 I would love to see the French spending money to restore Iraq. |
| The revolution has been dubbed The Orange Revolution, orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government. |
| The first thing the federal government can do to help is get out of the way. |
| The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents. |
| There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery. |
| As long as the opposition believes the world will stand with Ukraine's democrat reformers, they will have the leverage and the courage to establish a legitimate republic under the leadership of Viktor Yushchenko. |
| Vote counting and ballot collecting does not occur in the light of day. There are too many occasions when observers and opposing parties lose contact with the ballots. |
| One cannot help being impressed by the protesters. They have begun each day of the protest in Kiev in prayer and all activities are accomplished with a collective sense of respect, kindness, and an intention to conduct a peaceful revolution. |
| The Western media tends to place a lot of emphasis on official institutions in Ukraine such as its supreme court, the central election commission, and the parliament. In reality, the people of Ukraine now control their destiny. |
| In the late afternoons and early evenings, the crowd is easily over 1 million. That many people simply can't fit in Independence Square. The demonstration spills in to the streets for several blocks. |
| Salazar's record is one of weakness; he hasn't been a good attorney general. |
| Government is just spending too much money. |
| My mother is Ukrainian. She immigrated to the U.S. from Canada as a child. |
| Though there is growing division among the Ukrainian military ranks as to loyalty in this revolution, the possibility of violence looms over the entire situation. |
| The objective of the demonstrators is to win the affection of the armed agents of the government. Most of the Kiev police have now pledged their support for the people. |
| The Russians have a lot at stake, and the power of Moscow pride should never be underestimated. |
| Reducing the tax burden is necessary to produce economic growth. |
| The demonstrators in Ukraine will persevere and succeed, or grow tired, cold and fade. |
| It is unlikely Yanukovich won. If he did, his government made it impossible to determine. |
