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artislife

(9,497 posts)
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 09:06 PM Apr 2019

Meanwhile 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=spartanntp

KIEV—Exit polls show a television comedian backed by a shadowy billionaire has won Ukraine’s 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 singer’s breasts that he dared not stand up. “It’s 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 OP
I keep thinking, first the US, now Ukraine. irisblue Apr 2019 #1
Is he pro Putin? watoos Apr 2019 #2
pro NATO and EU so probably not JI7 Apr 2019 #3
Couldn't find the answer to that artislife Apr 2019 #4
I dont understand why Ukraine.... VarryOn Apr 2019 #5
They get a comedian, we have a certified clown. nt Blue_true Apr 2019 #6
 

watoos

(7,142 posts)
2. Is he pro Putin?
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 09:12 PM
Apr 2019

Will Putin now get a right of way through Ukraine?
For the Iran/Iraq gas pipeline?

 

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)
5. I dont understand why Ukraine....
Sun Apr 21, 2019, 10:59 PM
Apr 2019

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!

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