Posted on 03/30/2019 10:33:42 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
In the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, Ukrainian voters will have a choice between its current president, a former prime minister and an unlikely third candidate -- a comedian best known for a TV show where he plays a man who accidentally becomes president.
It is the comedian, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is currently favorite. With no candidate expected to receive more than 50 percent in the first round of the vote, polls show Zelenskiy has a strong chance to win the presidency in a second round next month.
Zlenskiy, 41, is an actor and stand-up comic who is one of Ukraine’s most popular performers. On his show, "Servant of the People," he plays a school teacher who wakes up to find that a rant he made against corrupt politicians has gone viral and catapulted him to the presidency.
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How many Americans thought a Bill Clinton was actually Martin Sheen??
“ Madam President” was supposed to do the same for Hillary, but the show flopped, because it was so obvious.
Ukraine has a similar problem to the USA. The current President, Poreshenko is a corrupt billionaire. I’ve heard Timoshenko is a solid Christian, but even though she led the Orange Revolution and was wrongly locked up by 2 Presidents, she has been smeared. AFAIK this guy is an outsider.
Ukraine is a joke.
The comedian would fit in perfectly as a dem 2020 candidate.
Using those standards, let the Dems run Alec Baldwin; the heinous “Little Pig” phone call to his then-young daughter could make a nice opposition ad.
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