Posted on 05/12/2014 11:08:29 AM PDT by nhwingut
You'll be shocked to know that Russian President Vladimir Putin led his team to victory in an exhibition hockey game in Sochi last night. Putin scored six goals and five assists in a 21-4 rout.
The match wasn't entirely devoid of the Ukrainian crisis context. Before the game there was a moment of silence for pro-Russian separatists killed the day in the town of Mariupol. But then Putin hit the ice.
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The man in that photo is wearing a shirt, how do we know it is actually him?
Bttt
I’d like to see the Whiner-in-Chief attempt this. With 20 Secret Service folks skating beside and running interference for him, he should do well. That is, if he could stand on skates...
That’s nothing, Kim Jong-Il never skated before and still scored 10 goals in his first hockey game.
Sounds just like last year’s NFL All-Star game...
Whatever you may think of Putin, or Obama, Putin projects the image of a “Man’s Man”, while Obama projects the imagine of a pansy Metrosexual.
And the whole world notes the difference.
One is respected, the other is laughed at. It isn’t tough to figure out which is which.
Check Putin - end up in Siberia!
On the one hand, there was no danger of him getting seriously checked, and there is every incentive to pass the goal to him when he was in position.
On the other hand, he was willing to show off his skating and stick handling skills in front of thousands of people, which is quite the contrast to Kim Jung Il’s golf outings.
Okay Joe probono...hit us!!
It’s even more than the “man’s man” thing. How can ANYONE respect the leader of ANY country who obviously doesn’t like his country very much? The insanity of electing such a person to the highest office in the land is only now being realized by the vast majority of Americans.
"Our Country won't go on forever, if we stay soft as we are now.
There won't be any America because some foreign soldiery will
invade us and take our women and breed a hardier race!"-- Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC
This would be the equivalent of President Obama playing in an amateur basketball league in Chicago and scoring 100 points.
What’s the punishment for playing actual defense against President Beefcake?
Even with his team playing with an empty net the whole game!
What a guy!!
With one skate AND one hand tied behind his back... and his uniform set aflame... while downing a gallon of Vodka.
Truly... an amazing athlete...
There’s nothing wrong with Putin trying to create a Legend for himself.Afterall Obama has been doing the same thing for the last six years and failing miserably at it.
Obama and Putin are mirror images of each other.
Putin must have had Bryzgalov in the net for the other team.
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