tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post110180378472882395..comments2023-11-05T13:07:03.784+02:00Comments on foreign notes: Equivalence or Dangling Chads in Ukraine IIScott W. Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04047386631227542689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1101967343592111062004-12-02T08:02:00.000+02:002004-12-02T08:02:00.000+02:00Point taken.Point taken.Scott W. Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04047386631227542689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1101943470873735932004-12-02T01:24:00.000+02:002004-12-02T01:24:00.000+02:00I've been trying to bring attention to the Ukraini...I've been trying to bring attention to the Ukrainian electoral crisis here in the U.S., and I thank you for your post. It's obviously just human nature to compare events to ones that one is familiar with, so you've got to cut the Americans some slack, I think. Most of them have no direct knowledge of what real corruption is like. And there is some validity to the claim that Bush is on shaky ground in commenting on the Ukrainian situation, because there is ample evidence of funny business going on over here. But as you say, it is not really possible to fairly compare the two as equivalent, because even the worst electoral corruption here doesn't approach the severity of what you're describing.<br /><br />I have posted on this a number of times, and the point I try to make is that the situation is serious, but in the best view, the Ukrainian people must learn to overlook their differences in favour of a strong and unified Ukraine, or be willing to settle for two smaller Ukraines, less able to weather the political forces from within and without.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1101845658843701322004-11-30T22:14:00.000+02:002004-11-30T22:14:00.000+02:00Come to think of it, we also have Unions that stea...Come to think of it, we also have Unions that steal workers money and spend it on political campaigns (it's against the law to use manditory union dues for political expenditures. The unions do it anyway, and so far they've gotten away with it). But that, again, is the Democrats.<br /><br />Then there's fraudulent voter registration. In Ohio this year there were over 20,000 "newly registered voters" who gave bad addresses (that was in one county). The Republicans wanted to have those registrations invalidated. The Democrats fought against it, and won.<br /><br />I could go on, but I'd hate to give your thugs any ideas they haven't come up with on their own. :-(Greg Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944915209781453611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1101844241811289272004-11-30T21:50:00.000+02:002004-11-30T21:50:00.000+02:00Actually, it appears to be pretty routine for the ...Actually, it appears to be pretty routine for the <B>Democrats</B> to take van loads of people around cities to vote multiple times.<br /><br />Of course, you won't see the people on Kos complaining about that. :-)Greg Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12944915209781453611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086033.post-1101836996703147402004-11-30T19:49:00.000+02:002004-11-30T19:49:00.000+02:00Thanks for the great reporting and thorough trounc...Thanks for the great reporting and thorough trouncing of the "equivalency" article, which is just kind of lazy and uninformed, IMHO. I posted a link to you on dailykos.com:<br /><br />http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/30/112919/59<br /><br />bartonaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com