Designed to confirm Vladimir Putin in the presidency. Allies of the late opposition leader, alexei navalny, had called on people to turn out at midday, in moscow and other cities to spoil their ballots or vote for any other candidate. His widow, yulia navalnaya, voted at the Russian Embassy in berlin, having queued there for several hours. As she left, she told reporters she had written navalny on her ballot. Her husband died in an Arctic Penal Colony last month and was barred from standing in this election as well as the president ial vote six years ago. These were the scenes in moscow. Thereve been no protest chants. The authorities warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people have been detained. Vladimir putin is certain to win, giving him another six years in power. The kremlin has ensured he faces no credible opponent. There have been demonstrations at russian embassies around the world, including the uk, france, tokyo and
Corruption. i mean reeked. while this was all going down one of their head honchos patrick ho was put under fisa surveillance by u.s. intelligence for bribing african leaders and helping iran evade our sanctions. the same guy was trying to win favors with the biden family, too. he was giving speeches under surveillance all over washington, d.c. saying things like, quote: friendship is best maintained by having a common experience, indeed one of the ways and perhaps the best way bebelieve to alleviate international tension and resolve political conflict is for the parties to enter into joint projects and ventures with one another. hmmm, it sounds eerily similar to what joe biden said just two months later at a speech in, where? in china. we re trying to build it a new kind of relationship between
He ended up winning women, white women in the end, so i think she has been actually behind the scenes a player in his campaign. how so? so we saw her give a speech, a rare appearance was a speech in out in the suburbs of philadelphia right about a week before election day. she spoke there. she kind of, you know, in an effort to soften his image with women. what she said in that speech, she outlined how she was going to be a first lady. first and foremost she s a mother, a mother to their 10-year-old son barron and explained that s why i haven t been on the campaign trail and sort of an outreach to sxwush eastern women, it appears that that sort of discussion of what she would like to do in her personal role with as a mother. she talks about working to combat online bullying and harassment. right. but, you know, lauren, her husband is really known for his aggressive tweeting. i think we ve all heard about that by now. right. is there some irony to this? well, i think
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There s a catch 22, joni. we will never get that interview. no. because we will keep doing that. he won t listen to it won t get a second interview. we won t get a second one. if mark has lace need him, like david and i would like to well that s part of the problem. if you don t, then you are enabling him to use you as a platform to say things that aren t true. the other day he gave a speech in which romney says if obama is re-elected and obamacare is in, then it will involve half of the government. unless someone gets in his face about it, he is not going to stop and some voters will actually believe that. that s the sad thing. aep that s what is infortunate about it. it is not just cable chatter here. this really matters when it comes to picking a president. right. he will be president and his press can conferences will have participation from forbs to fox.