| Another attempt by the democrats to unite has
proved abortive. Or rather an
attempt by their leaders.
Boris Nemtsov explained this failure on TV, saying with a jeer
that "the
bride who is past her prime is too capricious and choosy.
- Do you mean Yavlinsky here? - asked the Anchor.
Nemtsov fidgeted and assumed a shifty expression, but didn't
answer yes or
no. However, everybody understood that he clearly meant to say
Yavlinsky.
As soon as the spectre of elections appear on the horizon, obscenities
about
the bride being "past her prime" immediately appear
in many newspapers, as
if on command. Obviously the organizers of these publications
believe that
this is the most powerful weapon against YABLOKO.
It is unimportant whether Nemtsov hooked on to this from his
boss or
invented it on his own. As this is the main argument, let us take
a closer
look, while sticking with the proposed vocabulary and style of
popular TV
shows.
We are talking about the union of the main democratic parties:
YABLOKO and
the Union of Right-Wing Forces (SPS). Nemtsov is angry with his
bride. This
means that he must be the groom.
He is behaving very indecently. A real man doesn't publicly disgrace
his
bride. And the bride (and Yavlinsky was once the champion boxer
in Ukraine)
should slap such a groom in the face.
Nemtsov the groom was speaking about the age of his bride with
the terrible
lascivious grim of a lover of nubile young girls. But youth does
not
constitute an advantage for a political union, and baseness is
no
temptation.
Is the groom young? SPS is a young name. But look at its five
heads - these
are all old well-known acquaintances: two former prime ministers,
two former
first deputy prime ministers and one lady of no specific age.
They are
responsible for eliminating the population's savings, vouchers,
the default
in 1998 and an infamous attempt to switch to Volga cars (Ed. Allusion
to
Nemtsov's populist call to all state officials to switch from
foreign cars
to Russian Volgas, manufactured in Nizhni Novgorod. Nemtsov was
governor of
this city).
The groom, now called SPS, used to call himself "The Democratic
Choice of
Russia". He has been asking for his bride's hand since 1995.
And every time
he is turned down, he becomes petulant: the bride is old, slow-witted,
poor.
But if she is so bad, then why do you keep chasing her? She is
not running
after her groom, you are chasing her. First Yegor Gaidar prevailed
on her,
then Chubais, and now Nemtsov.
Wait a minute, what is the sex of the groom? Logically female.
She has been
sleeping with everyone - Yeltsin, Lebed, Berezovsky and Putin
and has also
constantly slept with the IMF.
No, the SPS is the bride, an experienced woman, who has slept
around,
learned all the positions and earned money. It is not surprising
that
members of the SPS (the most loyal and oldest supporters of Gaidar)
married
Berezovsky. And then they publicly confessed that it was a marriage
of
convenience. This was strictly in line with a Russian proverb
"when eating
and drinking they called him gentle names, and when they finished,
shouted
farewell, you outcast."
Yes, Nemtsov wears trousers, but everyone can wear trousers now.
He outdid
the poor solders on the horizontal bars, didn't he? But if they
had been fed
as he has been, had the same sporting equipment and massageurs...
No, if you go with the logic and indecent coquetry, under all
primary and
secondary political signs SPS is a lady, who is distasteful in
all respects.
How could anyone bond with her?
She has been calling the groom-Yavlinsky - a bride and talked
about him with
undisclosed hatred. It is quite obvious that she does not share
any ideas
with YABLOKO. She only wants his money and votes.
The political leaders don't need to unite: their voters should.
If we talk
about the parties... It is improper to pour cognac and cheap wine
into one
bottle - you should compete for clients.
And the one selling cognac should realise that cheap wine sells
better.
That is why it is so cheap.
See also:
YABLOKO and
SPS
State Duma elections
2003
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