November 24, 2004
You Know What They Say About Doublethink...
...that its internalisation makes it especially pernicious.
Submitted for approval, Mr. Colin Powell:
We cannot accept this result [the Ukrainian election] as legitimate, because it does not meet international standards and because there has not been an investigation of the numerous and credible reports of fraud and abuse.
Submitted, Richard Lugar:
There was a concerted and forceful program of election day fraud and abuse enacted with the leadership or cooperation of authorities.
The objections, surreally enough, are based on the mis-match between exit polling and the ballot counts.
Compare with John Zogby's analysis of the U.S. Presidential election ("Something is definitely wrong,") as well as Greg Palast's break-down of "abuse enacted with the leadership or cooperation of authorities".
Man-sized doublethink for man-sized men!
Posted by Eddie Tews at November 24, 2004 01:16 PM
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