“We cannot accept this result as legitimate because it does not meet international standards and because there has not been an investigation of the numerous and credible reports of fraud and abuse.”
— U.S. Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, 11/24/04. In regards to Ukraine’s recent election and the announced U.S. rejection of the results. From The Washington Post.
Welcome to CrazyWorld.
Seems to me this is a cunning ploy by the Repubs to further belittle the huge amount of fraud and attempt to increase the perceived legitimacy of the US election. People can see they are ‘concerned’ about it but are not addressing it in the US, therefore it isn’t a problem in the US, but it is in the Ukraine.
Executing some crazy double-think there…
I love that you guys pick up on this stuff.
I knew you guys would pick up on this. Duh! The US is not a third world country like the Ukraine and any other former USSR Republic. I’ve been there!
Even my Russian friend today says he is in America because you cannot trust anyone in the former USSR.
Guess what? We have the same problem in the U.S.A. You can’t trust anyone in the white house either, so that make’s us about the same. If you
think our election was straight, get ready for some
KY jelly, and grab your ankle’s.
Yeah, JD. It’s as if they’re saying: "We know a crooked election when we see one" …
Well guess what? SO DO WE!!! and we’ve seen quite a few of them lately ;-(
the Ukranian opposition are out in the streets for the third straight day — and it’s headline news all over the world, except in the USA where CNN has been featuring "weather disrupts holiday travel"
CrazyWorld is right, Brad. Keep calling ’em like you see ’em — we can’t let this start to seem "normal"
there is a must read article by Wayne Madsen at Online Journal titled Saudis, Enron Money Helped Pay For US Rigged Election.
Link here.
also see Cannonfire blog for interesting analysis of this article
Recent reports indicate that the Ukranian Exit Polls may have been rigged — by Americans — and that Ukranian opposition on the gound may be funded and incited by the CIA. The thrust of this argument is that the USA is trying to steal the Ukranian election in order to install a puppet regime, friendly to USA but not to Russia.
If this is true … man oh man if this is true …
Read, think, decide for yourself …
http://smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=18835
All ex-Soviet leaders and those in parliament today were once members of the KGB. So, nothing has really changed!
We do want a friendly Ukraine!
What about all of those foreigners and foreign money/letters to sway our people in our election? What about all of the China money Clinton got?
You guys are hypocrites. If Kerry would have won, you would not be discussing this topic.
I’m British and I can see exactly the same problems with your elections as above, and what with America stuffing it’s ideals down everyone else’s throats.
All I can say is "That’s jolly bad cricket old chap."
I’m really scared that Blairs going to do the same over here come Feb/March time when our elections are due.
I’m also wondering if Bush sold the ex-commies their vote rigging erm I mean vote counting software!
Peace at Christmas
J.