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On 2/14/2025 1:26 PM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
> A candidate nobody had ever heard of, who wanted to turn the whole
> country over to Putin, suddenly appeared at the last minute and won the
> election by an incredibly large majority.  Doesn't that sound suspicious
> to you -  and worth putting the result on hold while the circumstances
> were checked?

But, isn't that the norm for the Russian mindset?  Heaven forbid there be
COMPETITION... then the incompetence of a candidate might draw
attention!

> It certainly worried the other countries in the E.U. and made them
> realise what could happen in their elections if they weren't careful.

Elections are always fraught with peril as they assume an educated
electorate.  When people start thinking solely in terms of "I", then
it's easy to corrupt the vote.

Of course, when their fantasies are never realized, they aren't smart
enough to realize they were duped.  And, by then, time has passed
leaving them worse off than before!

> If an unknown pro-Chinese Communist candidate had won a sweeping victory
> in the American presidential election, would everyone have meekly
> believed there hadn't been any interference?