Former Soviet Union Premiere Mikhail Gorbachev Says He‘ll ’Support Obama’
- Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:30pm by
Mytheos Holt
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In a story that is sure to delight conservatives with a sense of irony, former Soviet head honcho Mikhail Gorbachev has announced that he has every intention of supporting President Obama for reelection. It’s not quite an endorsement, but it’s as close as Gorbachev will probably get. You may remember that this is the same Mikhail Gorbachev who dissolved the Soviet Union, which he only did, according to some sources, after being thoroughly outgunned and outfoxed by former President Ronald Reagan in the 1980′s.
The endorsement came at, of all places, a high school, where Gorbachev was delivering a lecture in his capacity as the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner. The Chicago Sun Times sums up the event this way:
The 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner recalled a speech that he gave to a university audience of 12,000 shortly before Obama’s historic election in 2008.
Two young men were being “particularly persistent” on that day in seeking advice on how Gorbachev believed they should vote.
“When they asked this question, I said, ‘I don’t want to teach you because, often, America teaches others how they should live.’ If I give you advice, I said, that would be a risk,’” Gorbachev recalled Monday, speaking through an interpreter.
“But nevertheless, I did say, ‘I think you Americans need your own Perestroika.’ And 12,000 people rose from their seats and gave me an ovation. And I think that the elections that followed brought a new spirit to America. Of course, there are many people who don’t like what President Obama is doing. But, my opinion of him is very [favorable]. I will support him. However, there are still vested interests who want another Cold War, another arms race, weapons trade, interventions. They will not succeed.”
This raises the question of who Gorbachev means. The major enemies of the United States in the modern day tend to be Islamic theocratic states – in many cases, countries that tried to fight off the Soviet Union with equal zeal. Is he worried about another confrontation between the United States and Russia? Or does he know something about that “flexibility” that Obama promised Medvedev that the rest of us don’t?
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Comments (130)
VoteRightDammit
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:19pmYet more Soviet support for the Communist-In-Chief.
And think – the media has already morphed into Pravda! So little work left to do!
Report Post »Tony
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:31pmGorby knows communism and communists…..
Report Post »marhee9
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:37pmDon’t forget, he’s also got the support of Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and the Ayatollah Khomeni as well. That’s quite a line-up without even mentioning the commies in Hollywood that are behind him.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJC5Zw-ggrc
PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 10:15pmThis man’s 1988 book Perestroika was sent to all heads of state. On page 231 it says ” We must extirpate all genocide, all apartheid and religious exclusiveness. extirpate means = to kill off.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:27amI guess the “message got transmitted to to vladimir”…
Commie athiest evil bastards….
Sorry President Reagan, I know your shaking your head…….
Report Post »dadsrootbeer
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:07amCouldn’t have said it any better myself.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:54amRush was right. over 10 or 15 years ago, Rush (among others) said the reds became the greens. Gorbachev was one of them.
I just read about the wage compensation that the Soviet system paid to the workers. Khruschev tried to reform it & failed. Gorbachev tried to reform it & failed. Gorbachev was an engineer trained in the Soviet Union. He should know better as an engineer or as a seasoned citizen.
As an engineer you are taught some problems are intractable like trying to make large scale Communism work. As a seasoned citizen & an engineer he should know that Obama’s Socialist/Communists schemes will not work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_reform_in_the_Soviet_Union,_1956%E2%80%931962
Also as an engineer he should be skeptical of the Green Movements solutions.
Gorbachev has not become wiser with age just more of a crank.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 9:59amGorbachev “The 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner”
Why? Why Gorbachev & not Reagan. After Al Gore & Obama received Nobel prizes we know why?
What did Gorbachev do except fail?
Then he moved to San Francisco & became part of the Green Movement.
‘Nuff said!
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:07amGetting “retired” from the USSR, is like the MOB in USA…you NEVER really retire from the mob. Gorbie is still much-active in russia politics. This proves that King-O’ and Vlad were in on the last prostitute scam.
Report Post »Laken
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:12pmDr. John Drew, of Headline News
he is a former classmate of Obama
John C. Drew, Ph.D.
2012/04/22
I’m so proud to stand with Orly Taitz in this upcoming election cycle. She has shown remarkable courage, dedication and sacrifice in the face of Obama’s efforts to turn the U.S. in the direction of a socialist society. She is right to bring attention to the abnormalities in the Obama story. As one of the few people willing to speak out about the young Obama, I can confirm he was a Marxist when I met him in 1980.
Report Post »Laken
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:15pmEvery American should sign this because Every American has the RIGHT TO KNOW
WE THE PEOPLE…..
http://www.wnd.com/wnd_petition/petition-urging-congress-to-investigate-obamas-eligibility/
Report Post »Laken
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:16pmhttp://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/
Report Post »stevewedwa
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 2:26pmBirds of a feather, flock together.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 5:14pmHe’s clearly got his systems confused if he is supporting Obama for a Perestroika moment. He means a Joe Stalin moment.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:12pm.
Report Post »Communists always support other communists.
turkey13
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 8:21pmHe forgot to mention this quote. “Poiticians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no water.” Nikita Khrushchev
Report Post »TheMighty75thRegiment
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:15pmGood that men of reason recognize men of reason.
Report Post »Recceman90
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:30pmDon’t you mean Know one Commie, you know them all? Only a fool would side with a commie!
Report Post »MrObvious
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 10:31pmWow, from Carter who never met a dictator he didn’t like. to Obama, whom all dictators and communists like. It‘s almost like we’ve come full sickle.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 10:42pmFirst comment made on April 18, 2012. Let me guess you sent you , comrade soldier…
Report Post »kspatriot
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 10:46pmI think he meant, “Men of Treason”.
