How soon before White House initiates recall effort in Spain?

[ElementaryPenguin]

If this guy keeps this up - the recall or the first coup attempt can't be too far off!

:wow:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59339-2004Mar15.html

[Homer12]

1. Venezual, Hati, Spains not to far away.

Bushco loves overthrowing elected governments if they are left orientated.

[thingfish]

20. Don't forget California.

x

[DuctapeFatwa]

2. There's a room free in the C.A.R. Does Zapatero like to travel?

[kaitykaity]

3. Spain isn't a developing country, and it isn't in South America,

so a coup would be really tough. An assassination, however . . . Channelling Malloy: Have I said today how much I hate these people? That we would think this way about the people who run our government? :scared:

[Homer12]

4. A coup was not to tough in the USA in 2000

[kaitykaity]

5. I don't think Spain's Supreme Court is in the back pocket

of the Bush Administration . . .

[AP]

7. Spain has one of the best judges EVER: Balthazar Garzon

Spanish judge targets Kissinger
http://foi.missouri.edu/icc/spanishjudge.html

Kissinger Wanted for Questioning
http://www.rnw.nl/hotspots/html/spai020419.html

Prosecution of Accused
Argentine Rights Abusers Hailed
http://www.hrw.org/press/2000/08/argentines0828.html

Mexico's Decision to Extradite Accused Argentine Torturer Hailed
http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/02/mexico0205.htm


Balthazar Garzon

[AP]

8. A prescient quote from Garzon:

Analysis / Al-Qaida's Spanish vendetta

By Zvi Bar'el

'The war against Iraq will not eradicate the threat of terror but, perversely, it may bolster it.'

That was the comment, on the eve of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, of Spanish left-winger Balthazar Garzon, one of the most tireless campaigners against Al-Qaida.

The crusading judge, who currently serves as Spain's prosecutor general, is now running an investigation into some 40 activists suspected of contacts with Al-Qaida. The last of them was extradited yesterday from Jordan to Spain.

Garzon, unlike Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, objected to Spain's participation in the war on Iraq, and publicly declared he had found no evidence that Saddam Hussein was in contact with Al-Qaida.

http://www.haaretz.co.il/hasen/spages/403909.html

[kaitykaity]

9. You rock!!

:yourock:

[AP]

11. He's also the judge who issued the extradition warrant for Pinochet

which got that ball rolling in the UK.

This guy kicks ass.

[ElementaryPenguin]

14. Unfortunately, ass kickers of this sort don't usually survive too long!

On the other hand - Castro...

[AP]

16. Now he has a socialist government to operate within. He's probably safe

for a little while.

[oneighty]

10. Wow!

He looks just like American man. Bet he lives in a house too.

Who woulda thunk it?

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[AP]

13. If the opposition wins in VZ, you can bet that this guy will be issuing

warrants for their arrests too in about 10 years.

[oneighty]

17. Hey AP

I am not following you here, but sounds interesting. Please explain.

My comments were tongue in cheek.

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[AP]

18. Look at his record: going after the fascits, neocolonialists and ...

... neoliberals.

I'm saying that that's who makes up the opposition in VZ.

[ElementaryPenguin]

12. Excellent point, Homer! Not too tough at all!

:mad:

[AP]

15. I bet you $10 the CIA helped with last French election.

There was just a little too much cognitively dissonant media coverage.

A full EIGHT MONTHS before the election, all the press was reporting that the election was boring and nobody was paying attention. They hammered that theme home for months. Who's paying attention to an election eight months before election day? And what happened? Turnout was incredibly low, except that the right wingers were able to GOTV for their own candidates, thanks to expensive organization operating outside the media.

[9215]

19. Yea, but they speaka' Spanish!

:scared:

[arcos]

6. There is no recall in Spain... they have a parliamentary system... n/t

[mdmc]

21. 2005, if we lose

:dem: