It doesn’t look good for Ze

Thin-skinned draft dodger hangs up before run-off

Draft dodger hangs up before run-off

At least no one will be able argue that Ukrainians knew little about they person they gambled on to become the country’s sixth president.

Volodymyr Zelensky — who calls himself Ze —since late February has been the odds-on betting favorite to win the second round of Ukraine’s presidential election on April 21.

The three-month campaign of the 41-year old from Kryviy Rih has featured upbeat video clips and choreographed remarks, almost exclusively from television screens and smartphones. His social media messages on Facebook and Instagram range from pink unicorns to bare-breasted calisthenics. They have resonated with ordinary Ukrainians much more deeply than sensible arguments made seriously by his opponent, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko.

In a bizarre three-and-a-half hour interview posted to YouTube days before announcing his candidacy on January 1, 2019, Ze said he was newcomer to politics, that he had not prepared a platform to run on, acquaint…