Socialists Win Portugal Vote, Control Parliament

[aneerkoinos]

"LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's opposition Socialists scored their biggest-ever electoral victory on Sunday as voters ousted center-right Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes after only seven months in power, exit polls showed.

(...)

Sunday's victory was the Socialists' biggest since a revolution overthrew a rightist dictatorship in 1974.

They polled 46.9 percent to 50.7 percent of the vote to 23.3 to 27.8 percent for Santana Lopes's center-right Social Democrats, according to a poll for SIC television.

The SIC results pointed to the Socialists winning 123 to 130 seats in the 230-seat parliament. Polls by TVI television and state television RTP gave Socrates a similar level of victory."

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=517506

[Stop_the_War]

1. YES!!!!!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :7 :7 :7 :7 :P :P :P :P ;) ;) ;) :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[SheepBootHero]

11. I fail to see why this is such good and welcome news

Too far left is no better than too far right. Socialism is never a long term success and those that work the hardest to earn their money are forced to spread it around more than is fair for their efforts.

In fact, socialist politics often creates apathy among workers and they lose incentive to increase productivity. As more and more resign to performing less work it can become an epidemic and the whole scheme collapses in among itself.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. Wow, they're so far to the left

that fund managers think this will boost the markets, and the socialists have said they will cut public spending. Obviously, these people are hopelessly far to the left ... :eyes:

I'm glad to see we have such progressive blood as you joining this board, ever on the watch for the slightest sign of a drift to the left.

[SheepBootHero]

15. I'm a JFK Democrat progressive

I don't mean to disappoint your progressive blood yardstick but we are on the same side with distance between.

[aneerkoinos]

13. Agreed

It's far far more efficient productive to use up the wage-slaves and after they break down to throw them out to die so that Corporations will make more profit for the Capitalist.

Wellcome to DU, I hope you had fun with your short visit... :D

[SheepBootHero]

16. Short visit for not being left enough for you?

If JFK Democrats are not good enough for you then who put you in charge of our visits?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

2. Europeans are turning away from the empty right-wing promises

of materialism.

First Spain, and now Portugal.

[aneerkoinos]

8. Except...

... there's something rotten in Denmark.

[The Revolution]

3. Good.

Now if only the U.S. would turn away from the right-wing as well.

[bluestateguy]

4. Add another nation to Old Europe

HA HA!

[Thaddeus]

5. Europe and Latin America are moving Left

I truly hope this trend will have some progressive impact on the U.S. At the very least, it can serve as a counterweight to U.S. imperialism.

[sonicx]

6. Thumbs up for Europe!

:thumbsup:

[KingoftheJungle]

7. Rock on Europe. I envy you bastards for so many reasons

[Dirk39]

9. Hello Aneerkoinos!

Do you know more about the Socialists in Portugal? Are they neoliberals like Blair, Schröder etc. or do they have a real socialist agenda?

Hi from Germany,
Dirk

[aneerkoinos]

14. Not really

But I'd guess bit left of Schröder, not much. Hopefully nothing as bad as Blair.

[LinuxInsurgent]

10. yeay!!!

A victory for progressive people...a victory for economic and equal rights!

YEAy!

[lovuian]

17. Spain went socialist and India went Socialist & now

Portugal!!!

The people have to be very proud of themselves...