Report Post »TyrannyNoMore
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 11:11pmErrr…..I think you meant to say, men of reason recognize a man of treason, AKA Barrack Husein Obama.
Report Post »brother_ed
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 1:30am@THEMIGHTY75THREGIMENT
Hahahaha!!
I’m not sure what to say to that!
Report Post »orkydorky
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:29pmAnd for what reason would that be, another nation to fail under a commie run government? I don’t know how to respond to an idiot, I presume something logical just couldn’t be understood by all the fellow comrades.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:14pmRonald Reagan; “Mr. Gorbachev, tear up your vote!”
Report Post »mountainmover101
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:11pmWow I am soooooooooooooooooooo surprised. LMAOROFC
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:04pmHello, I‘m Mikhail Gorbachev and I’m here to vote. Do I need an ID?
Report Post »Oh, no, Mr. Gorbachev. You’ve been cleared by the DOJ and the White House. Just step over to the voting booth and welcome to the United Federation of America.
GeorgieJo
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:15pmGorby might bring all his dead gulag voters with him
Report Post »Putin must be clapping like a penquin
OMG 2012
disenlightened
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 9:00pmGorbachev must be in awe of Obama, who has done far more to destroy America than he was able to do.
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:47amDing, Ding, Ding!
Report Post »lineinthesand
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:39amHaHaHa….that is spot on!
Report Post »AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 4:09pmYours is the best post for the day, 4/24. You get the trophy & the rest of us get a participation trophy.LOL
Report Post »whatsupdoc
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:58pmSo, ACORN will be sending Gorby a mail in ballot?
Report Post »Bill from NJ
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 10:42pmNo, Gorbachev won’t need a mail in ballot… because Ol’ Gorbachev will just be escorted into a Philadelphia poling facility by the new black panthers.
Report Post »conserve48
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:53pmOf course he supports comrade obama – wink wink. Don‘t forget after the ’one‘s’ election he can do anything he wants. Maybe even get rid of presidential term limits. Bloomberg can do it so obama can ‘deem’ himself king.
Report Post »mildot rider
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:53pmAnd? Is this a surprise? Commies love Commies!
Report Post »I SPY
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:51pmUnbelievable, but believable…considering the criminal who‘s sitting at our president’s desk.
Report Post »Mary M. Tebbe
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 12:53pmi spy: Well, if you all realize that Obama is a criminal, sitting in our White House, then maybe you all should have been more careful choosing a Republican candidate to go up against him, instead of falling in line with the media who was telling all of America that Mitt Romney was the best choice to go up against Obama. You all have made a STUPID mistake in choosing Romney, who is weak, a waffler, and a rhino; say nothing of his pagan beliefs as they pertain to mor***monism. Instead, you let Newt Gingrich, who actually had “a plan” that would work and bring the necessary changes we needed to bring us back from the brink of disaster, be tossed to the curb. Now you’ll all have to live with that choice. I’m sure Romney will pick Rubio, who was also raised a mor***mon, as his VP pick. Do you all actually think that combination will beat Obama in the fall? Good luck with that one. In my estimation, you all go from bad to worse. I won’t vote for either. I guess you all DID forget November 2010.
Report Post »We are told that Romney has good mor***mon qualities, but all I’ll remember is a ruthless campaigner who dishonored his opponents…a liar who could compete on that scale with Obama, and a man who had enough money to “buy” his place as the Republican candidate. And you all could not get past Newt’s three wives. I guess I should stop watching Fox then, because I think Rupert Murdoch had three wives too.
Bernice Durdan-Rowland
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:50pmWell, of course, one Communist supporting another Communist – Obama is in the wrong country, he belongs in Russia !!!!!!!! YUK !!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Bro Geo Too
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:50pm`
Well of course the Communists will support Obama. Gorbachev simply passed along code-talk notifying Obama that his private sidebar deal with Medvedev (regarding more flexibility in a second term) was welcomed by Putin.
Barack Obama has moved from being an American embarrassment to being an American threat.
Report Post »bobbie22
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:50pmNow there is a #1 reason not to vote for Obama, unless your a commie…
Report Post »jespasinthru
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:48pmI didn‘t know that creature was still kickin’.
Report Post »grand slam grandam
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:48pmIs Gorby going to come to the U.S. to campaign for Obama?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:53pmExactly .. and we the PEOPLE must prevail!
OMG 2012!
Marxists out!
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:47pmall enemies of America foreign and domestic support obama
Report Post »The Eleventh Doctor
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:47pmMeanwhile, Ronald Reagan is rolling in his grave….
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 10:14amR.Regan has an RPM-GUAGE on his coffin.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:46pmYes sireeee…..all good Communists are supporting Obama — probably been working behind the scenes with all of Obama’s regime in the past and now are licking their chops…………
for all naive people who still think it’s “politics as usual” and you won’t vote for our nominee b/c you don’t approve – please do more research on who and what Obama is & plans to do if re-elected.
http://www.commieblaster.com
Report Post »cassandra
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:46pmthis is tooooo funny, now why would it suprize me when a communist would support obama
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:44pmComrades of a feather , organize together
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:43pmA communist supporting a communist who would of thought?
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:43pmOh My. How will miss nbc spin this if they show it?
Report Post »chdorb
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:40pmIt’s time all this Euro Trash come to understand that we are not interested in who they will or will not support. Bite Me Gorby.
Report Post »jamestoms
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:39pmWell, well, well…surprise a communist supports Obama?
Report Post »Cosmos102
Posted on April 23, 2012 at 8:39pmAll foreign enemies of the U.S. support Obama. No surprise there. Obama certainly has shown us that he supports them!
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