Talk about a couple of losers.
Posted on 03/17/2018 5:17:22 PM PDT by goldstategop
Some would compare to Saddam or Kim Jong but I believe de Gaulle and FDR with their pros and cons are better comparison.
Voter turnout at poll closing time was 64% and fell short of the Kremlin 70% target. Still, good enough for an election with no real suspense.
Polls in Kaliningrad, the Russian enclave on the Baltic have now closed.
We should get the first real votes out in the next hour but it won’t off much from the exit poll projection.
“” “” We should get the first real votes out in the next hour but it won’t off much from the exit poll projection.”” “”
Yet you’d hear it was faked.
Something you haven’t heard about 1996 Yeltsyn election who had like 2% exit poll but somehow managed to win in a landslide. All courtesy to Bill and Hillary.
That election was stolen. By all accounts the Communist candidate won but miraculously, Yeltsin somehow came out on top.
That was the last time Russia had anything like a contested election.
“” “” That was the last time Russia had anything like a contested election.”” “”
And the problem is not an election fraud but the fact that nobody wants another Yeltsyn or Communist.
“” “” Hey if you don’t want to vote for Putin
vote for her [Ksenia Sobchak].
She’d have my vote!”” “”
Shades of Sobchak (subtitled)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WmhbOgSKF9k
Talk about a couple of losers.
Can’t stand the man, but I don’t care for the opposition either: fake/real opposition, banned or otherwise.
Reagan and Ike didn’t control the state media like Putin..
So....
 July 15, 1996 |
Far be it from America ever to meddle in a foreign election, especially a Russian or Israeli one.
“” “” What a country!”” “”
In fact the video is made long before Sobchak gone political and it very accurately mocks St. Petersburg ghetto underclasses and Northwestern hillbillies. These groups are certainly not the whole country but they are Sobchak’s base. She is a queeen of a sort of ‘thug’ culture of poor slackers dreaming about big easy money.
“” “” Boris Titov would make a decent leader, IMHO, and I hope to see him run again.”” “”
I like the guy too. His advocating for small and medium business and anti-cronyism efforts worth attention.
Also there is no dirt on him.
Maybe he’d do better next time although lack of political experience might be a problem. Russia has a swamp of its own to drain.
Russians are not ready for change.
And the opposition will have to talk to them and develop practical proposals to improve their lives.
Until they do, they’ll remain relegated to the margins of Russian society and remain irrelevant.
Putin had a MAGA slogan: A Strong President, A Strong Russia.
It seemed to resonate with voters. He has a broad mandate to tackle the country’s problems. With the election over, the hard work now begins.
in many respects Russia today has a more free and vibrant media than we do
and note our state media - NPR, PBS, CNN, WashPo etc etc etc
You live in a fantasy world.
Our media has a liberal anti American bias. They are horrible and not deserving of the civil protections in our constitution.
However, Russian media is pure state media, living under the fear of repression or poisoning, all touting the Putin line and Putin.
you need to re-read For the Good of the Cause
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