Lonely Russian President Seeks American Dissidents
Daniel Drezner and Andy Heil note that Dmitri Medvedev wants to court some rebellious American voices when he visits the United States this week. According to AP,
Russian news agencies quote him as telling a group of visiting foreign experts that “I believe there are dissidents in the United States.”
ITAR-Tass quotes him as saying: “Let them tell me what problems the United States has. That won’t be bad, considering the Soviet experience.”
Clearly the Russian President wants to spite Obama for meeting with opposition leaders when he visited Russia. But the GOP doesn’t exactly qualify as “dissident” — at least not as far as the Russians are concerned. Who then? Drezner and Heil have both put forward their comedy top-ten anti-establishmentarians. Let’s have your suggestions…
The American Conservative?
Besides those named, I think he’d be well-served to talk to:
James Traficant
Andrew Bacevich
Amy Goodman (from Democracy Now!)
Phyllis Schlafly (who is still alive)
Gore Vidal
John Mackey (whole foods CEO)
Look closely. That one hanging back, who seems as if they’d rather be singing about Jesus, which would be clearly illegal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zrsl8o4ZPo
Dissenters to Obama? Easy! Medvedev only need gather the memberships of AIPAC and AEI! (Off the record, of course.)
Barney wins the thread.
I don’t care how many names get posted. That wins.
Non-worship is dissent in this country, and has been for some time.
Amy Goodman.
He should actually appear in DemocracyNow!
Some statesmen have.
No bad company there, then.
Irwin Schiff
http://irwinschiff.homestead.com/POWaddresses.html
Sincerely,
John and Dagny Galt
Atlas Shrugged, Owner’s Manual For The Universe!(tm)
http://www.starvingthemonkeys.com/
http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.php
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