Ukraine Run-Off

[nini2287]

I think Yuschenko can pull it out unless there is even more fraud this time.

(EDIT-USA likes Yuschenko, Russia likes the other guy)

[Alcon]

I have to be honest here when I say that I have serious troubles remembering who is who.

[ilikeverin]

I think the one whose name ends with 'o' is the good guy.

[© tweed]

Yushenko is the good guy.  And there is no right or wrong way to spell his name because it's from another language.

[ilikeverin]

I shall call him Yaieowrjoiejrwerwwaxxxo then.

Or maybe just 'Yo'

[Alcon]

I vote for Bob/Bob, then. The US Bob, not the Russia Bob.

[ilikeverin]

Yes.  Russia Bob=:( US Bob=:)

[Akno21]

Yuschenko gets my vote and will win, but Yankovich will be sworn in.

[ATFFL]

Bad news:  Russian Bob has hired the King County election board to count votes.

[Hitchabrut]

Yuschenko/Yuschenko. Which of you idiots voted for Yanukovych?

[CARLHAYDEN]

Yuschenko gets my vote and will win, but Yankovich will be sworn in.

Depends upon whether Yankovich hires Dean Logan to 'find' votes for him?

[phk]

Yankouvich easily, Yuschenko is just a Western/European Union Puppet.

According to the conventional wisdom, Yanukovich is a dark demonic figure, a Soviet-type bureaucrat whose ties to Russia and the eastern power base of the ruling elite, automatically make him the bad guy. Besides that, we are told, Yanukovich is a man with a "criminal record," who served two jail terms. What they don't tell you is that Yanukovich was jailed by the Soviet regime on charges of robbery and assault.

As the Los Angeles Times noted:

"A biography distributed on behalf of Yanukovich says that 'having suffered through a very tragic and tough childhood . . . the prime minister acknowledges regrettable youthful indiscretions, resulting in criminal charges that were eventually overturned by a Ukrainian court.'"

On the other hand, Yushchenko's indiscretions – which are not being reported in the Western media at all – were neither youthful nor the occasion for his public repentance. And if a youthful Yanukovich held up a Ukrainian gas station or knocked someone upside the head and took his wallet, Yushchenko was a key figure in a conspiracy to defraud the West of over $600 million.

The idea that Yushchenko is some kind of outsider, whose victory will cause the fresh winds of free-market reform to blow through the sealed chamber of corruption that is the Ukrainian economy is another Western fairy tale that has no basis in reality. Yushie is a key figure in the oligarchic system of "crony capitalism" that has enriched the few at the expense of the many since the fall of the USSR.

[CARLHAYDEN]

I knew we could count on you to support the commie thug!

[phk]

lmao.

How noble (I'm not supporting a KGB thug omg)!

And, as it turns out, Yuschenko is utterly phony, much like you..

In any case, what is clear at this point is that Yushchenko and his supporters are the ones doing the poisoning – by spreading their lies far and wide, and then calling for a delay in the investigation.

What idiot wouldn't want an investigation of who poisoned him?

 If Yushchenko wins, you can bet the truth will never come out in a court of law – although some news outlets, albeit not the English-speaking media, are exposing him for the fraud that he is.

[Gabu]

I have to be honest here when I say that I have serious troubles remembering who is who.

Hah, I don't think most could blame you, given that both are Ukranians named "Viktor Y."

[Hitchabrut]

Yankouvich easily, Yuschenko is just a Western/European Union Puppet.

According to the conventional wisdom, Yanukovich is a dark demonic figure, a Soviet-type bureaucrat whose ties to Russia and the eastern power base of the ruling elite, automatically make him the bad guy. Besides that, we are told, Yanukovich is a man with a "criminal record," who served two jail terms. What they don't tell you is that Yanukovich was jailed by the Soviet regime on charges of robbery and assault.

As the Los Angeles Times noted:

"A biography distributed on behalf of Yanukovich says that 'having suffered through a very tragic and tough childhood . . . the prime minister acknowledges regrettable youthful indiscretions, resulting in criminal charges that were eventually overturned by a Ukrainian court.'"

Adolf Hitler also had a troubled childhood, and so did Josef Stalin. Does that mean you'd support them?

[phk]

Why on earth would you support someone who poisoned himself for political gain?

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I prefer Yushchenko, but I do agree that the American meda is biased in his favor. If the American media was as pro-Kerry at it is pro-Yushchenko, everyone would think Ohio was stolen, in addition to the Ukraine.

[??????????]

I prefer Yushchenko, but I do agree that the American meda is biased in his favor. If the American media was as pro-Kerry at it is pro-Yushchenko, everyone would think Ohio was stolen, in addition to the Ukraine.

JFRAUD

I think I am going to rename that old song to "I left my brain in San Fransisco Bay".

[Cashcow]

Why on earth would you support someone who poisoned himself for political gain?

Is this another one of your Marxist conspiracy theories?

[Schmitz in 1972]

I have a strong faith that Ukraine will choose the man of liberty and freedom rather than the man of tyranny and opression. The American media has excellent reason to be biased in this case

[phk]

Why on earth would you support someone who poisoned himself for political gain?

Is this another one of your Marxist conspiracy theories?

Why on earth would he not want to investigate who poisoned him? Is he scared of something?

Because Yushchenko's story is falling apart, as the New York Times reports:

"The most popular theory – that Mr. Yushchenko was poisoned at the dacha – contains flaws, strong enough that even his own supporters raise questions about it. And as investigators seek deeper insight into the case, they say a chief obstacle has been Mr. Yushchenko himself, who has used the poisoning almost as a theme in his campaign, but has not fully cooperated with the authorities, even as the trail of his would-be assassin grows cold."

We learn from the Times that, in spite of numerous "news" stories detailing how an enormous dose of dioxin was put in Yushchenko's soup, soup wasn't on the menu at the dacha dinner that night.