To: ModelBreaker
Just to clarify,Yanukovich (supported by the party in power) appeared to have won. I believe that *he* is the one being supported by Russia and, according to the report, by their military.
Yushchenko is the challenger who lost by 3 percentage points but has the people marching in the street.
His reasoning? The exit polls said he won, but the ballots did not. I do not know enough about the supposed fraud to know the truth, but this kind of sounds familiar, no?
12 posted on
11/23/2004 4:51:45 PM PST by
McChordwatcher
(Still Learning FR's Ropes)
To: McChordwatcher
Ok, thanks. I thought those were the circumstances but after reading this email thought I might have gotten it wrong.
13 posted on
11/23/2004 4:53:52 PM PST by
prairiebreeze
(The AP is no longer a news organization. It's a transcription service for the DNC.)
To: McChordwatcher
I read that George Soros is behind Yushchenko.
To: McChordwatcher
From what I read on the BBC earlier today, Yushchenko, the challenger, aka "opposition", is PRO-WESTERN, while the "apparent winner", Yanukovich, is pro-Russian.
21 posted on
11/23/2004 5:01:08 PM PST by
wimpycat
("I'm mean, but I make up for it by bein' real healthy.")
To: McChordwatcher
Wrong. This is nothing like Democratic whining.
The incumbent's party and government engaged in fraud and other improper coercion. Yuschenko is the good guy and the Russian troops, if there are any, are supporting the bad guy.
To: McChordwatcher; PJ-Comix
The exit polls said he won, but the ballots did not.Danger, Will Robinson, danger!
That's the DU argument...
39 posted on
11/23/2004 5:22:41 PM PST by
Poohbah
(Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)
To: McChordwatcher
The exit polls were only in Kiev and western Ukraine, the majority of the population lives in south and eastern ukraine.
59 posted on
11/23/2004 5:42:55 PM PST by
jb6
(Truth = Christ)
To: McChordwatcher
There is another post on this topic by dick morris, just posted, adcd. to Morris Putin stole the election, his guy really lost.
88 posted on
11/23/2004 6:26:46 PM PST by
rodguy911
( President Reagan---all the rest.)
To: McChordwatcher
His reasoning? The exit polls said he won, but the ballots did not. I do not know enough about the supposed fraud to know the truth, but this kind of sounds familiar, no?
Please. You are comparing elections in our Republic of over two centuries to elections in a nation that basically has the same former Soviet thugs in charge, who just changed their hats in 1991. I don't know who really won. But I won't accept blindly that just because the government candidate has had more votes counted for him that he really did win.
"It's not who votes that counts. It's who counts the votes." --
Joseph Stalin
148 posted on
11/24/2004 6:46:24 AM PST by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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