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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMeanwhile in the Ukraine this just happened
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-elects-a-television-comic-president-by-a-landslide/ar-BBW9N4e?ocid=spartanntpKIEVExit polls show a television comedian backed by a shadowy billionaire has won Ukraines presidential elections with a crushing majority that may ultimately be greater than 70 percent.
Zelenskiy is a clown whose humor is, to say the least, broad. Not long before election day, in one of his comedy skits that aired on Ukrainian television, Zelenskiy played a sex-obsessed middle-aged husband so overwhelmed by the sight of a popular young singers breasts that he dared not stand up. Its as if I am stabbed with a sword, he told his wife, alluding to his unwanted erection.
Not so funny, really, but the now soon-to-be president of Ukraine does not care if his old jokes were a little crude and more than a little salty. He knows people love him.
end of times, anyone?
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Meanwhile in the Ukraine this just happened (Original Post)
artislife
Apr 2019
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irisblue
(32,967 posts)1. I keep thinking, first the US, now Ukraine.
Oy vey!
watoos
(7,142 posts)2. Is he pro Putin?
Will Putin now get a right of way through Ukraine?
For the Iran/Iraq gas pipeline?
JI7
(89,247 posts)3. pro NATO and EU so probably not
artislife
(9,497 posts)4. Couldn't find the answer to that
but found this article that gave more information about who he is and what could happen
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-04-01/volodymyr-zelenskiy-the-comedian-and-next-president-of-ukraine
VarryOn
(2,343 posts)5. I dont understand why Ukraine....
makes the news so frequently. Almost daily, they're in the news. I dont have an issue with them, but I dont see why that's the case. Yes, the Russians are always on their ass! And maybe that's why. Poor Urkraine!
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)6. They get a comedian, we have a certified clown. nt