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DFW

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5. Orban may be down in the polls, but I doubt he is worried

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:17 AM

Tuesday

Hungary is surely now using the Stalin-Bush-Trump method of tallying the votes.

„They who cast the votes decide nothing. They who count the votes decide everything.” — attributed to Josef Stalin

“it’s over. We won. It’s all over but the counting, and we’ll take care of the counting.”—Republican Peter King alongside GW Bush at the White House on election day, 2004, when both pre-election polls and exit polls in the deciding state of Ohio said John Kerry had won.

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Meanwhile, J.D. Vance is in Hungary campaigning for Victor Orban [View all] spanone Tuesday OP

He's less unpopular in Hungary? C_U_L8R Tuesday #1

Maybe he's less annoying if you don't speak the same language EdmondDantes_ Tuesday #7

So they send Neck Beard over there to win everyone over? Diamond_Dog Tuesday #2

Putin probably demanded it... spanone Tuesday #6

Here's hoping that backfires harumph Tuesday #3

Of course he is orangecrush Tuesday #4

Orban may be down in the polls, but I doubt he is worried DFW Tuesday #5

What on earth makes them think that Sunlight Tuesday #8