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2016-05-24 Europe

Independent candidate narrowly beats far-right rival in Austria presidential runoff

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Posted by Fred 2016-05-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Rooters sez he's an ex-Green:

The Interior Ministry count gave van der Bellen, a former Greens party leader, 50.3 percent of the vote, compared to 49.7 percent for [Norbert] Hofer [of the Freedom Party]. The margin of victory was just over 31,000 out of nearly 4.5 million valid votes cast.

Posted by Pappy 2016-05-24 08:51|| 2016-05-24 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 What could go wrong with a professor as president of your country?

Posted by Raj 2016-05-24 10:53|| 2016-05-24 10:53|| Front Page Top

#3 The freakshow of modern Europa
Declares one blue blossom improper:
Its portent of doom? A
Teutonic Kornblume,
The star of the Wiener soap-Oper.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2016-05-24 11:08|| 2016-05-24 11:08|| Front Page Top

#4 I wonder how much 'help' our beloved administration gave to Mr. Van der Bellen?

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-05-24 11:53|| 2016-05-24 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 It's who counts the votes.

Posted by AlanC 2016-05-24 12:28|| 2016-05-24 12:28|| Front Page Top

#6 I wonder how much 'help' our beloved administration gave to Mr. Van der Bellen?

Probably a significant amount, though likely not as much as the Euros did.

Interesting that, even with "such a momentum among voters -- musicians, actors, workers, totally different people across all generations, professions and all sections of society," they barely eked out a victory.

Posted by Pappy 2016-05-24 12:46|| 2016-05-24 12:46|| Front Page Top

#7 They'll still call it the 'Mandate of the People' though, Pappy.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-05-24 16:59|| 2016-05-24 16:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Not just a professor, an economics professor.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2016-05-24 18:09|| 2016-05-24 18:09|| Front Page Top

#9 I wonder how many Chicago dead people voted at the last second?

Posted by Bill Shererong8752 2016-05-24 19:33|| 2016-05-24 19:33|| Front Page Top

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