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Nicaragua - Daniel Ortega elected, according to Sandinista radio
AFP via translation
| November 5, 2006
Posted on 11/05/2006 9:23:20 PM PST by HAL9000
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It's time to bring back The Contras.
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:23:21 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Democracy's a bitch. Unless he proves otherwise we need to engage him with an open mind. Their voters have spoken.
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:28:57 PM PST
by
zarf
To: HAL9000
OMG you mean Ronnie little b***h Hal???
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:29:10 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: HAL9000
Well since they're not being a proxy for the Soviet Union anymore, the situation's a little different. I suppose they can ruin their country if they want to.
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:29:37 PM PST
by
mhx
To: zarf
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:30:27 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: zarf
Unless his friend Jimmy Carter looked the other way at stuffed ballot boxes.
To: HAL9000
Ortega was supposed to be in the lead. Furthermore, the opposition was split between two candidates, and Oliver North apparently was seen as endorsing the weaker of the two when he went on a trip down there, thus making both viable and split the vote so that Mr. Ortega could win.
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:32:26 PM PST
by
Jedi Master Pikachu
( The EU is opposed to Saddam Hussein's death sentence.)
To: zarf
Democracy's a bitch. Unless he proves otherwise we need to engage him with an open mind. Their voters have spoken. But there was a corrupt bargain to lower the standards for when a runoff is necessary. The previous president got immunity from prosecution in exchange for lowering the cutoff from 40% to 35%. As far as I'm concerned, the cutoff should be < 50% + 1 vote. I'm glad Ortega got more than 40%, because I think it would be disastrous to get elected with the support of barely 1/3 of the voters.
To: zarf
Have they? Do you have Jimmy Carter's word on that?
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:37:08 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Prayers for our patriot brother, 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub. Brian, we're all pulling for you!)
To: zarf
Their voters have spoken.
Yeah, there is no way THAT election was rigged.
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:37:46 PM PST
by
msnimje
(You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
To: mhx
Nothing like a little socialism to suck the life out of a country like Michael Moore at a buffet line. Have fun Nicaragua.
Before Chevez and his various barnacles and imitators are done the "progressives" will progress Central and South America back into the wonderful dictator-of-the-week chaos of which this hemisphere is historically so fond.
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:40:39 PM PST
by
Mad_as_heck
(The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
To: NonValueAdded
Can we just leave Peanut Brain down there? We definitely don't want him doing things that actually might hurt us, like meddling in the Middle East or North Korea or something...</ sarcasm
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:41:58 PM PST
by
ABG(anybody but Gore)
("By the time I'm finished with you, you're gonna wish you felt this good again" - Jack Bauer)
To: SevenofNine
Chavez, as in Hugo is paying him now. So now we have Venusz. Nicag., Bolivia, and Cuba. About half of Mexico and most of the other countries are so far to the left, the commies can dictate what they want. Russia has it's own sphere of influence.
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:46:59 PM PST
by
chuckles
To: HAL9000
To: HAL9000
Committing suicide in the country by voting for Ortega.
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:50:02 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: chuckles
So like Socialist system in Central and South America any good allies for US ANYWHERE WHOA
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posted on
11/05/2006 9:55:20 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: SevenofNine
I think Columbia is our best ally. The rest could be considered an ally, but don't ask for a dificult vote in tht UN.
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posted on
11/05/2006 10:04:25 PM PST
by
chuckles
To: Arizona Carolyn
Unless his friend Jimmy Carter looked the other way at stuffed ballot boxes.I trust Jimmy Carter would never do such a thing. /s
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posted on
11/05/2006 10:11:28 PM PST
by
zarf
To: HAL9000
Did Jimmah Carter solitify the election like he did Chavez'?
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posted on
11/05/2006 10:32:13 PM PST
by
MaineVoter2002
(If you dont vote on election day, then who are you electing?)
To: HAL9000
Reuters - NICARAGUA LEFTIST ORTEGA AHEAD WITH 40.85 PCT IN PRESIDENTIAL VOTE, COULD WIN IN FIRST ROUND, PARTIAL RESULTS SHOW
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posted on
11/05/2006 10:38:10 PM PST
by
HAL9000
(Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)
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