What the hell is these clown's definition of democracy?!

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19 April 2006
http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=April&x=20060419142558ASrelliM0.9228784&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html

U.S. Working To Ensure Free and Fair Elections in Nicaragua

State Department urges rejection of discredited former presidents Aleman, Ortega


Washington -- The United States is working with the Organization of American States (OAS) and with its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere to ensure free and fair presidential elections in Nicaragua in November.

It also is urging the Nicaraguan people to continue to reject discredited past leaders Arnoldo Aleman and Daniel Ortega, according to the U.S. Department of State.

On April 18, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the United States is engaging with all parties in Nicaragua that have expressed an interest in an open, transparent and democratic electoral process. As part of this effort, U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua Paul A. Trivelli met April 17 with representatives of Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutionalist Party, or PLC, to make it clear that the party must distance itself from former Nicaraguan president and convicted criminal Arnoldo Aleman, who stole tens of millions of dollars from the Nicaraguan people. Trivelli also encouraged the PLC to participate in open primaries to select its leadership, McCormack said.

In an April 18 Washington meeting with OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza, Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick shared his concerns that supporters of Aleman and former Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega could corrupt Nicaragua's democratic process. In this session, Zoellick said, constitutional and electoral law in Nicaragua must be followed regarding the qualification of electoral candidates and the functioning of the nation's supreme electoral council.

As the United States works with its hemispheric partners to ensure an appropriate electoral environment in Nicaragua, the State Department said it is pleased to see strong grassroots opposition to Aleman and his corrupt policies.

The State Department also said it continues to encourage the Nicaraguan people to move past its failed former leaders.

"The United States continues to believe that democracy -- and leaders committed to democratic governance -- form the only path to a peaceful and prosperous future for Nicaragua," McCormack said. "We urge the Nicaraguan people to continue to reject the discredited figures of the country's political past, as represented by Aleman and Ortega."

"free and fair" (and balanced?)

[saltpoint]

1. Make the tax cuts permanent, bomb the terra-ists, and to hell with

everybody else

--seems to wrap it up pretty well.

[undergroundpanther]

2. Total

Freedom to dominate( in a "full spectrum" way)or manipulate Anyone anywhere that Bushco wants to abuse,dominate torture,manipulate,lie to,scam or perpretrate any generalized sociopathic urge that satisfies bushco,.And they want total freedom from any accountability or demands to be treated as human beings from those busco dominates.

They want total freedom all for themselves,and for them to have TOTAL freedom for themselves only,everyone else who is not in thier rich boy sociopath club must be totally opressed,totally confused or ignorant and totally made subservient to bushco by any means that works..

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Sure. We didn't spend all that money funding rape, murder & drug running

in Nicaragua in the 80s just so Ortega could keep running that place, did we?

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4. it would be a tragedy if Ortega was elected

and actually improved the schools, helped pull the nation out of poverty, improved health, agriculture . . .