Dick Tater

The American right has long admired Vladimir Putin. The Former Guy ' s groveling to him is of course notorious. Many ascribe it to blackmail, and that might be part of it, but admiration for autocracy among American conservatives is real. Just witness the love for Hungarian strong manVictor Orban, who headlined the recent Conservative Political Action Conference. American conservatives particularly admire Putin because he symbolizes for them a form of machismo that they equate with national power and military effectiveness. Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted last year that “[p]erhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea,” as he fawned over a video comparing a hypermacho Russian military recruitment ad featuring shirtless, muscular Russian male recruits to a U.S. ad showcasing diverse American recruits representative of what the country actually lo oks like. In the same vein, BlazeTV host Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report said when comparing the U.S. and Russian recruitment videos: “We’re screwed, people. … Can you imagine that Russian guy coming up against that girl? … If you give me an East Village lesbian versus Vladimir Putin, who’s going to win?” A Fox News article surveying these responses to the opposing recruitment strategies between Russia and the United Stateshighlighted posts by conservatives on Twitter, including one that read, “Pick your fighter.” Funny thing about that. The war has ...
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