Edited by Louis Standish
Saakashvili Lost the U.S. Election
The day after voting in America, Saakashvili’s closest circle disowned the long and unquestionable support for John McCain and put forth the new propaganda slogan: “Obama’s victory is our victory!” Since the early morning on Wednesday, leading broadcasters and politicians started singing songs of praise to the newly-elected U.S. president, but not without some sadness in their voices.
If Georgia was the 51st state of the U.S., John McCain would have won a decisive victory there: all the polls showed that the Georgians were on his side. Just a day before the election, pro-government news channels were predicting his victory over Obama.
The Georgian Minister for Refugees, Koba Subeliani, changed the governmental number on his car plate to say “MCCAIN.” If not for the police’s lack of principles, this demonstration of love towards the Republican candidate would have turned into a hefty fine for the minister, especially considering that he could have officially paid about seven thousand dollars from the budget and ride his “MCCAIN” on legal terms.
The stake on the anti-Russian attitudes of McCain was too serious.
The Republican met Saakashvili back in 1995 and since then referred to him as his “kid.” In November of 2003, he not only supported the young revolutionary and presented him with a flak jacket, but openly suggested Shevardnadze to resign. After a couple of years, McCain and Saakashvili demonstrated their dancing abilities in Svanety, following which the “kid” gave one of the highest awards to his “daddy” – a saber. This did not prevent McCain from distancing himself from Saakashvili towards the end of the presidential campaign, though, especially after the candidate was not able to use the theme of “Russia’s invasion of Georgia” in his favor.
Saakashvili, however, is not such a simpleton. During the two partiesÂ’ conventions in Denver and St. Paul, his envoys were strenuously working over ObamaÂ’s and McCainÂ’s allies. Saakashvili personally met with their running mates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. The news channels under his control were even reporting about secret meetings with potential Bush followers, without showing any evidence. And a few hours before voting began in the U.S., Saakashvili said that the results of the election did not make a difference to him.
“Senator Obama had the clearest stance on Georgia during the presidential campaign. Senator McCain is our old friend. And vice presidential candidate Biden is my old friend,” said the Georgian president with a big smile.
That smile did not come out looking very sincere. Political scientists noted that Saakashvili spoke move about the elected vice president than about Obama. Probably he has not forgiven the latter’s prediction that Georgia will have a new president because Saakashvili has, in his opinion, become “a weak political figure.”
If Georgia was the 51st state of the U.S., John McCain would have won a decisive victory there: all the polls showed that the Georgians were on his side. Just a day before the election, pro-government news channels were predicting his victory over Obama.
The Georgian Minister for Refugees, Koba Subeliani, changed the governmental number on his car plate to say “MCCAIN.” If not for the police’s lack of principles, this demonstration of love towards the Republican candidate would have turned into a hefty fine for the minister, especially considering that he could have officially paid about seven thousand dollars from the budget and ride his “MCCAIN” on legal terms.
The stake on the anti-Russian attitudes of McCain was too serious.
The Republican met Saakashvili back in 1995 and since then referred to him as his “kid.” In November of 2003, he not only supported the young revolutionary and presented him with a flak jacket, but openly suggested Shevardnadze to resign. After a couple of years, McCain and Saakashvili demonstrated their dancing abilities in Svanety, following which the “kid” gave one of the highest awards to his “daddy” – a saber. This did not prevent McCain from distancing himself from Saakashvili towards the end of the presidential campaign, though, especially after the candidate was not able to use the theme of “Russia’s invasion of Georgia” in his favor.
Saakashvili, however, is not such a simpleton. During the two partiesÂ’ conventions in Denver and St. Paul, his envoys were strenuously working over ObamaÂ’s and McCainÂ’s allies. Saakashvili personally met with their running mates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. The news channels under his control were even reporting about secret meetings with potential Bush followers, without showing any evidence. And a few hours before voting began in the U.S., Saakashvili said that the results of the election did not make a difference to him.
“Senator Obama had the clearest stance on Georgia during the presidential campaign. Senator McCain is our old friend. And vice presidential candidate Biden is my old friend,” said the Georgian president with a big smile.
That smile did not come out looking very sincere. Political scientists noted that Saakashvili spoke move about the elected vice president than about Obama. Probably he has not forgiven the latter’s prediction that Georgia will have a new president because Saakashvili has, in his opinion, become “a weak political figure.”