for the effing communists.
An interview is not an endorsement, but an endorsement is an endorsement.
No, I didn't watch. Was it any different than the deference the MSM pays to Obama and Biden?
I get it. You don’t like the democrats. Nor do I. But the answer is to run better candidates so we can win elections, not cozy up to the freaking Russian communists.
I’m being argumentative I know but the Republicans ran better candidates for Senate in Nevada, Washington and Pennsylvania and went 0-3. Perhaps it would have mattered in Georgia, but not in those 3 states. Some folks like myself can’t stand Russia but when 25% of our Ukrain aid is being siffened off (I heard that estimate on a radio show recently) by their leadership it certainly makes you pause or be more cautious
I don't disagree on the part about running better candidates. But I don't dislike Dems. I strongly disagree with the far left of the party.
It would appear this is a new version of TDS for you and others. Tucker Derangement Syndrome.
cnn and msnbc combined usually have more viewers than Fox. Fox is still#1 as Democrats are split.
Add them all up…zero doubt, there’s definitely more bat crazies
Appears you have it all figured out except for not realizing that the media is shaping your opinions for you. The corporate media is trashing the interview as “cozying up” and stumping for him. LOL. And you take it all in at face value.
Ever heard of the Maiden Revolution? Guessing no, but I bet you have your flag up for a country that you couldn’t find on a map in 2019.
Hey, how are you!
As we are all enlightened by you and your commentary. I take your derision as a badge of honor and your retort was as thoughtful as I expected.
I don’t doubt you heard that on a radio show. But there is there any credible source that will support that figure? I’m genuinely curious. So many in this thread have linked to wacky websites that are not reputable.
You really nailed all the Russian propaganda points.
nationalinterest.org
This has already been debunked. The funny thing is, those subways were built like that in the height of communism. That's when they took all of the money from the "elite" and spent it on the "people". I assume you are probably a capitalist.
Sounds to me like you have been listening to Bill Clinton, one of the architects of the Budapest Memorandum, when Ukraine was talked into giving up it's nukes. Clinton has since pushed the idea that the US pushing the idea of Ukraine to Nato was didn't result in Russia going into Ukraine. After the US supported overthrow of the neutral Ukrainian president the Azov battalian formed You lost me at "Ukraine to NATO is total bunk". It isn't worth the time to explain the history of Putin's multiple efforts over the years to make it clear NATO presence on the western border of Russia, within 400 miles of Moscow, was a very red line. I have already laid out the facts leading up to the war.You really nailed all the Russian propaganda points.
Blaming the invasion entirely on any Western efforts to welcome Ukraine to NATO is total bunk. How do I know this? Because in the recent Putin/Tucker interview, Putin spent the first thirty minutes explaining the historical justification for the invasion, a review that started with regional history in 900 AD. Putin has stated repeatedly that he wants to reconstitute the Russo/Soviet empire. His aims are clear.
Putin also managed to blame Poland's lack of compliance with Nazi demands for Germany's invasion in 1939. That tells us a lot about how Putin views the world and what his expectations are regarding smaller, less powerful countries.
This article is a helpful source on the topic.
What Does Tucker Carlson’s Vladimir Putin Interview Mean for the Ukraine War?
Whatever Carlson’s motivations, the interview has provided analysts with useful new data on the Russian president’s thinking.
Stop blaming the victim and western powers for an entirely unjustified invasion. It's bullshit propaganda, which is exactly what Tucker's "tour" of Moscow was.
Food costs as a percentage of monthly take home is relevant, prices compared to far wealthier western economies is not, and touting the affordable groceries as some point of superiority for Russia is dumb or duplicitous. Tucker is not dumb, even if many of his viewers are, so safe to say he knew exactly what he was doing.
Tucker said twice (for emphasis) that his trip to the Moscow grocery store radicalized him against US leaders? Really? I'm sorry, that's inflammatory propaganda of the worst kind.
The Moscow subway was a crown jewel of Stalin's efforts to demonstrate how socialism was superior to capitalism and he spent massive amounts of money on it. By the way, interesting and relevant historical footnote that while the grand Moscow subway was being built, Stalin was intentionally starving the people of Ukraine in an effort to quell any sense of Ukrainian nationalism. 3.9m Ukrainians died. Funny coincidence for Tucker to focus on the subway as Russia is murdering Ukrainians again.
Putin jails, poisons and murders the press, his political opposition and anyone else who stands against him. At least 400 people were arrested, and many beaten, for coming out in a non-violent show of support for Navalny.
Ukraine surrendered their nukes back to Russia as part of the trade to become a free and sovereign country and has done nothing to justify a massive invasion by Russia.
Doesnt matter when the subways were built or why. That wasn’t the point. The point was a comparison to the US subways. Especially in regards to safety. Never mind how orderly and beautiful they are. I spent a couple of weeks in two cities in Russia as well. Still in touch with several over there. Tucker’s job was to let Putin speak so we could learn more about him. Putin was expecting Tucker to get in to a back and forth blame game and was surprised he didn’t. It wasn’t the goal waste time on obvious denial answers. He did make him uncomfortable on four journalist.
It’s good to have some insight into the mind of Putin. He’s evil and our enemy but better to hear from the evil one directly than our corrupt media who can’t be believed. He did what real journalists do. Hard for the MSNBC lovers to see investigative journalism when all the MSM does is parrot the Democrats talking points.
