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• • 02 Jan 07
  • 5:42 am

  REWRITE! Goll-darn it. Where's that copy boy?! I called for a REWRITE! The big news item coming out of Venezuela on December 3 was not President Hugo Chávez’ reelection, nor his wide margin of victory, but that is was only 62% in the wake of the AD boycotting the December elections. They have rejected Chávez’s legitimacy and systematically opposed all his actions, primarily because every time Chávez has emerged victorious, he has consolidated political control (including a constitutional rewrite - where is that copy boy!?) and taken new, bold measures to marginalize his opposition. It is rumored that even the Iranian …

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• • 02 Jan 07
  • 11:33 am

  Jack? Who be you and what rabbit hole did you jump out of? Anyway, trick question: if Chavez' opposition opts out of the election, where did that 38% come from? Yeah, let's terminate that line of discussion. Too close to the jugular.

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• • 02 Jan 07
  • 11:34 am

  that was easy.

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• • 02 Jan 07
  • 1:40 pm

  Jackie, Please, don't go away mad. You are right. Democracy in Venezuela is a sterling example of how might makes right. You still haven't addressed where that 38% came from. If the opposing team stays home, why only 62%?

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• • 02 Jan 07
  • 3:42 pm

  Jack, Let me dumb this up. Venezuela, under Chavez, stopped being a legitimate democracy when he rigged the process (and the constitution) in his favor. Just as voting percentages are irrelevant in Iran, they are irrelevant in Venezuela. The criticism I have leveled is on Ellner's refusal to "report" on the issue in an objective manner. He lauds the "revolutionary" electoral successes of Chavez without asking where those "successes" have been, at the polling station... or at the police station.

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