Yanukovych stated in November 2009 that he respects all Ukrainian politicians. "I have never offended anyone. This is my rule of politics." In spite of his claim, on 22 September 2007, during the 2007 Ukrainian parliamentary election campaign, while delivering a speech in Vinnytsia, he compared Yulia Tymoshenko's performance as Prime Minister to "a cow on ice" ("Вона прем'єр-міністр, як корова на льду...", "She is a prime minister like a cow on ice") most likely referring to her skills and professionalism as a prime minister.