Now if we could only get the leftist tide to ebb here in the US!
Calderon won by a fraction of a percent in a three-way race against two other parties. He doesn't have a majority, and he doens't control congress. So I wouldn't get too carried away congratulating ourselves over the defeat of Chavez.
Morales just won, and he won basically by holding the country hostage, and got away with it. Humala didn't do too badly in Peru, and since he's already been involved in one military mutiny, its not beyond him to try again. Ecuador elected a Chavist, overthrew him, but now the replacement government seems to be heading down Chavez' road.
Chavez is backing Ortega in Nicaragua, who has a shot at victory later this year. He has friends in the palaces of Brasil, Argentina, and Uruguay (not to mention the DNC).
I don't expect deep analysis from AP, which is a good thing, because thats not the business they are in.
Not as deeply disappointed as Lopez-Obrador's number #1 supporter, Gold Hat.
"Ballots ? We don't need no stinkin' ballots ! This election is ours !"
(With deepest apologies to the late Señor Alfonso Bedoya)
Leftist administrations are totally shut out from North America (Canada, US, and Mexico). Leftists are deeply depressed.
Call for rally stirs fears of unrest in Mexico
FinancialTimes.com | 7/6/06 | Adam Thomson
Posted on 07/06/2006 7:12:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1661606/posts
The "leftist tide" idea likely oversimplifies by tossing Indian-rights movements, radicals and moderates into the same boat.Uh, no it doesn't. Number one, there are (by definition) no leftist moderates. What ninny wrote this op-ed?