Posted on 07/05/2006 5:21:27 PM PDT by Chicos_Bail_Bonds
Oh, what a difference a day -- and a recount -- makes. Mexican and international press is reporting that the official recount has put PRD candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the lead over opponent Felipe Calderón, who had just a day ago seemed to be the victor in this race, full of all the twists and turns of a telenovela.
According to Spain's El País, reporting a little over an hour ago:
The recount of the 42.79% of the votes from the Mexican presidential elections of last Sunday yields a 2.62% lead to leftist candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador, according to an announcement by the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE). IFE sources have also clarified that while this would put López Obrador at 37,00% and conservative Felipe Calderón at 34,38%, it is still not possible to confirm definite trends.
(Excerpt) Read more at vivirlatino.com ...
my dad used to tell me before we'd go play golf.."son, I don't have to have the fewest strokes to beat you, just the sharpest pencil"
translation: it's who's COUNTING that will win, not who actually won..
all that needs to be said:
"it is still not possible to confirm definite trends"
Socialists and whack jobs would build alliances with communists and dictators elsewhere that are our enemies and that is NOT A WIN FOR US!
I guess you are too young or ignorant to remember the Mariel Boatlift or the Vietnamese boat people.
Also, a socialist is very unfriendly to business which would also be good for us. I know if I owned a manufacturing company, I wouldn't move to Mexico if a socialist government was in control.
Google "China"...
In the long run KoRn, I have to disagree. We already have a half socialist country to the north of us, but they at least can keep it together. We don't need another to the south of us especially with Hugo Chavez and Castro as his buddies.
Active thread here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1660852/posts
With 80% recounted, socialist candidate Obradorleads by 2% over Calderon
Um.. not much in the way of truth in it either.
Must be democrats counting the votes.
The south is pro Obredor, the north is pro Calderon. If IFE is counting the southern states first, then Obregon will be in the lead. If they are counting the northern states and AMLO has a lead, then the election is over.
Good points both. Half my brain was being irrational, and the other half was joking.
"The recount of the 42.79%" Not even half the votes counted. Reminds me of Susan Estrich on election day.
"Early exit polls show....."
The Left might be setting itself up for more post election depression, and planting seeds for the usual election fraud, stolen election yada yada.
Where are they running this re-count...Miami-Dade county?
Looks like the gap is closing after 81% counted
81.36% in, according to El Norte:
Obrador 36.63%
Calderon 34.69%
For some reason I'm thinking of Seattle,Washington......I don't know why........
There's nothing unusual about this, though it's only been done in lower ballot elections before.
Alas poor Mexico... always reported in American papers by people who assume the U.S. and Mexico do things the same way :-)
Obregon ??? He was assasinated in 1928.
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.