Socialist Candidate Holds Dominant Position in Chile’s Runoff Election

The PanAm Post ^

[InsightSur]

This Sunday, Chileans will head to the polls for the final round of voting in this year’s presidential elections. Constituents choosing to participate will vote for the second time in less than a month, in a runoff election between socialist candidate Michelle Bachelet and the recent minister of labor and social security, Evelyn Matthei.

[InsightSur]

Former President Bachelet Has Fundamental Proposals in Tow for Sunday's Presidential Election

[DB]

Enjoy being poorer...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

If Chile falls, then South America is screwed.

[GeronL]

This is really bad news for Chile... so they really want to become another Venezuela? Zimbabwe? Argentina?

[GeronL]

South America already is

[Regulator]

What, did Allende come back from the dead?

[Gay State Conservative]

I've seen it written a number of times that in recent years Chile has been on the upswing in terms of political and economic stability as well as overall prosperity.Electing a Spanish speaking Osama Obama certainly won't help one bit.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Actually, Chile has a free-market economic system. Their retirement plan would put ours to shame.

[Theodore R.]

People in Chile just can’t stand prosperity and will fall for the socialist rhetoric all over again.

[GeronL]

how long will this “free market” last with a socialist in power?

[henkster]

Chile was on my short list of countries to flee to when things became intolerable here.

That list may be getting shorter.

[mrsmith]

Socialists are drooling over Chilean’s retirement funds.
“We can do a lot of good with that! (he, he ,he)”

What fools people are.

[GeronL]

replace them with IOU’s are some monthly benefit check

I could see that happening here too

[Truth29]

This sounds lie the people of Chile are about to destroy their economic and social success story which has been a shining light in South America.

[Viennacon]

I’m taking a long hard look at Armenia

[Viennacon]

Let’s just hope there’s another Pinochet waiting to throw the wench out!

[GeronL]

Armenia?

[Viennacon]

Very Christian, and one of the few countries that is developing at just the right speed. Downsides are the language barrier and of course being a little too close to the Muzzies for comfort... but hey, we have one in our WH now.

[PLMerite]

“Chile was on my short list of countries to flee to when things became intolerable here.

That list may be getting shorter.”

Maybe you should plan to stay and fight. Texas is as far as I’m planning to go. I’ll help dig anti-tank ditches when I get there.

[05 Mustang GT Rocks]

The other big downside is being very close to Putin’s Russia.