Monday, December 20, 2004
"You keep using that word..."
"...I do not think it means what you think it means." - Inigo Montoya.
Turkmenistan refers to its elections as "democratic".
Turkmenistan refers to its elections as "democratic".
"Voters didn't hurry to leave the polling stations as in many places artists gave performances and sang songs in honour of the motherland, our great leader and the Rukhnama" -- a "spiritual guide" penned by Niyazov, the newspaper said.That reminds me - let's make election day a national holiday here in the U.S. And what were people running on in Turkmenistan?
The more than 130 candidates who vied for 50 seats in the Medzhlis legislature yesterday promised in their pamphlets love and loyalty for Niyazov, who has ruled the gas-rich Central Asian state since 1985.The candidates are running on who can cram their nose the farthest up Turkmenbashi's butt. Replace "Niyazov" with "Bush", and that's pretty much how Moveon.org saw our elections, isn't it?
