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Korea
One hundred per cent vote for all candidates called for
2003-07-15
On August 3rd, vote early, often and if your life depended on it (which it does).And what’s the date in Juche years? Is it like Kim Il Sung 23, Juche 666? Life ain’t hard enough for the poor bastards and they pull this Juche calender shit on them.
The Central Committee of the Democratic Front for the Reunification of the Fatherland issued an appeal to all the Korean people on July 13 calling upon them to participate as one in the elections of deputies to the Supreme People’s Assembly and those to the people’s assemblies of provinces, cities and counties to be held on August 3 and all of them to vote for all the candidates.
Is Jimmy Carter heading over to monitor this thing so it’s on the up and up? I’d be convinced.
The appeal says:
Through the elections the Korean people will powerfully demonstrate to the world their unshakable confidence and will to glorify through generations the immortal exploits performed by President Kim Il Sung, father of socialist Korea, in building the state and to consolidate and develop the DPRK regime as a powerful weapon implementing the Songun leadership of Kim Jong Il.
Anybody have the latest poll numbers on this? How close is this thing?
It calls upon all the citizens to participate in the elections of deputies to the Supreme People’s Assembly and those to the people’s assemblies of provinces, cities and counties with ardent loyalty, absolutely believing in and upholding only Kim Jong Il, and thus always glorify the immortal exploits of the president who devoted his whole life to the country and nation in building state.
...or else. And we’ll know who you are.
Appealing to the whole party, the whole army and all the people to uphold Kim Jong Il’s Songun policy with one mind and one will, it calls upon them to increase national defence capabilities to the full by thoroughly implementing the idea of the Workers’ Party of Korea on attaching great importance to military affairs in all fields of the revolution and construction.
When he get’s 100% of the vote will the New York Times say that this validates his presidency, dictatorship, godheadocracy, whatever?
Let all of us celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as a grand festival of socialist victors by fully implementing the calls of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, the appeal says. Noting that the Korean people are now in a do-or-die confrontation with imperialists, it stresses that all the people’s army men and officers and people should firmly defend the prosperous socialist fatherland, the cradle of true life and happiness of the people, by destroying the aggressors to the last man with telling blows when they invade our inviolable land, air and sea even an inch.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
It calls upon them to greet this year in which the 55th anniversary of the DPRK falls as a year of a decisive turn in accomplishing the cause of national reunification under the banner of the June 15 North-South Joint Declaration and further consolidate international solidarity by firmly uniting with all countries and peoples desirous of independence.
The KCNA election coverage is probably a hoot, "The polls have been closed for ten seconds and KCNA projects Kim Jong Il as the winner with 100% of the vote! Good night!"
The appeal stresses:
Let us all participate as one in the elections of deputies to the Supreme People’s Assembly and those to the people’s assemblies of provinces, cities and counties to fully demonstrate the might of single-hearted unity around Kim Jong Il. Let us all vote for all the candidates of deputies to the Supreme People’s Assembly and those to the people’s assemblies of provinces, cities and counties, true representatives of workers, peasants, servicemen and intellectuals, who are boundlessly loyal to Kim Jong Il and devotedly working for the country and people.
... or else.
Posted by:tu3031

#6  And let us not overlook "destroying the aggressors to the last man with telling blows when they invade our inviolable land, air and sea even an inch."

Classic! Classic! Bravo!
Posted by: Fred   2003-7-15 10:32:38 PM  

#5  This guy has got his bootlick ON! Yeah baby!

Count them: 5 mentions of Kim Jong Il, 2 Songun's (leadership AND policy), and a "President Kim Il Sung, father of socialist Korea" topping it all off for extra flava points. This dude rocks!

Yeah daddy-o, talk dirty to me summore: "do-or-die confrontation with imperialists", "destroying the aggressors to the last man"...ohhh you're so good.

I give this one a 9.5 for an stompin' internal affairs Juche rally cry. To be raised as a mighty single-hearted unity slogan coming to you, real soon.
Posted by: Watcher   2003-7-15 9:02:35 PM  

#4  I think Kimmie's saner...
Posted by: tu3031   2003-7-15 4:02:03 PM  

#3  Can we start a write-in campaign for Kucinich?
Posted by: Matt   2003-7-15 2:48:59 PM  

#2  How are things lookin' in the polls for ol'Kimmie as they get close to the big day?
Posted by: Laurence of the Rats   2003-7-15 12:56:27 PM  

#1  This article seemed sort of biased. They didn't even mention the opposition party or candidates.
Posted by: Pink & Fluffy   2003-7-15 12:47:26 PM  

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