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Caribbean-Latin America
Chavez Wins Re-Election, Electoral Council Says
2012-10-08
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela's electoral council says President Hugo Chavez has won re-election, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles.
Yup, he stole it fair and square.
National Electoral Council president Tibisay Lucena says that with most votes counted, Chavez had about 54 percent of the vote.
It's a hoary cliche these days, but what matters isn't who votes, but who counts the votes. Hugo's friends counted these. I'm a little surprised that they allowed the count to be this 'close', but I suppose they wanted just enough realism to calm some of the rubes...
It was Chavez's third re-election victory in nearly 14 years in office. The victory gives Chavez another six-year term to cement his legacy and press more forcefully for a transition to socialism in the country with the world's largest proven oil reserves.
And you can tell where the heart of the AP reporter lies in that sentence...
But should he die next week after going off his meds to campaign, all is moot, including the fond wishes of the highly educated journalist. Let us pray for sepsis.
Posted by:Steve White

#18  If you listen to the Venezuelan opposition the counting was not rigged.

Chávez just buys the votes before the elections.
Posted by: European Conservative   2012-10-08 18:20  

#17  Were the votes counted by the Bureau of Labour Statistics?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2012-10-08 16:43  

#16  I've studied backyard IRBM vs. Swimming Pool, not much of a choice really.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-10-08 16:31  

#15  I suspect the home reloading capacity is bigger than any individual ammo mfg corporation but have no way to be sure.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-10-08 13:26  

#14  Disorganized does not mean ineffective. Kick an ant-hill sometime.
Posted by: mojo   2012-10-08 12:38  

#13  I would contend the American public is far and away the largest armed body in the world. But totally disorganized.
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-10-08 12:37  

#12  I was thinking more about Holder and the real (Obama-wise) purpose of Fast & Furious, P2K.

I recall a statistic from back in the 70s. The largest armed body in the world at the time was the PLA in China, followed by either the Soviet or American military. The latter two have been significantly downsized since. The fourth largest armed body was the American public. That hasn't downsized but has only grown. All those public security people at the end of the day have to go home to families which are not in barracks or fortified compounds. Notice how in gun controlled Mexico, pictures of the Mexican military showing off their cartel 'catches' usually are masked to prevent identity. Masks won't help much when such a large population is armed and the 'authorities' no longer have legitimacy. Google Battle of Athens TN
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-08 11:34  

#11  "The rest o' ya, I don' wanna hear nuttin' from the rest o' ya."
Posted by: mojo   2012-10-08 11:19  

#10  "Did jimmuh carter bless it yet?"

No election is truly stolen until Jimmy blesses it.
Posted by: Iblis   2012-10-08 10:31  

#9  Did jimmuh carter bless it yet?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2012-10-08 10:12  

#8  As Hugh Hewitt and others say, if it's not close they can't steal it.

It was close in Venezuela so Hugo stole it. He might have stolen it if it hadn't been close.

As to November, well...
Posted by: Steve White   2012-10-08 09:41  

#7  I was thinking more about Holder and the real (Obama-wise) purpose of Fast & Furious, P2K.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-10-08 09:33  

#6  A preview of your own November?

Possibly, given that the MSM will lie its ass off to drag the One across the finish line, to include 'exit polls' that don't match the real count, that was one of the complications of the 2000 vote. Though it will likely only be feeding their shrinking base as the MSM has all but killed its credibility outside that subset of the electorate.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-10-08 09:24  

#5  Like FDR, president for life, however long that will be.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-10-08 05:50  

#4  A preview of your own November?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-10-08 03:14  

#3  Those tanks were just queuing for a double whopper...

https://twitter.com/ArturoGVilla/status/255116851913314306
Posted by: European Conservative   2012-10-08 01:56  

#2  No one evar! suspects the Parrot.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-10-08 01:41  

#1  The exit polls NOT under Chavez' control gave his opponent a victory of 51%
Posted by: European Conservative   2012-10-08 00:16  

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