{"id":5651,"date":"2017-03-28T05:21:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T05:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/03\/28\/the-russian-farce\/"},"modified":"2017-03-28T05:21:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T05:21:40","slug":"the-russian-farce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2017\/03\/28\/the-russian-farce\/","title":{"rendered":"The Russian Farce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/node\/446148\/print\">Teaser quotation<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">From Russia\u2019s point of view, considering their strategic and economic interests, a pliable Obama 2.0 would have been far better than Trump, with his pro-oil-and-gas domestic agenda, his promised defense buildup, and his unpredictable Jacksonian promises to help friends and hurt enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino; font-size: 11pt;\">Well, duh. &#0160;The sheer stupidity of the Dem line on all of this should inspire the right-thinking to have contempt for the jackass party &#0160;forever more. &#0160;Be grateful that the jackasses are out and the Jacksonian is in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c01b7c8e5274d970b-pi\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Russia\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a010535ce1cf6970c01b7c8e5274d970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/.a\/6a010535ce1cf6970c01b7c8e5274d970b-320wi\" title=\"Russia\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#0160;<\/p>\n<fieldset class=\"zemanta-related\">\n<legend class=\"zemanta-related-title\">Related articles<\/legend>\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul zemanta-article-ul-image\" style=\"margin: 0; padding: 0; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li-image zemanta-article-ul-li\" style=\"padding: 0; background: none; list-style: none; display: block; float: left; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 84px; font-size: 11px; margin: 2px 10px 10px 2px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2015\/03\/vera-menchik.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"box-shadow: 0px 0px 4px #999; padding: 2px; display: block; border-radius: 2px; text-decoration: none;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.zemanta.com\/331589472_80_80.jpg\" style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; border: 0; display: block; width: 80px; max-width: 100%;\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/maverickphilosopher.typepad.com\/maverick_philosopher\/2015\/03\/vera-menchik.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"display: block; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: none; line-height: 12pt; height: 80px; padding: 5px 2px 0 2px;\" target=\"_blank\">Vera Menchik<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/fieldset>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaser quotation: From Russia\u2019s point of view, considering their strategic and economic interests, a pliable Obama 2.0 would have been far better than Trump, with his pro-oil-and-gas domestic agenda, his promised defense buildup, and his unpredictable Jacksonian promises to help friends and hurt enemies. 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