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| Caribbean-Latin America | |
| Chavez tried to rig the election, was stopped by military | |
| 2007-12-10 | |
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #4 the president conceded—but with one condition: he demanded his margin of defeat be reduced to a bare minimum in official tallies, so he could save face and appear as a magnanimous democrat in the eyes of the world What a piece of work this jerk is, and where is Cindy Sheehan to comfort him. |
| Posted by: Jan 2007-12-10 18:07 |
| #3 So, what WAS the true margin of defeat? Any inkling? Polls had it as around 10%, but I don't think of a poll as a trustworthy measure, but more like an indication. (Code vs. Guidelines quote). |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2007-12-10 11:34 |
| #2 Having the attention span of a raccoon, Chavez will no doubt try to purge the military leadership and replace them with his lieutenants. Then after a few minutes he will become distracted and forget about it. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-12-10 11:16 |
| #1 It would explain why Hugo didn't send the army in to do a 'recount'. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2007-12-10 10:20 |