I used the photo editing program InPixio which includes the one-eyes screamer for the picture above. I have used this graphic in several of my diary illustrations. “Magnetic vaccines plus Antifa massacres and a conspiracy between liberals and Chinese special forces” was the last diary I used the image on. Here’s one from March: Tucker Carlson, Matt Gaetz found new villain, Russel Honoré, saying he's a bigot nuttier than QAnon. I thought this diary was another one where the yellow screamer was appropriate.
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Of course you can stop reading now because what follows is merely a justification for making my illustration.
Back in July, 2018 the results of this poll were, to say the least, disturbing, the word used in the title of this article in The Hill: Polling editor: Increased support for Russia among Republicans is 'disturbing'.
Excerpt:
RealClearPolitics Washington editor Carl Cannon called increased support for Russia among Republicans "disturbing" on Monday.
He also said the reason for the increased GOP support is related to President Trump's criticisms of the investigation of the 2016 presidential election.
"There's one other variable, and this is a little bit disturbing. In 2014, 22 percent of Republicans said that Russia was an ally, this was from a Gallup poll. That number's now 40 percent," Cannon told Hill.TV's Joe Concha on "What America's Thinking," referring to two Gallup polls on American attitudes toward Moscow.
Today, Trump is out of office, but the partisan realignment persists. By margins of 10 to 20 percentage points, Republicans are less likely than Democrats to agree that Russia is an enemy, less likely to express concern about “the poisoning of opposition leaders and the suppression of dissent within Russia,” and more likely to insist on “friendly relations.” Only 4 percent of Republicans, compared to 44 percent of Democrats, identify Russia as “the United States’ greatest geopolitical threat.” Only 29 percent of Republicans, compared to 51 percent of Democrats, agree that Russia is “an enemy of the United States.”
Many Republicans personally trust or admire Putin. Seventy-five percent of Democrats agree that he “poses a threat to the United States,” but only 60 percent of Republicans do. Twenty percent of Republicans and Republican leaners, compared to 12 percent of Democrats and Democratic leaners, are confident that he’ll “do the right thing regarding world affairs.” More than 60 percent of Democrats view Putin very unfavorably, but only 30 percent to 40 percent of Republicans do. In two polls taken this week—one by Morning Consult for Politico, the other by YouGov for the Economist—Putin has a better net favorable rating among Republicans than Biden does, by margins of 16 and 22 points, respectively.
Unfortunately opinion pollsters usually ask what and not why. In this instance I’d like to see accounts of in-depth interviews with the Republicans who rated Putin more favorably than President Biden. I can only think of three reasons:
