I wouldn't mind going back to Helsinki.
This is a ch__ch. What's missing?
Posted on 01/15/2006 4:08:24 PM PST by NapkinUser
Incumbent President Tarja Halonen has easily won the first round of Finland's presidential poll but faces a run-off after failing to take 50% of the vote.
The left-leaning Social Democrat leader Ms Halonen, 62, won 46.3% of the vote. She became the country's first woman president in the year 2000.
Conservative Sauli Niinisto came second with 24.1%, and will face her in a run-off ballot in two weeks time.
The election campaign was dominated by foreign policy issues, particularly traditionally neutral Finland's relationship with NATO.
Centrist Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen was third with 18.6% of the vote.
(Excerpt) Read more at radionz.co.nz ...
Iraq war supporters:
George Bush, reelected.
Tony Blair, reelected.
John Howard, reelected.
Opposition to the Iraq war:
Gerhart Schroder, defeated.
Paul Martin, soon to be defeated.
Jacques Chirac, losing support.
Tarja Halonen, lost supported, possible defeat.
Anyone seeing the pattern?
"Hee.. Conan better up his support."
Huh?
not really spain swung the other way
Oh yeah. Well there is a flaw.
Conan O'Brien is "supporting" one of the candidates in the Finnish Presidential election as part of a skit.
I wouldn't mind going back to Helsinki.
This is a ch__ch. What's missing?
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