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2007-12-04 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Big Putin vote in Chechnya has locals puzzled

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Posted by Fred 2007-12-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Big Putin vote in Chechnya has ~~locals~~ world ~~puzzled~~ completely unsurprised.

Posted by Mike N. 2007-12-04 01:24|| 2007-12-04 01:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Chavez must be envious.

Posted by Spike Uniter 2007-12-04 01:26|| 2007-12-04 01:26|| Front Page Top

#3 It is a puzzlement.

/Yul Brynner

Posted by Seafarious 2007-12-04 01:30|| 2007-12-04 01:30|| Front Page Top

#4 He had publicly promised beforehand to deliver 100 percent of his republic's vote for Putin.

Wow, it's just like the election that JFK won! Who knew?

Posted by gromky 2007-12-04 03:18|| 2007-12-04 03:18|| Front Page Top

#5 Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov had publicly promised beforehand to deliver 100 percent of his republic's vote for Putin.

"People understand that they have the right to choose."

Winston Smith must have voted with the .7%

Posted by Grumenk Philalzabod0723 2007-12-04 06:53|| 2007-12-04 06:53|| Front Page Top

#6 Ballot stuffing at its finest. Although, I would have had it show 76% or so to avoid massively major suspicion.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-12-04 09:19|| 2007-12-04 09:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Dewey Defeats Truman!

Posted by tu3031 2007-12-04 09:48|| 2007-12-04 09:48|| Front Page Top

#8 Who's his campaign manager, Lyndon Johnson?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-12-04 11:03|| 2007-12-04 11:03|| Front Page Top

#9 "It's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes," Joseph Stalin

Somebody had to say it.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-12-04 11:58|| 2007-12-04 11:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Beat me to it Ebbang.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-12-04 13:18|| 2007-12-04 13:18|| Front Page Top

#11 As per VENEZUELA, INTELLIBRIEFS > VENEZUELA IS NOT BECOMING A SECOND CUBA.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-12-04 23:03|| 2007-12-04 23:03|| Front Page Top

#12 REGNUM > RUSSIAN ELECTION MORE DEMOCRATIC THAN IN THE CONGO [Congo, Africa]. You just know the Russians will demand somebody get TASERED for this one.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-12-04 23:17|| 2007-12-04 23:17|| Front Page Top

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