We’re Learning More About Ex-Arizona Gov. Candidate Found Homeless in Ukraine: ‘He Looked Exactly Like a Typical Local Bum’
- Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:50pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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(AP) A former write-in candidate for Arizona governor who ended up homeless in Ukraine says he is flying back to Phoenix after being entangled in an online dating scam.
Cary Dolego, 53, ended up on the streets of a western Ukrainian city after a dating scam. He came in search of a Ukrainian bride but ran out of money. He said Thursday he will return to Phoenix thanks to a loan from the U.S. Embassy.
Social workers in Chernivtsi last week found Dolego among the homeless – hungry, unkempt and suffering from pneumonia.
Dolego, who ran for governor last year, sold his house and belongings in Queen Creek, Arizona to fund his trip to Ukraine. He says he had been planning to meet and settle with a Chernivtsi woman he had met online, but she never showed up.
The woman, Yulia, eventually showed up, but claimed someone had hacked into her account and had been exchanging e-mails with Dolego on her behalf. She refused to give her last name, citing privacy concerns.
“We’ve heard lots of stories of Americans using Ukrainian dating services and hoping to find their future wives,” said U.S. Embassy spokesman Jim Wolf.
It was unclear why Dolego did not immediately seek help from the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, which offers loans and other support to destitute Americans abroad to help them return home.
RT Video on the write-in politician scammed and stranded in Ukraine:
“He looked exactly like a typical local bum,” said Andrey Malov of the ‘Narodna Dopomoga’ movement who was stunned to hear the disheveled Dolago speak English.
Anastasia Beridze, a social worker whose charity spotted Dolego, suggested he was seeking unusual experiences.
“It was a fun adventure for him,” Beridze said. “He likes this lifestyle, but now it’s over and he is returning to America.”
Dolego said he plans to live with one of his three adult children back in Arizona and find a job, but eventually would like to return to Ukraine, a country he fell in love with.
“The people in the Ukraine are the most hospitable you’d ever want to meet,” Dolego said, speaking from the Chernivtsi hospital where he was being treated for pneumonia. “I need a special lady, a Ukrainian lady so that we can start a life together.”
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Comments (107)
rdietz7
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:47pmhe‘s lucky he didn’t stay at an Eli Roth ‘hostel’.
Report Post »On The Bayou
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:01pmIf you can`t find a girl at home stay single. These over seas girls aren`t leaving their family and their homes because they love you. They`re coming here to run it in your a ss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 7:05pmIf anyone suggests that you check out Bratislava for the hot women, run!!
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 8:22pmON THE BAYOU,
With 60% of America over-weight (30% Obese), it is difficult to find a woman who is not only attractive, but also has a great attitude about life and is truly a sweet person. So many women in America have a sense of entitlement.
I’m not saying there are not any great women in America, because there are. They are just very hard to find. People who are not raised in the United States have a different way of thinking about things. Many people who are not born and raised in America still look at this country in a Positive light, and appreciate it for what it is.
I know this to be true, because I am forced to live overseas, and I see this in the people that I know.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 9:07pmWell he won’t have to worry about being homeless when he gets back ,he can stay with the OWS losers. He will fit right in he already looks and probably smells like a bum , free food ,tent to sleep in , something to whine about . Hell he might start his own branch on the crybaby tree. He can protest being homeless, even though it was his own fault or better yet protest being scammed by the Ukrainians and somehow twist it to be Wall Street’s fault . Yeh thats the ticket.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 10:23pm@ Biohazard23
Report Post »LOL
Yup, the Czech girls have a reputation for good looks but the Slovak girls . . . ummmm . . . not so much.
Zorro6821
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:26amThank God for Ukraine Universal Healthcare System that save his life. In the latest report We rank 42 of all nations in Longevity and spend (ripoff) the most per capita. The top twenty have one thing in common, Universal Care.
Report Post »LeftyLieDetector
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 1:33amUniversal Health System? You have to be kidding me. The Ukraine is a hunk of crap and they have no real system there. He was found on the streets, desperate and with the flu. How did they help him? They didn’t help him at all. They just found him. Idiot.
Ukraine people don’t live longer. They just have a different demographic than we do. Even with our obese and overweight, our whites live longer than theirs and get MUCH BETTER care.
Report Post »Valerius Poplicola
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:40pmApparently only a “special lady” can be found in the Ukraine. The guy talks like he is buying a certain breed of dog. Only Ukraninian women will do for a mate for this man. On second thought, based on this story, he may be right, no American woman in her right mind would have anything to do with him. Women from other countries might be more interested so as to obtain citizenship in the US…Or it really is his incredible charm. I vote it is the former.
Report Post »sherrydawn
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 12:38pmI totally agree with you..this is Pathetic.
