Posted on 09/06/2006 7:38:56 AM PDT by SmithL
MEXICO CITY, -- Defeated leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rejected a court decision awarding Mexico's presidency to Felipe Calderon, insisting he will never recognize his rival's legitimacy and vowing to create a parallel government from the streets.
Calderon celebrated his long-delayed victory by reaching out to the millions of Mexicans who did not vote for him and calling on his main adversaries, including Lopez Obrador, to help heal the nation's divisions.
Lopez Obrador's supporters threw trash at the headquarters of Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal, whose seven magistrates voted unanimously Tuesday to declare Calderon president-elect. The decision rejected Lopez Obrador's allegations of systematic fraud and awarded Calderon the presidency by 233,831 votes — a margin of 0.56 percent. The ruling cannot be appealed.
"I do not recognize someone who tries to act as the chief federal executive without having a legitimate and democratic representation," Lopez Obrador told thousands of supporters in Mexico City's main Zocalo plaza.
"To hell with their institutions," the former Mexico City mayor cried, to raucous applause and chants of "Felipe, the people don't want you!"
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PING!
What's with all these lefties in South America?
I need to follow the news more closely. What's causing this?
ObraGore.
While the MSM has been hoping for 'civil war' in Iraq, it now looks like a real civil war could occur in Mexico.
>>>>"I do not recognize someone who tries to act as the chief federal executive without having a legitimate and democratic representation,"
The man must suffer confusion every time he looks in the mirror.
At this point, he should be arrested by Mexican authorities.
Obrador is a traitor to democracy in Mexico and should be treated as such. He has made it crystal clear he does not adhere to democratic principles, and is only interested in power (with which, when he had it in DF, he didn't do much.) Shades of Algore. Obrador is trying to reverse all the progress of the previous 10 years for his own personal gain. Pobre de Felipe Calderon.
This situation is created by George Soros and his leftists.
It is a trial run for 2008 here in the United States.
You heard it here first.
He's just following instructions from his buddy Hugo Chavez.
Ship him to Cararcas
You got that right, but Obrador was a problem demagogue before anyone ever heard of Hugito.
I love it! - I've also added it as a keyword.
vowing to create a parallel government from the streets.
How does a parallel government run without parallel taxes,parallel military, parallel congress, etc, etc?
I need to follow the news more closely. What's causing this?
A legacy of the Spanish colonial mindset: poverty, lack of opportunity, class distinctions, envy, ignorance, and frustration with 500 years of government corruption. However, what they wind up with will be even worse.
Huh. Leftists confiscate money from society's producers and hand it over to society's losers in order to buy votes. Look at America's Democrat party, for example. So what good is arranging this "parallel government" if you don't have the power to confiscate other people's money?
Thanks. Certainly Mexico is a basket case. They have the resources, but the system does NOT encourage growth and prosperity to say the least.
It makes me feel good to know that never in a million years would Al Gore and Joe Lieberman have done anything like this! They conceded the election and the country continued to function smoothly, and continues to run well even if left wing moonbats rant and rave about stolen elections.
The situation in Mexico is different, and is a perfect example of leftist radicals in action, trying to destabilize government leading to its downfall, and the installation of a communist paradise.
NEVER in a million years in the USA!
Our Constitution is great!
What a mess
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