Even as he faces likely defeat in Jan. 17 elections, Yushchenko offers no regrets. He casts his rivals, Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and pro-Russian leaderViktor Yanukovych, as “populist” vote-chasers and himself as a champion of unpopular truths about the need for an independent national identity.
From a Bloomberg article on Yushchenko's presidency and post-Orange Revolution Ukraine. His unrepentant behavior is precisely why he is heading to defeat in January. Just because people don't agree with you doesn't by default mean that you are right, both could be wrong.
“I say words that many don’t like, but I won’t give up,” said Yushchenko, 55, in a Sept. 17 interview in his Kiev office. “If a lot of people don’t agree with you, that doesn’t mean that you are wrong. Either you aren’t popular but deliver a strategic service to the nation, or you dream about elections.”
I expect there will be a a growing number of articles, like this one, on Viktor Yushchenko's presidency as election day comes closer. Other news sources will pick up on the fact that Yushchenko will not be winning a second term.
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