“Both candidates stand for integration into Europe, both kneel to honor those killed in the war with Russia, both are linked to oligarchs,” 67-year-old teacher Dmytro Volokhovets said with a touch of sarcasm. “But Zelenskiy will win because he’s young and new.”
she gets it
They could certainly have done worse. In fact, we already have.
Why should we be the only country with a TV clown as president.
Well, this should be fun.
#ummmmm
At least they elected a professional comedian, sounds like he could be a good professional comedian (i.e. someone who could be like Al Franken or John Stewart). We elected an accidental clown.
Oh, if only Al Franken were still available… But there’s still Stephen Colbert! Run, Steve, run!
ETA: We should amend the Constitution so John Oliver can run.
A comedian whose only political experience consists of playing a president on TV appeared headed for a landslide victory in Ukraine’s real-life presidential election Sunday.
Draft of his inaugural address.
I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
If you’re going to do something tonight that you’ll be sorry for tomorrow morning, sleep late.
What is a home without children? Quiet.
I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.
I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.
I’ve got all the money I’ll ever need, if I die by four o’clock.
My grandmother is over eighty and still doesn’t need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle.
Well, and then there is this whole issue to sort out.
Whether he is backed by Putin or whether Putin’s folks created this election eve email hack to hurt him.
I was going to say happy, but I suppose quiet works better and will get bigger laughs. (My secret plan to retire, eventually, is not to get married, and not to have children. It is working pretty well so far.)
You forgot
My Inaugural Crowd is the largest, ever.
Sadly, there are a lot of Democrats that would vote for Oprah Winfrey for President.
“I promise I will never let you down.”
Good luck with that. I give him about a year before the street protests of dissatisfied citizen begin.
There was the talk of doing that to enable Ahnold to do just that. As if the current critters want more competition from foreigners.
She’s stated about as unequivocally as possible she’s not interested. But she might be right for the job. Came up from poverty and abuse, worked her way to where she is, is a philanthropist, an actress and an author, runs a media empire, and puts her money to use for Democratic candidates.
Tell us the down side. As you surely are prepared to do.
Oprah is fabulous at what she does. Amazing. Wonderful person, actress, and talk show host.
None of that qualifies her to perform the duties as President of the United States or to lead a political party. Those are different skill sets.
That’s all.
PS. I know she is not interested, but it was funny how many people here said they would vote for Oprah if she ran.
PSS. I bet a lot of people would vote for Julia Louis-Dreyfous if she ran. People confuse celebrity with competence. Hence: Trump
Jesse Ventura, Despot Don, Schwarzenegger, Linda McMahon, Al Franken, Fred Thompson, Sonny Bono, and of course Ronald Reagan. Mixed results for celebrities (some clueless) turning politician. Then there are those clowns in Italy…
Ukraine has a ton of problems. I pray this Zelenskiy (who looks like a lightweight, naive idiot) does not make it worse, or allow Russia to take over. Democracy can wonderful and cataclysmic, as we know too well.
Electing someone playing president on TV might be a step up from electing a corrupt businessman who played a corrupt businessman on TV…it all depends on how well the TV president understands the office, and what controls there are on him that the people don’t know about.
I don’t know anything about this Ukranian guy, but I could see it working out a lot better if we had elected Martin Sheen as president in 2016…
Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!