She didn't lose, either. Finland President Tarja Halonen, a dead-ringer for American talk show host Conan O'Brien,
received only 46% of the vote in this weekend's election, forcing her into a run-off against a conservative candidate.
Finn laws require the winner to receive at least 50% of the vote.Leading up to the election, there were several articles that expressed some concern among the Finns that Conan's mock-campaign endorsing Halonen would influence the election. I think we can expect to see some more campaigning on Conan's part all week long, assuming he's not in reruns.
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1-16-2006 @ 2:43PM
Lost_in_finland said...
thank god that tarja didnīt win in in first round so that i can read for a another 2 weeks conanīs jokes of finnish president in our evening papers.
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1-23-2006 @ 6:54AM
Mr.Simmons said...
UPDATE: Oh my gosh, Conan's fraternal twin sister has FINALLY been found!
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