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Khephra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:38 PM
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Bush Says World Watching Ukraine Carefully
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush said on Friday he hoped the crisis over the Ukrainian elections would be resolved and said the international community was watching closely.

"There's just a lot of allegations of vote fraud that placed their election -- the validity of their elections -- in doubt," Bush told reporters during an outing on his Thanksgiving vacation at his Texas ranch.

"The international community is watching very carefully. People are paying very close attention to this, and hopefully it will be resolved in a way that brings credit and confidence to the Ukrainian government," he said.

Ukraine's feuding presidential contenders sat down on Friday with European and Russian mediators to try to end a crisis over a disputed election that has led to mass street protests and pushed the country toward civil conflict.

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6931747
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MatrixEscape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:40 PM
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1. Pay no attention ...
to that man behind the curtain!
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teach1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:41 PM
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2. Is the irony lost on everybody but us? N/T
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:41 PM
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3. The Chimpinator is oblivious to irony.
So, unfortunately, are the U.S. media. Makes me want to bang my forehead against the wainscoting...
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:43 PM
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6. Yep, they are clueless.
The pathetic brainless marionettes are babbling on about FRAUD in Ukraine, without even realizing that everything they say suggests FRAUD applies to the US.
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Kool Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:42 PM
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4. I can't even think of a smart-ass reply for this.
All I can say is that irony is officially dead in this country. I saw a clip of this on "Countdown" tonight and I was howling. Pot, meet kettle.
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MatrixEscape Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:44 PM
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7. Speaking of pots ...
they talk about the frog in the slowly boiling water ...

Pots do boil over, as we see in the Ukraine.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:42 PM
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5. Bush has to speak up for Yushchenko, who will withdraw from Iraq
...even better is that Bush has to speak about voter fraud. I expect that this will be the last he speaks of this. His lackeys will say "he handled it" and move on.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:46 PM
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8. What is going on in the Ukraine election is none of Dubya's
....business. He can't take care of the wars he has going on already, why does he want to junp into another crisis?
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:53 PM
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10. Republicans never have enough.
They always want more, more, and more!
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OutsourceBush Donating Member (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:53 PM
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11. the reason he does anything probably...dstraction from the REAL issues
such as his own VOTER FRAUD!
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OutsourceBush Donating Member (860 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 09:49 PM
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9. Was Jesus Bush Taking about the US or the Ukraine?
"The international community is watching very carefully' 'There's just a lot of allegations of vote fraud'
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nine23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:02 PM
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12. Oh for fuck's sake...
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 10:05 PM by nine23
Can't he just sit one of these things out...for once? What part of "vacation" does he not fucking get?

The people of Ukraine are "on it". The EU's "on it". Canada's "on it". The UK's "on it" Putin's even "on it". The Texan Retard is waaayyyy outa' his league here.

Please you guys. Can you please make him shut up?

Here's where American "power", in all it's present glory, becomes an bona fide joke. Your doood doesn't belong in this company.

I know you guys are thinking "irony" and voter fraud. But the world is thinking peaceful resolution for democracy in Ukraine. B*'s very being, and his mouth, can only fuck it up.

Please. Reel 'em in. I'm begging you.
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:09 PM
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13. We can't.
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Khephra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:11 PM
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14. We tried.
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Ima Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:45 PM
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24. We tried very hard.
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Political_Junkie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:13 PM
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16. We tried to reel him in on Nov. 2nd
he stole our votes. Our hands are tied. How about you get the World to help with a peaceful resolution for democracy in America.
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nine23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:37 PM
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21. Ummm. Precisely why I've joined your "community" at DU.
Don't get me wrong. I'm here for that very reason. The fact remains Bush is outa' his fucking league.

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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:28 PM
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20. Wish we could reel him in and shut him up
Can't, election fraud does that to a country.
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jayctravis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:12 PM
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15. I am so hoping...
...that one of these fraud allegations in our election pans out and Bush tries to treat it differently.
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:14 PM
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17. Too late for that.
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 10:15 PM by lizzy
Everything they say suggests FRAUD in Ukraine applies to US.
Exit polls, unusually high voter turnout, etc.
The irony of it completely escapes Bush and US media.
Add to this, Ukraine election gotta be way more trustworthy since they used paper ballots.
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:15 PM
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18. You have to wonder why the damned world hasn't questioned
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 10:16 PM by Gloria
OUR election!!! The news has been reported overseas, probably better than here.

I think the 50% of us who know what's going on has been COMPLETELY FORSAKEN! I feel really lousy at this moment.....
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-04 02:39 PM
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31. feeling lousy
I feel the same way. I am angry, sad, hopeless...the Bush administration either has the biggest balls in the world, or they are so freakin' stupid that they just don't get it.

"He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones"...

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For PaisAn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:26 PM
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19. What gall and hypocrisy
Fuck Bush.
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buddysmellgood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:41 PM
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22. They are just so unbelievably brazen. This hurts so bad I want to howl
every time I hear it. PLEASE PLEASE GOD, LET THIS COME BACK AND BITE HIM IN THE ASS.
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jmcgowanjm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:44 PM
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23. kick n/t
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 10:52 PM by jmcgowanjm






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stepnw1f Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:45 PM
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25. Nope... All Are Still Watching You
Dumbya Ass Munch!
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jmcgowanjm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 10:49 PM
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26. How long will the US have before supply disruptions/production shortfalls
Edited on Fri Nov-26-04 10:50 PM by jmcgowanjm
hit home? The answer in my opinion is: less than a year.

Access to fresh water;
Arable land;
Lumber for construction and heating;
Low population density;
A friendly and supportive local community.

Obviously 6.5 billion people will not be able to find such a place. The math doesn't work.

"Dominated by Anglo-American oil interests, the formation
of GUUAM ultimately purports to exclude Russia from the oil
and gas deposits in the Caspian area, as well as
isolating Moscow politically LC]".


Coming off of its own stolen presidential election, the
priorities for the Bush regime’s second term are clear from
the aggressive actions taken in recent weeks. The
genocidal counterinsurgency operations in Iraq continue
to foment escalating backlash and hatred. Bush
administration leaders, including both George W. and
George H.W. Bush, are engaging in feverish rounds
of negotiation for increased militarization, narcotrafficking
and exploitation in Latin America, and meeting with
resistance from both political leaders and angry resistance
on the streets:

The failure to install a pro-Western government in Ukraine
will gravely threaten the US energy conquest, and perhaps
derail the imperial agenda altogether.

http://globalresearch.ca/articles/CHI411D.html

http://www.newtopiamagazine.net/content/issue19/features/ruppert.php

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Ima Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 11:11 PM
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27. Good read
That Global Research article is very good. I bookmarked the site. Didn't the owner used to post here? Pilgrim?
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jmcgowanjm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-04 08:57 AM
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30. Didn't know that, Ima
But I'm sure alot of folks are reading DU.

I'm seeing more and more sites linking and sourcing DU posts.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-26-04 11:19 PM
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28. LOL. The chicken is calling the turkey 'poultry'. * is such a crock!
I'm glad I didn't hear * speak it, I would have vomited on the spot if I had.

I wonder what the world thinks of the US government, given our own corruption and greed. (it's not incompetence, I don't believe that for a minute.)
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-27-04 04:48 AM
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29. ROTFLMAO!!!
You just can't make this shit up, LOL!!!
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