The past 48 hours have been a miserable time for democracy.
How miserable that our democracy has failed to deliver a government that makes everyone feel like they count.
This year, the world's largest democracy ranked a miserable 140th out of 179 countries in the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index — falling nine places from last year.
It is insufferable that this miserable statelet can reject liberal democracy despite the efforts of 70,000 NATO and NGO staff kicking their heels in Kabul's dust for eight years.
His second term ends in 2000, and so far the era of democracy he has championed has been a miserable one for most Russians.
Never mind whether they call themselves Democracy or Republic: free press means free country; controlled press, miserable tyranny.
Many fear the count will be rigged.Coupled with a miserable economic performance since the collapse of the Soviet Union, this might suggest that Ukraine's experiment with independence and democracy is reaching the end of the road.
