"Ukraine election may become a repudiation of Orange ideals" by Peter Leonard, Associated Press | February 6, 2010
KIEV - On a square a block away, bitter rival Yulia Tymoshenko delivered a somber address to her followers, flanked by more than a dozen bearded priests in black frocks. Her campaign seemed to be losing momentum, and observers said victory appears to be slipping from her grasp....
Ukrainians prepare for tomorrow’s vote.
Perhaps smelling victory and vengeance in the air, Ukrainian presidential hopeful Viktor Yanukovych promised to lay his opponent’s legacy to rest.
“On Feb. 7, it will be the last day of the Orange epoch,’’ he said, as thousands waved pennants bearing his campaign slogan, “Yanukovych, Our President.’’
At his rally, pop bands and comedians performed against the backdrop of a dazzling light show. Some of the louder acts drowned out Tymoshenko’s event, even luring away some of her younger followers.
It was, perhaps, the fitting end to a race that could turn into a repudiation of the Orange ideals.
How come no one likes AmeriKan impositions, I mean, coups, 'er, LIBERATIONS, that's what I meant!!!
I thought OUR IDEAS were the BEST, so why do they CONSISTENTLY FAIL to win over people?
Because we cause chaos will robbing and killing them with our covert ops?
If Yanukovych wins, it will be an impressive reversal of fortune. His Kremlin-backed election as president five years ago triggered the mass Orange protests, and his win was thrown out on grounds of fraud.
I see EVERY ELECTION as a FRAUD (except for Iran and Palestine).
Tymoshenko, the prime minister, says Yanukovych is once again plotting to steal the vote and has vowed to mobilize her army of supporters to stop him.
But many have grown cynical about Tymoshenko, whose political fortunes foundered as she tried to steer the country through stormy economic straits.
“Look around, you don’t see a drop of the color orange anywhere,’’ 57-year-old retired engineer Valentina Zaichenko said at the Yanukovych rally. “Even Yulia has dropped it, because it stands for disorder. It stands for nonsense.’’
Yeah, THAT'S US!!!!
It's called DESTABILIZING a STRATEGICALLY IMPORTANT COUNTRY!
Last evening, Tymoshenko led an improvised prayer service and was surrounded by priests and other leaders from numerous denominations, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Yanukovych won handily in the first round of voting last month, 35 percent to 25 percent. Tymoshenko is expected to close at least some of the gap by picking up votes splintered among candidates in the first round.
As her popularity is waning and the crowds join the other guy?
But whatever the outcome of the race, political observers say Tymoshenko isn’t likely to concede easily.
Oh, yeah, I knew something was going to come along.
That rural conservative vote the MSM never registers?
And WHATEVER the OUTCOME? The FIX already in, 'eh, MSM?
“Regardless of what the gap between them is - 1 1/2 percent or 10 percent - she will not accept defeat,’’ said Mikhail Pogribinsky, director of the Kiev Center of Political Research and Conflict Studies.
“Then we will enter a new era of instability.... ’’ he said.Why does AmeriKan tool come to mind now?
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