Putin's party wins landslide victory

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[Sub-Driver]

Putin's party wins landslide victory

From correspondents in Moscow

December 03, 2007 05:41am Article from: Agence France-Presse

PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won a landslide in the overnight parliamentary election with 61 per cent of the vote, according to an exit poll from the All-Russian Centre for the Study of Public Opinion.

The exit poll forecast three pro-Kremlin parties - United Russia, A Just Russia, and the Liberal Democratic Party - would enter the State Duma with a collective 86.3 per cent of the vote.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

So much for staying up late to watch the returns come in...

[Mike Darancette]

Russia goes over to the dark side.

[burzum]

The exit poll forecast three pro-Kremlin parties - United Russia, A Just Russia, and the Liberal Democratic Party - would enter the State Duma with a collective 86.3 per cent of the vote.

Bah! Cuba and North Korea typically get over 99% of the vote. Is Putin slacking off?

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Obviously, we need the talents of Putin over here to clean up the BCS college football ratings mess.

[samtheman]

Stalin always won elections by a landslide, too.

[SevenofNine]

Now that funny ROFL

[EternalVigilance]

This is what happens when your political opponents are “radioactive.”

[Leisler]

Well, maybe the elevator executions of journalists, and them fling themselves through closed windows to their deaths will slack off for a while.

[Cacique]

Looks like the USSR is back. Just what we need, a new Cold War.

[Gene Eric]

>> Looks like the USSR is back. Just what we need, a new Cold War.

... to battle Global Warming.

[JohnBovenmyer]

“Mission Accomplished” - Hillary.

[Ronin]

Gee, imagine that...

sarc/

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Vladimir Putin's United Russia party won a landslide in the overnight parliamentary election with 61 per cent of the vote,

[goldstategop]

61% not two thirds but a healthy endorsement for a popular out-going President. At least its not like in the Soviet time.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[444Flyer]

Must have been those half nude pics he did a while back in Siberia.

[G8 Diplomat]

No surprise there.

Chavez, Castro, and Saddam all won with “landslide victories” as well.....

[Gay State Conservative]

At least its not like in the Soviet time.

Give them time,they're not done yet.There are still plenty of Putin critics in London and elsewhere and there's still *plenty* of plutonium 90.

[SolidWood]

LOL!

[Desron13]

Thank you sir! May I have another!