Posted on 12/02/2007 8:51:20 PM PST by SaxxonWoods
We don’t jest...and don’t call me Shirley
Stream of video stopped......bad news?
Hi Leni, I had forgotten that. Time for me to reread Anna Karenina.
On the night before we departed for our trip from Florida in May 2005, I stepped outside the motel to have a smoke and met a young man from Venezula, here on a temp visa to work. I engaged him in conversation (he spoke excellent English) the one thing that came through the clearest from him was his utter hatred of Hugo Chavez. he even went so far as to say that he would assassinate him if he could.
No...he will say "OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!"
Considering that exit polls were repoeted by someone as having this one passing by a few points, it may be kharmic payback for the election where exit polls had him losing by a good margin only to have the results called in his favor. Here’s hoping they hold true this go around..
This little prick needs to have an anchor strapped to his arse to slow him and Venezuela’s slide into the Red abyss slowed down and stopped.
It’s obviously the Bush Doctrine does not apply to this hemisphere when it comes to national threats so for the time being, we’ll have to hope the locals Just say
No to Hugo.
Meant to say - May 2006.
FROM CARACAS!
Monday, December 03, 2007
Hell No!...it’s OFFICIAL!
Quico says: Venezuela rejects authoriarianism. It’s a historic day. The myth of Chávez the invincible is no more.
NO 50.7%
SÍ 49.3%
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posted by Francisco @ 12/03/2007 05:27:00 AM
Sunday, December 02, 2007
They are announcing the results
The NO votes are all getting around 50-51%
It’s OVER?
This is exhilarating and frightening at the same time.
"Although no official results had been announced as of early Sunday night, supporters of the president took to the streets in joyful “victory†caravans while some opponents claimed a win and others said privately that they had lost the hotly contested national plebiscite on amending 69 articles of Venezuela’s Constitution.
A victory would give Chavez near-absolute political power in Venezuela and allow him to continue nationalizing privately-owned companies, giving money to the poor, aiding political allies in Latin America, strengthening his alliance with Communist Cuba and sharpening his conflict with Washington — even though his country is the fourth-biggest supplier of oil to the United States.
Chavez and his political allies already control Venezuela’s Congress, the Supreme Court, the judicial system and 20 out of 22 governorships.
After the polls closed it appeared that perhaps only half of the registered voters had turned out for the referendum. Many Chavez opponents had called on voters to stay home to avoid legitimizing a result that they believed was preordained.
The low turnout left opposition leaders shaking their heads."
1. Surely Chavez aren't going to let a few votes stand in his way to absolute power. 2. Note the opposition voters staying home -- it's just something to think about for our election in 2008. Hillary and Hugo Chavez are solemates.
No, it’s just beginning!
Hugo is speaking now. What’s up?
Uh-oh, Chavez is up.
Live in Spanish....also a sign speaker for the deaf.
Hey Hugo, go stuff yourself down an abandoned well.
The low turnout is not correct. Turnout was high. I’m going hunting for more news.
Anyone with links, please post them.
Venezuela locked in tight vote
Saul Hudson and Ana Isabel Martinez
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/venezuela_referendum_dc;_ylt=AmPpoakPjXxtjESZGY5sZ.rlWMcF
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was in a tight vote on Sunday in a referendum on giving him new powers and scrapping term limits on his rule with both the government and opposition saying early returns showed they were ahead.
Vice President Jorge Rodriguez said the vote was “close,” but opposition leaders questioned government data that put Chavez slightly ahead and one called on the anti-U.S. leftist leader to accept an unprecedented defeat if he loses.
Preliminary data collected by the opposition showed the “No” vote ahead by 8 percentage points, Alejandro Grisanti of the Justice First party told reporters.
The contradictory claims raised the possibility of a contested result. After a campaign marred by violence, many Venezuelans and foreign investors have worried over political turbulence if one side calls supporters on to the streets to protest the result.
If approved, the referendum vote on a raft of reforms would allow Chavez to run for reelection indefinitely, control Venezuela’s foreign currency reserves, appoint loyalists over regional elected officials and censor the media if he declares an emergency.
But defeat would put him under intense pressure to slow or halt his self-declared socialist revolution and step down when his term ends in 2013.
It looks like concession to me.
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