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Europe
Opposition wins Portugal election
2011-06-06
Social Democrat leader vows to do "everything possible" to honour bailout commitments after defeating Socialists
Posted by:Fred

#7  It doesn't matter which bunch of seat warmers gets in, Portugal is now simply a vassal state of the IMF and the ECB, who will be running the show. The indentured servants will only have one function, namely to line up and donate their pound of flesh as required.
To think that Dominique could now be Czar of Portugal, if only he could have kept his grubby hands off that maid in New York. And who knows he may have been able to institute Droit du seigneur as a fringe benefit.
Posted by: tipper   2011-06-06 22:46  

#6  Dear Sir,

That's what happens when one tries to indulge the Muse of Clever Names.

Your Ob'd Servant

Snark
Posted by: Snark   2011-06-06 21:06  

#5  when you see. Unh..
Posted by: M. Murcek   2011-06-06 17:50  

#4  Humala won inPeru by pretending to be right of what he is, just like obooboo. Did not hurt that he ran against the Peruvian equivalent of Nixon's daughter. When you the likes of him, ooogoo and evoooooo bounced in South America the trend will be for real...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2011-06-06 17:50  

#3  Now that all they can do is be the Austerity Guys, and it's guaranteed pain and suffering for the next decade if not more, _sure_ they'll give the conservatives a chance...
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2011-06-06 08:24  

#2  How many governments have the left lost in the past year? Ireland, Canada, New South Wales in Australia, the local elections in Spain, Catalonia in Spain (semi-autonomous region), Hungary, Estonia, Slovakia, Lithuania. Sweden re-elected a center-right government. The EU Parliament moved to the right.

The "progressives" are in global retreat. As the lose office, they lose influence and they lose money.
Posted by: crosspatch   2011-06-06 02:59  

#1  Thats big for Portugal.
Posted by: newc   2011-06-06 01:26  

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