Posted on 12/04/2005 9:51:59 PM PST by RWR8189
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's political party, MVR, said on Sunday it won 114 National Assembly seats out of 167 in congressional elections to give it more than two-thirds of the legislature.
Earlier, the National Electoral Council said turnout was about 25 percent of registered voters. The council had yet to give an official voting tally. Main opposition parties boycotted the poll after accusing electoral authorities of favoring the populist leader and manipulating electronic voting machines.
I'm sure that lunatic would too!
I have never understood the idea behind boycotting elections...
If you knew Saddam, Chavez, Castro, or whatever other wacko leader had the vote count fixed why legitimize the vote by running?
Uh, yeah : )
#@$!@%@!# Diebold, always screwing the good guys...oh, wait.
/channeling DUers
Point taken. I'm just still a little put off by the Iraqi Sunnis doing it a while back, and then complaining that they "didn't get a say."
"I have never understood the idea behind boycotting elections..."
It's simple. See, a boycott is where you don't do something to protest somehow. They don't show up to elections.
LOL.
I agree. What's the point of boycotting elections? To lose even worse? Of course, in Venezuela's case, odds are they're boycotting because they're busy packing to leave, just before Chavez's Gestapo squads close in.
25% turnout? Jeez, the Egyptians had a better turnout and they were blocked by armed riot police!
It doesn't matter anyway because it's so obviously Bush's fault.
Shouldn't they have lost the election anyway, by my reasoning, 75% voted against Chavez's party.
That was a bit of two things.
1. Sunni stupidity.
2. The power of the insurgency.
The insurgency was far more powerful back in late 2004 and early 2005 then it is today. Back then we saw guerrilla sized attacks all the time. Now we hardly ever see guerrilla sized attacks of dozens of men attacking US or Iraqi forces, its mostly a terrorist campaign using IEDs and suicide bombs now adays. Back then we had very little footprint in Anbar and Zarqawi was essencially lord of Anbar province.
Well, George HW Bush learned his lesson and got the message that he wasn't conservative enough, and the rest of us were stuck with Clinton's sexually perverted tax-hiking, military-bashing presidency for 10 years and a legacy that includes a potential presidency of his socialist wife.
No matter how back things are, conservatives should have learned two things: (1) Never boycott elections; and, (2) Never, never, never vote for a Democrat, even if they contend that they're not liberal.
Where are the international observers?
Sounds like some here at FR threating to vote for Hillary if we don't:
* have their favorite GOP candidate on the ticket
* seal the borders fast enough
* (insert any issues here to avoid the Big Picture)
* recognize a foolish troll or defeatist strategy when we see it....
(believe me I'm not happy about a LOT of GOP foibles either but I'm SURE not going to throw the keys to the castle to the enemy within.)
Hell, I wouldn't vote for Hillary, but I'm not gonna vote for McCain or Giuliani, either. Sometimes you gotta take a stand.
Let's compromise:
I'll vote to send Ronnie Earle and Kennedy/Kerry to the Big House,
YOU vote DeLay or Cheney into the White House.
;^)
Heck, that's a deal I'll take any day. 8)
the headline is misleading.
Chavez, plus allies, took 167 of 167 possible seats.
> I have never understood the idea behind boycotting elections...
I think the idea is that if the turnout is low, the opposition can claim that the regime lacks legitimacy. But I can't recall a dictator ever taking that to heart; he only smiles and consolidates power.
> Hell, I wouldn't vote for Hillary, but I'm not gonna vote for McCain or Giuliani, either. Sometimes you gotta take a stand.
Just ask yourself how a monster like Chavez got into power, and then if Hillary isn't using the same play book. America has to take a stand against Chavez, and we have to take a stand against Rodham. You can sort the rest out later.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.