If somebody messes with your opposition head, you know who dunnit.
Джерело відео:
Yanukovych: Democracy is not about abusing yourselves. It’s this...constructive approach to life, and not... If you have a competitive platform, be my guest. Make it happen. [...] In one region, they elected five city heads from one party, and the party’s in opposition. So these five city heads will be in opposition? I can’t imagine this. [chuckles] Ho can the head of a city be in opposition? I’ll wring his head off right away — if he doesn’t work on that sewerage, if he doesn’t work on that water and gas. [...] Uh...Ihor Stepanovych here, he’s...uh...in opposition, right? But...
Kalush Mayor Ihor Nasalyk: No, what opposition? Yanukovych [blurts out in Russian]: Ta podozhdi! [Hold it!] “What” [opposition]? I don’t know “what,” but I know he’s...taking care of the city day and night.
So how could Gongadze, the beheaded journalist, be in opposition to Kuchma?
Party of Regions (Yanukovych/coalition), 29% Batkivshchyna (Tymoshenko/opposition), 13.5% Strong Ukraine (Tihipko/coalition), 12% Front of Change (Yatsenyuk/opposition), 5.4% Svoboda (Tyahnybok/opposition), 3.6% People’s Party (Lytvyn/coalition), 3.2% Communist Party (Symonenko/coalition), 3.1%
In the chemistry of ads, one can detect a strong prevalence of fingerpointex over populismol.
As for me, I prefer this.
In Kyiv, we had a snap local election in 2008, so we’ll pass on this one.
OK, let's get this party started.
People’s Party: 100% populismol
Vote for the “normal” guys who'll make your life “normal.” Astroturfing testimonials. Obviously, Lytvyn tries to distance himself from the “abnormal” coalition that he’s a “paranormal” part of.
A couple of more things. He had a role in the Gongadze murder, right? On top of that, he owns luxury real estate from Taxpayer Real Estate.
Party of Regions: “The party that builds”
Don’t let the Orange time machine throw you back, blah blah blah.
Party of Regions: “Building the New Country”
Whinium, fingerpointex, goodtimex, feelgoodex.
Party of Regions: “Building the New Country” (choreography)
Footloose meets Frankenstein...
Party of Regions: We’re left holding the “Hr. 300,000,000” debt bag
Whinium, bullshitium, fingerpointex, stabilnist whoreship, call to apply for gas subsidies (352,000 households approved as of Sept. 1; the rest must be “rich”)
Batkivshchyna (Fatherland/Tymoshenko): “Reclaim Ukraine,” “They’re building the New Country without Ukraine,” “without you”
Not bad, but no meaculpadeine.
Batkivshchyna: “Only Batkivshchyna will protect you”
Anti-government; attacks prices, corruption, land grabs; but too much paternalismin.
Svoboda (Freedom/Tyahnybok): “Who else will protect your rights in local legislatures?”
Positivex (takes pains to reposition itself from negativex)
Strong Ukraine (Tihipko): “The time has come for the strong ones”
F**k-me-in-both-ears populismol. From a joke of a Yanukovych-friendly party that Merkel should sue for trademark infringement and foul language (picked up by a sensitive mic on a live broadcast).
Green Party: “The future belongs to the Green Party”
Slice-of-death/light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel dramedy; another gold-digger, no green credentials except tons of greenbacks spent on ads.
Elderly woman: What's the point of us electing them? Are they doing something for the people? Nothing is what they're doing. They're lining their pockets.
United Center campaigner: You're being completely inco...not exactly correct here. Why? Because these people haven't been in power. They haven't lined anything.
Girl: What can you tell about a person if you only read six...six...sentences about then?
Guy 1: I look at people's faces. People's faces can...can tell a lot.
Guy 2: We absolutely don't care about it. Whoever wins, it's a [bleep censor].
1:25-2:15
Have some faith, young man! You come to the campaign stand. You pick your favorite candidates. You put them in that ballot box.
It’s all about you. You’re the boss!
That’s what they mean by “primaries” at Tihipko’s Strong Ukraine and Baloha’s United Center.
