White House Warns Ukraine to Guard Voting

[Rose Siding]

KILLEEN, Texas - Three days before the presidential election in Ukraine, the White House said Thursday the initial round of voting did not meet a "basic test" of a truly democratic process and that the government should ensure Sunday's balloting is better.



"The people of Ukraine ... have the right and deserve the opportunity to make their choice freely, without intimidation or fear, from outside or within," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said in a statement. "The presidential campaign and first round of voting did not meet that basic test."


Elections on Oct. 31 produced a virtual tie between Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, who is backed by the outgoing government and the Kremlin, and opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, a Western-leaning reformer. Their run-off Sunday culminates a campaign that is considered an important test of democracy in the former Soviet republic of 48 million.


International election observers have complained of heavy state media bias and government interference in favor of Yanukovych and called the voting a step backward for democracy.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20041119/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_ukraine

[clydefrand]

1. Oh, sure, the WH needs to give instructions on proper voting

Give me a break!

[kuozzman]

2. The White House sure has some fu**in nerve giving advice on

conducting a fair election. Is this a joke?

[madmadmad]

3. that is the funniest thing i've ever heard.

maybe we should loan them some of our voting technology.

[Gay Green]

5. Maybe we should loan them some of our voting technology...

like our Diebold 'black box' e-touch voting machines!

http://www.blackboxvoting.org/

[mom cat]

17. Diebold could make a killing there!

[aquart]

4. Yahoo? Not the Onion?

[Liberalynn]

7. ROTFLOL

Isn't that a bit like the fox telling the farmer how to guard his hen house?

[Minstrel Boy]

6. The initial round was suspect because of EXIT POLLS!!!!

The exit polls showed the challenger leading!

That was the cause for suspicion, and that's what got tens of thousands into the streets of Kiev.

America - Where the FUCK are you?!?

[countmyvote4real]

8. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

There is nothing beyond belief anymore.

[Tace]

9. The Irony Is Breathtaking

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. Pot, Kettle Is Holding On Line One...

[Junkdrawer]

13. Great Minds...

:P

[Junkdrawer]

11. Pot.....Meet Kettle....

:silly:

[bahrbearian]

12. I understand the WH's concern the Ukraine doesn't have Diebold.

[DeadManInc]

14. white house

Ukraine needs to tell the white house to shut the fuck up. What a joke them giving anyone advice on having a fair election. If we had a fair election those bastards would be packing up their shit.

[NinetySix]

15. Perhaps the White House's concern

is that they haven't perfected their fraud techniques. Captain Diebold to the rescue!

[Justathought]

16. Yep,

teach them how to vote when so much voter corruption exists in this country.

Iraq is suppose to vote but only 14 out of 18 districts will be allowed as encouraged by the U.S. government. The reason being they are not ready to vote because of problems in the district. Sure wish we could have done that....it was said Florida had problems, Ohio had problems and surely were not ready to vote as not enough machines were available for the on slaught of voters. We should have eliminated Florida and Ohio and voted using just the other 49 states. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm:kick:

[fearnobush]

18. First Round of Exit Polls I bet. White House - FUCK YOU, Election Theifs

"The presidential campaign and first round of voting did not meet that basic test."

[JPace]

19. Thieves always have a sharp eye identifying other thieves...

Rove needs to move Diebold machines over there and insure
the result he wants.

[leQ]

20. when they say tit, you know to look about for tat

n/t

[HeeBGBz]

21. Oh the audacity!

[dweller]

22. ...sniff...if there ever was a case of

CYA, this certainly stinks of one.

is something percolating under the veneer of 'values' ??

no, wait, LOOK OVER THERE!!
dp

[acmavm]

23. This lunacy take the prize for being the most hypocritical statement

of ALL times. And I for one think it will be impossible to beat.

[LisaL]

24. It's so touching, the concern of this administration for

people of Ukraine and their rights to have fair elections.
One can only wish this administration showed that much concern for US and our rights to fair elections.
:mad:

[Lizzie Borden]

25. Talk about balls...

[Tom Kitten]

26. BWAHAHAHAH!

That's the funniest thing I've read all day!

[wordout]

38. then you aint seen this one yet!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1004249

[zulchzulu]

27. Murderer tells hoodlum to not get caught murdering

Wtf.

[Ladybast]

28. Calling it what it is

"And the answer is . . . the definition of hypocrisy."

[Demeter]

29. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Who says Bushco Doesn't have a sense of humor!!!

[President Kerry]

30. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Oh sweet irony. I'm actually from there... no surprise on election fraud there..... But sure let's give them advice on how to run FAIR ELECTIONS (we of ALL are the most qualified)!! and while we're at it let's tell the world about how to win World Peace.

[forintegrity]

31. The Ukrainians must be laughing their

butts off over this grand piece of advice! Is any one else getting sick of being the world's laughing stock! I am!

The WH needs to PRACTICE what they preach!!!

[RPM]

32. fucking rich...

really - these guys are suck fucking clowns

[havocmom]

33. I keep hoping I've gone insane and the past few years have all been

a really bad hallucination.

Still waiting for the meds to kick in and wake me up.

[MisterP]

34. not that they'd care, Eastern European oligarchy is exactly what

the Bushies and their Milt Friedman laissez-faire fiend friends want to impose on the entire planet. The reeking, corrupt nations are held as ideals and goals for the globalization movement as the best "success" of privatization and deregulation there is. And what examples they are.

[Kool Kitty]

35. HAHAHAHAHAHA*thump* OWOWOWOW

Sorry, I just fell out of the chair laughing. This is a joke, right?

[Kitsune]

36. Man, this much irony can't be good for your liver. *nt*

[daleo]

37. The White House gives hypocrisy a bad name

There is no inane statement they won't make.

On edit - Next, they will be warning countries not to invade Iraq.

[RedCon1]

39. Typical RepubliCON

strategy. It isn't a joke, it's a bamboozle, a con, a red herring, a "if you tell a big enough lie, people will believe it" kind of a thing. By making this statement, the WH is able to convince the already convinced that they really are defenders of Democracy while simultaneously rubbing salt into the wounds of his enemies who know otherwise.

[Tight_rope]

40. WTF?...The cheats telling others not to cheat...What bullshit!

The Ukraine should tell them to fuck off!

[pig.]

41. Does Scott McClellan work for Diebold??? eom