Report Post »pakaeboiboi
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:57pmActually there is another option for him ….. he needs to just get arrested and serve jail time ….. from what I understand, he will be inundated with women propositioning him for a relationship ….. Yeah!!!!! USA women!!!!!! Go figure!!!!!!
Report Post »kennebec
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:34pmsounds like a home for wayward sorof wanderers
Report Post »Jomil48
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:42pmwhy didn’t he apply for welfare in the Ukraine, oh thats right, THEY DON”T HAVE WELFARE
Report Post »you work or you starve.
Bakko Bomma
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:33pmWhat a dumbass.
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:31pmI always said the politicians are nothing but a bunch on bums.
Report Post »semihardrock
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:17pmWHERE TO BEGIN???? The fact that this man was stupid enough to fall for something like this AND be placed on a write in ballot OR that he was looking online for Communist Match.com!
Report Post »NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:03pmYep
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 6:01pmI just don’t know what to say….So I’ll say only what I just said.
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:56pmHe thought he was smart enough to be a Governor? Glad he didn’t win. He wasn’t smart enough to not get scammed out of all his money, so he sure couldn’t have Governed a state efficiently.
Look at him, then look at the “hot” woman he thought he was meeting. A fool and his money, are soon parted. I don’t feel sorry for him.
The only one I feel sorry for is his adult child. The one that’s going to take him in, until he earns enough money to get his own place. Like that’s ever going to happen.
Report Post »Patriot Z
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:54pmis he the 99% too now? lol hey i will give some credit. he atleast has a cool story to tell now
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:43pmUkrainian women are gorgeous. It sounds like a noble quest.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:38pmI’m not going to say anything negative, but i guess loneliness will drive a person crazy,
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:35pmMakes one… proud to be an American…
Report Post »ThankYouFounders
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:30pmHe needs to stick to Nigerian banking opportunities, at least those are legit.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:34pmREALLY!? You mean I’ve been missing out on my millions of dollars by just deleting those emails?
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:28pmI’ll bet which ever kid takes him in is really looking forward to it.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:20pmSinging….”Lookin’ for love in all the wrong places”
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:14pmTwo words why Gov. Looney Tune can’t land a woman:
that mullet.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:12pmLOL, my video loaded with a “wives from russia” advertisement in the bottom of the sceen. Not sure that particular product placement will work out…
Report Post »Shasta
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:11pm“Looking for love in all the wrong places” – Waylon Jennings
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:24pmThat would be Johnny Lee originally.
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:04pmWhat a putz. Almost makes me ashamed that I live in AZ.
Report Post »stripedhorse42
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 1:28pmNo, we’re blessed, because HE LOST!! our true shame is that the RINO mccain is still in office and none of our tea parties or congressional reps will get behind a true conservative candidate.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:03pmLmao at this dumb@ass! If you’re going to spend all that $$, travel half-way ’round the world looking for love… you’ve got issues… and I’m guessing the issue is you.
Report Post »dsind
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:02pmOne dumb aspiring polititian after another!
Report Post »Duh! Where does money come from!
Oh yeah! I remember. From the Government.
4$$ clowns.
booger71
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:00pmThese men are looking for young Ukrainian women to boss around.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:11pmYes .. good thing he was just a “write in candidate” .. he would make a LOSEY governor!
Report Post »NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 11:07pmThats the truth, male Amercans have lost their way and think that foreign women will come here and be sex slaves. The women just want a free pass here and then they are gone…
Report Post »Twobyfour
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 3:21am“The women just want a free pass here and then they are gone…”
What’s the difference between Ukrainian and American women, then? If what you’re saying is true, then they’re mutually interchangeable. The methods may differ somewhat, but both’re giving you a purdy good chance at taking you to cleaners.
Report Post »LeftyLieDetector
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 1:36amAmerican women don’t go selling everything and travel half-way around the world to find a mate. Sure, ours might be fatter overall, but theirs are more likely to be abused, drunk and diseased.
Report Post »Profx72
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:59pmI’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that NOT electing him was one of the smartest things the people of Arizona have ever done. I‘m just thinking that if you’re foolhardy enough to fall for an online dating scam, sell your home and belongings, and end up homeless in the Ukraine on the hopes of finding a wife, you probably shouldn‘t be trusted with the State’s decisions.
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Secessionista
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 5:07pmHe sounds like a typical run of the mill politician to me. The current president ran america into the ground, bankrupt and homeless.
Report Post »NOTAMUSHROOM
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 8:03amProf
Report Post »I‘d say you’re most definitely not out on a limb there. But how do you explain McCain?
RightPolitically
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:56pmSchmuck!
Report Post »garyM
Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:54pmWhat a Gov he would have been if elected!
Report Post »LadyLibertykicksASS
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:42amscary !!!!
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