Russia This Week: Ultranationalist Politician Urges Men to Rape Women Reporters on Good Friday

The Interpreter Mag ^ | 18 Apr 14 | Catherine A. Fitzpatrick

[elhombrelibre]

Here is a pretty good example of the backwardness and benighted Russian type of politician. Is it any wonder that Putin has a fan club, too, if Zhirinovsky can get elected to anything?

Zhirinovsky represents the lowbrow Russian chauvinism that is the foundation of Putin's strange brew of klepto-crony-capitalim and war socialism.

[lodi90]

He is Vice Chairman of the Duma.

[elhombrelibre]

You’d think he’d not be qualified to do anything but sit on a bar stool at a joint with no customers and rant to himself.

[Kozak]

And the usual group of Putin A## kissers and slavish Russophiles in 3, 2,1...

[elhombrelibre]

No kidding.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

The mentally ill talking to the mentally ill.

[LRoggy]

He also probably supports Obamacare in principle . . .

[DJ Taylor]

I can smell the Vodka on his breath all the way over here.

[teeman8r]

I guess it loses something in the translation

[Cen-Tejas]

Now I understand General Pattons extremely low opinions of Russians better.....

[dfwgator]

Zhironosky is definitely a "Сукин Сын".

[freefdny]

And he’s a son of a bitch too.

[wideawake]

This blasphemous animal is one of the highest ranking lieutenants of Vladimir Putin in "Orthodox Russia."

I'll wait for the contingent of FReepers who have a crush on Putin to explain to us why we should applaud this degenerate.

[Genoa]

There: state-controlled media. Here: media-controlled state. There: politicians abuse press. Here: press abuse politicians. Better here, yes?

[wetphoenix]

He is a licensed clown, his voters are keeping him in Duma for fun. That was far from being one of the most ridiculous of his statements.

[wideawake]

People do not vote for someone consistently for 20 years because they think he is amusing.

His fellow parliamentarians in the Duma did not make him vice chairman twice for comic relief.

This guy is a important representative precisely because he represents an important and influential segment of Russian society.

[Genoa]

Yesterday the critics were panning Putin's unforgettable "It's Too Cold in Alaska," which is a classic. Now you're trashing "Furies," a signature piece of the great Zhirinovsky. You people just don't appreciate Russian comedy.

[dfwgator]

Kind of like our version of Alan Grayson.

[sitetest]

How much different is this ass from our own Harry Reid?

[elhombrelibre]

I can only guess that they’re truly blinded by the idiotic and harmful policies of Obama. And, in their rage, they fawn over a foreign autocrat instead of keeping their same keen alertness to the obnoxious effects of narcissism and statism.