Bush: World watching Ukraine Election Fraud 'very carefully'

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CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) -- As officials meet in Ukraine to hammer out a solution to what opposition leaders say was a fraudulent election, the "world is "watching very carefully," President Bush said Friday.

{bear with me} BUSH: "There's just a lot of allegations of vote fraud that place their elections, the validity of their elections, in doubt," Bush said. "The international community is watching very carefully. People are paying very close attention to this, and hopefully it'll be resolved in a way that brings credit and confidence to the Ukrainian government."

This has to be the news story of the week, CNN won't cover fraud allegations in the US. but uses the Ukraine election fraud to snub in our faces!

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/26/bush.friday/index.html

[Nikepallas]

1. Interesting how he says that but doesn't realize the world is also

watching another country...maybe a little more "carefully" than Ukraine

[Patsy Stone]

2. Please help

STOP THE INSANITY!

Up is Down
Black is White
Hey, Look over there!
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Move along now, nothing to see here.

[understandinglife]

3. He should take a look at what Pravda, i.e., his good buddie Putin....

.....has to say:

http://www.dailykos.com/comments/2004/11/26/155033/85/25#25

"Halt and Audit" is what we want Bush to be hearing, soon, from every corner of America!

Peace.

[rdmccur]

4. pravda

Maybe we should be alerting Pravda of the the election irregularities we've detected. Embarrass our media?

[Patsy Stone]

10. Could it hurt?

Many of the international outlets need to be looking at this.

[helderheid]

5. US to Bush - we're watching you

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x79647

[New Earth]

7. the only reason Bush is watching the Ukraine election

is so that he knows how to react when the opposition kicks him in the ass :headbang:

[tridim]

6. What the hell is going on here?

This is wacky land. Someone please reassure me that I haven't gone completely insane.

[helderheid]

8. we are living in a sci-fi novel

Write your papers - my letter to the editor will be published (most likely tomorrow- they called and confirmed):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x79647

How is it Mr. Colin Powell cannot accept the results of the Ukrainian
elections because the exit polls didn't match the election results, but he
can accept the results of the elections here in the United States when the
exit polls showed Kerry winning in a landslide?

Fill in the blanks: (Powell):"We cannot accept this result as legitimate
because it does not meet international standards and because there has not
been an investigation of the numerous and credible reports of fraud and
abuse," he said. "It is still not too late for ______ authorities to find a
solution that respects the will of the __________ people."

Name,
Address,
Phone

[LisaL]

12. The truth is out there.

:evilgrin:

[nolabels]

16. 1984

or a Brave New World?

[rehema]

9. Bush is creating a SMOKESCREEN--That's all! n/t

[paparush]

11. The Hipocrisy in This Man

Makes me want to puke!

First time reply! I've grown very fond of DU during the 2004 Election*

[AmyCrat]

13. welcome paparush :) n/t (means no text)

[newyawker99]

18. Hi paparush!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[lwin]

14. I couldn't believe Chimpy had the audicity to say it.

My jaw nearly hit the floor when I heard the Shrub make those statements about election fraud in the Ukraine. The first words that popped into my head were: Pot, meet kettle, you're black.

[AnIndependentTexan]

15. remember he says anything he is programmed to say

[Cowboy Joe2k]

17. People of the world repeat after Bush:

BUSH: "There's just a lot of allegations of vote fraud that place their elections, the validity of their elections, in doubt," Bush said. "The international community is watching very carefully. People are paying very close attention to this, and hopefully it'll be resolved in a way that brings credit and confidence to the ****** government."

****** = (name masked, National Security matter, please fill in the blank)

[Radio-Active]

19. typical con artist technique

Many will now assume that Bush has nothing to do with vote fraud in his "election", since he doesn't seem to be leery of mentioning it.

[BushSpeak]

20. Beware of smoke screens - Bush is behind the whole Ukrainian mess

I'm not going to take sides in this East-West tug of war, but I do find the US manipulation in the name of democracy, rather disturbing.

Ukraine is the fourth country in this neck of the woods to fall to the same pattern of election manipulation in four years.

Serbia, Georgia, Belarus and now Ukraine.

"The operation - engineering democracy through the ballot box and civil disobedience - is now so slick that the methods have matured into a template for winning other people's elections."

It will be easier to check out the links directly:

US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1360080,00.html

THE FACTS ON THE UKRAINIAN MELODRAMA
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/News/Trifkovic/NewsViews.htm

A short introduction about Yushchenko's mysterious disease and the Vienna clinic's declaration that there was no evidence of food poisoning, followed by a link to the above article.
Dacha Dude Web log
http://homepage.mac.com/kaaawa/iblog/C2128262602/E193469171/index.html

Maybe we could steal a page out of Dubya's election manual and keep the Ohio Statehouse under siege until new elections are called.

Rally in Columbus Ohio on Saturday December 4 from 1-3pm
named "FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY RALLY" at the Ohio Statehouse.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x78747