# Russian ships displayed at DNC tribute to vets **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 12, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548 "2012-09-12T23:02:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/21 "2012-09-13T15:20:28Z")
Dumb gaffe. Our bad. We don’t really want Soviet-era ships attacking us. > [@](#): > > It is pretty easy to identify these ships. OK, honestly, I’ll give you it’s a funny, embarrassing error, but it took five days for \*anybody \*to realize these were Russian, not American, ships. Your definition of ‘pretty easy’ is off. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/22 "2012-09-13T16:47:00Z")
Well, I was going to vote for Obama but now I just don’t know after this huge gaffe. Maybe I should vote for the guy endorsed by someone who lost a debate to an empty chair. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/23 "2012-09-13T16:59:40Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > … Tom Clancy novels. For conservatives, these are history books. The Tom Clancy novels are more like prophetic warnings about possible outcomes in a not too distant future. Also, survival guides. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/24 "2012-09-13T17:04:13Z")
“You like-a da weak sauce, eh? Weak sauce is good, yeah? I get you more weak sauce!” ---
**Author:** ![moonshot925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@moonshot925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonshot925)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/25 "2012-09-13T17:18:57Z")
> [@gamerunknown](#): > > So, where did they square off against them? There were hundreds of incidents between the US Navy and Soviet Navy during the Cold War. Some examples are the the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1973 Mediterranean showdown and 1988 Black Sea incident. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/26 "2012-09-13T17:23:13Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > But, knowing the DNC is full of commies, I’d bet the guy who put this together knew those were Russian ships - and delighted in using them! My grandpa used to say stuff like this. Eventually he started to see commies crawling out of his closet, and thought his long-time neighbor across the street was actually Joe Stalin. We had to put him in a home. (Grandpa, not Stalin) Those places are really quite nice **moonshot925**. You’ll have lots of new friends, and they serve really nice meals. You’ll love it. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/27 "2012-09-13T17:24:16Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > There were hundreds of incidents between the US Navy and Soviet Navy during the Cold War. > > Some examples are the the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1973 Mediterranean showdown and 1988 Black Sea incident. I’m convinced. Obviously the Democrats were trying to appeal to the 1980s Soviet sympathizer vote. They just need more grey shirts and synthesizer music. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/28 "2012-09-13T17:41:24Z")
You realize that does nothing to change the " WTF?" nature of the OP, right? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/29 "2012-09-13T18:27:59Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > You realize that does nothing to change the " WTF?" nature of the OP, right? No it doesn’t, it was a screw-up, on the scale of Romney’s team releasing an app that proclaimed “Amercia is with Mitt”. A footnote to a long campaign where both sides will make minor mistakes like this that are far distant from the actual things that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/30 "2012-09-13T18:35:27Z")
Agreed, thus the “WTF?” nature of the OP I was responding too. Maybe I wasn’t clear on that. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/31 "2012-09-13T18:44:56Z")
I have an idea. Why don’t we let the Republicans be elected as the “Displayers of appropriate military images at veterans tributes” (and leave it to the adults to do the things like run the government)? Let me be the first to nominate Romney to this very important and prestigious position. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/32 "2012-09-13T19:40:45Z")
With 5 student deferments during the Vietnam War, how could we vet him? ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/33 "2012-09-13T20:31:22Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > Sorry. Your attempt to be humorous was already trumped by the example of Poe’s Law in the post that immediately preceded yours. I was just gonna say the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/34 "2012-09-13T20:35:19Z")
There is an actual U.S. Communist Party. If Communists vote, it’s usually not for Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![moonshot925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@moonshot925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moonshot925)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/35 "2012-09-13T21:22:15Z")
It’s really all the same. There is a very thin line between the modern Progressivism of the Democratic Party and Communism. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/36 "2012-09-13T21:33:29Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > It’s really all the same. > > There is a very thin line between the modern Progressivism of the Democratic Party and Communism. You clearly have no clue what Communism is. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/37 "2012-09-13T21:35:14Z")
I’ve been designing some very stylish aluminum foil hats that are easily custom fitted. They are 100% guaranteed to block Soviet mind rays. Just sayin’. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/38 "2012-09-13T21:38:58Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > It’s really all the same. The only people who disagree with you are all the Communists and all the Democrats. > [@](#): > > There is a very thin line between the modern Progressivism of the Democratic Party and Communism. Again, both sides disagree with you (and so do most other people) for reasons that ought to be obvious. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/39 "2012-09-13T21:40:58Z")
> [@moonshot925](#): > > It’s really all the same. > > There is a very thin line between the modern Progressivism of the Democratic Party and Communism. Funny, the line among many tea partiers is that progressives are Nazis, the reality is that progressives put down both Nazis and communists, most of the progressives I know do appreciate free enterprise, with only some controls and safety nets for all. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548/40 "2012-09-13T21:53:16Z")
U.S. Navy warships, Russian Navy warships…It’s really all the same. There is a very thin line between a ship being part of the U.S. Navy and a ship being part of the Russian Navy. Right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-ships-displayed-at-dnc-tribute-to-vets/634548.md?page=3)