The reaction of some Scottish independence supporters to their loss in Thursday’s referendum reminds me of this classic scene in “Citizen Kane”:
Update: For a change, Alex Salmond does the right thing.
Further update: Big honking irony alert: A team of observers from Russia declared that the Scottish vote “did not meet international standards.”
The Kremlin propaganda channel RT, meanwhile, speculated that the result might have been rigged and expressed surprise at the “North Korean” levels of turnout.
Eighty-four percent of eligible voters turned out in Scotland. Russia claims that 83 percent of voters turned out for the March referendum in which more than 96 percent of Crimeans allegedly voted to break away from Ukraine and join Russia.
So by RT standards, an 83 percent turnout is legitimate while an 84 percent turnout is suspiciously North Korean.
Additional update: Another reason to be pleased with the result is that the screenwriter of “Braveheart” is brokenhearted.
