In Russia, Medvedev Sweeps Presidential Election

[L. Coyote]

Source: Washington Post

In Russia, Medvedev Sweeps Presidential Election
By Peter Finn - Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, March 2, 2008

MOSCOW, March 2 -- After 24 hours of voting across 11 time-zones, Russians handed Dmitry Medvedev an overwhelming victory in the presidential election Sunday despite a lackluster campaign that was more coronation than contest from the moment last December when President Vladimir Putin endorsed him.

Medvedev won 70.1 percent of the vote, according to an exit poll, nearly matching Putin's tally in 2004 and infusing his victory with the kind of numbers he will claim as a genuine mandate. As expected, he crushed the anemic challenges of three opponents .......

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/03/02/ST2008030201044.html

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Whew! The tension and waiting are over!

We can all breathe easily now. I await Dubya's report on whether he sees a soul when he looks into Dmitri's eyes.

[Bicoastal]

2. In Russia...

...Election sweeps YOU!

[tom_paine]

3. Those jokes are so passe, considering Amerika and Russia are under the same form of government

BushPutinism. And while the Bush half of BushPutinism is "kinder and gentler", the same goals are aimed for using slightly less brutal and obvious means. Just ask Don Siegelman.

Hardy-fucking-har.

[Bicoastal]

4. Yeesh, lighten up.

[tom_paine]

5. Sorry, I didn't realize you were so comfortable with not being free.

My apologies.

And now...clowns.

[Bicoastal]

6. Why the hell are you condescending to me, Jerk?

You really think I don't know what's going on in this country? If I can't type a 5-word flippant remark on these forums without being painted as some naive stooge, what's the point of even having an online community? What's the use of being fucking polite? What's the use of a sense of humor, period?

Obviously you lost yours a long time ago. I suggest you take that attitude to somebody who really needs it.

And once again--lighten the FUCK up!

[ott]

7. LOL

:rofl:

Don't know why that struck me so funny, but thanks.

[Feron]

10. FWIW..

I enjoyed the joke.

But then again I own a shirt that says "In Soviet Russia, Shirt wears you". :D

[Q3JR4]

8. Wow that was a surprise....

oh that's right.... no it wasn't.

Q3JR4.

[unkachuck]

9. Congratulations Dmitry Medvedev!!....n/t

[bean fidhleir]

11. Coincidentally I'm sure, the cartoon symbol for the USSR was

a bear, and "bear" in Russian is "medved'" ( медведь ).