Did Y'all know that Hugo Chavez is up for reelection in his country soon?

[FrenchieCat]

Just wondering, cause I didn't know! :shrug:

Doesn't change anything necessarily. Just an interesting point of fact for those who didn't know.

Angus Reid Global Scan : Polls & Research 9/22/06
http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13230

Chávez Leads by 13 Points in Venezuela
September 22, 2006

- Hugo Chávez remains the most popular presidential candidate in Venezuela, according to a poll by Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates. 50 per cent of respondents would support the incumbent head of state in this year’s ballot.
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Chávez has been in office since February 1999. In July 2000, he was elected to a six-year term with 59.5 per cent of all cast ballots. In August 2004, Chávez won a referendum on his tenure with 59 per cent of the vote. The special election was called after opposition organizations in Venezuela gathered 2.5 million signatures to force a recall ballot.

The presidential election is scheduled for Dec. 3. In December 2005, Venezuelan voters renewed their National Assembly. The pro-Chávez Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) secured 114 of the 167 seats at stake. Five opposition parties boycotted the election, which saw a turnout of less than 25 per cent.

On Sept. 19 at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, Chávez criticized U.S. president George W. Bush, declaring, "The gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. (...) As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums, to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world."

On Sept. 20, Rosales declared, "While Chávez is talking about the devil and sulphur, I’m talking about God, development, progress and modernity."

Polling Data

If the presidential elections were held today for whom would you vote?

Hugo Chávez
50%

Manuel Rosales
37%

Benjamín Rausseo
3%

Undecided
9%

Source: Penn, Schoen & Berland Associates
Methodology: Face-to-face interviews with 2,000 likely Venezuelan voters, conducted from Aug. 26 to Sept. 1, 2006. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

[William769]

1. I also hear they have Diebold!

:rofl:

[Judi Lynn]

10. Don't spread disinformation.

See Peace Patriot's post #9 to get a clear picture. This post happens to be true:

They have OPEN SOURCE CODE in Venezuela's electronic voting system--that is, anyone may review the computer code by which the votes are tabulated, unlike in the U.S., where, ever since the electronic voting scam, the so-called "Help America Vote Act," brought to us by the two biggest crooks in Congress, Tom Delay and Bob Ney, during the 2001-2004 period, our votes have been "tabulated" by "TRADE SECRET," PROPRIETARY programming code, owned and controlled by two rightwing, Bushite corporations, Diebold and ES&S.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x672348#672715

[Warren Stupidity]

2. Not possible.

Get new facts as those obviously are not acceptable. Chavez is a dictator and a thug so he can't possibly be up for election and there cannot possibly be actual opposition candidates and they could not possibly be trailing him very badly in the polls. Nope. You must go get some new factlets.

[FrenchieCat]

3. Should I go to Factcheck.org? Cause their facts are normally

"relative"? ;)

[Warren Stupidity]

4. You misunderstaterate my sarcasmication. nt.

[LSparkle]

5. Maybe he was talking to HIS people the way * did in his speech

Hopefully it worked (for Chavez)!

[FrenchieCat]

6. seems like it.....at 50% with the next one at 37% and the one after

that at 9%....I daresay, it couldn't have hurt.

[ShaneGR]

7. George W Bush was the most popular president in American History

Following 9/11. I'd more interested in information related to Hugo Chavez's accomplishments and decisions in office.

[leftchick]

8. Also please note: "RE-ELECTION means NOT A DICTATOR!

that is all.

[FrenchieCat]

9. Yep.

but the Pakistan "President" is! He came in through a coup...and the last "election" he stood in...think he won 99% of the vote by the 30% who bothered voting or something like that! :eyes:

Wasn't he standing with Bush just TODAY?


Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's perilous search

By Anwar Iqbal, UPI South Asian Affairs Analyst

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, (UPI) -- President Gen. Pervez Musharraf may be remembered in Pakistan as a ruler who destroyed himself without any internal or external pressure to do so.

The general, who was the commander-in-chief of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, came to power by toppling an elected government. And yet he faced no resistance.
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For most of his three-year rule, there was no serious demand for the restoration of democracy. Instead people welcomed his initial efforts to fight corruption and improve governance.

But in his heart, the general always saw himself as a usurper, a ruler lacking legitimacy. And was looking for an opportunity to legitimize his rule.

The terrorist attacks in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, gave him that opportunity. Overnight, from an international pariah shun by all world leaders for toppling an elected government, he became a key Western ally.

more...
http://www.caymannetnews.com/Archive/Archive%20Articles/October%202002/Issue%20263%20Fri/Pakistan%20President.html

WE ARE LIVING IN

:crazy:

[ConcernedCanuk]

11. Will this be historic as the "Rummy and Saddam" handshake in the future?

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makes me ponder . .

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

12. Kinda Surprised. With The Way Some Talk About Him Here I Would've Sworn

his approval had to be in the 60's. I'm a bit surprised to learn it is only 50.

Regardless, whether he wins or not is frankly none of my business. May the man with the most votes win.

[FrenchieCat]

13. There yo go! Respecting democracy....

How Odd! :sarcasm: