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Thursday, March 8, 2012
AMLO like you ain't seen him yet
You may or may not know that AMLO is an avid baseball fan... and, as the picture from Milenio shows, he still plays the game when he can.
Greg for Senate? Maybe not such a great idea
Gregorio "Greg" Sánchez, has not been convicted of any crime. Yet given the opposition from his own party against his candidacy - he is on both the Senate PR list, as well as the Senate district candidate - PRD should look again at this candidacy.
- His successor as mayor of Benito Júarez, Julián Ricalde Magaña, recently warned against his candidacy, saying that he could be barred from running - like he was when he ran for governor in 2010 (and spent months in prison).
- Now the Quintana Roo PRD branch threatens a boycott should he be a candidate.
It seems that this time the national PRD should listen to its state party branch. Greg really seems to come with far too much baggage.
- His successor as mayor of Benito Júarez, Julián Ricalde Magaña, recently warned against his candidacy, saying that he could be barred from running - like he was when he ran for governor in 2010 (and spent months in prison).
- Now the Quintana Roo PRD branch threatens a boycott should he be a candidate.
It seems that this time the national PRD should listen to its state party branch. Greg really seems to come with far too much baggage.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Mexico 2012, Poll of polls!
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
"Calderón promises to respect the outcome of the U.S. election."
Imagine the headline, "Calderón to respect the outcome of the 2012 U.S. election," or perhaps better yet, "Calderón promises not to intervene in the 2012 U.S. election."
It reads quite strange - why on earth would anyone not recognize the election outcome in the United States? And why would Calderón feel obliged to say so?
But flip it around: "Biden offers not to intervene in the election," one actual headline referring to the recent meeting U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden had with Mexico's three presidential contenders.
Why does the latter headline read far less strange than the former?
It reads quite strange - why on earth would anyone not recognize the election outcome in the United States? And why would Calderón feel obliged to say so?
But flip it around: "Biden offers not to intervene in the election," one actual headline referring to the recent meeting U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden had with Mexico's three presidential contenders.
Why does the latter headline read far less strange than the former?
UZI in Facebook picture: Bad idea
It would seem to generally be a bad idea and at the very least be of very poor taste to appear in your Facebook profile in Mexico carrying guns.
It is especially a bad idea if you are carrying weapons "exclusively for use by the armed forces," such as a seemingly fully functioning UZI submachine gun.
And it is a purely idiotic and reprehensible thing to appear with your UZI if you are a politician from the state of Michoacán and you have just achieved a spot on the list to be a federal deputy (!).
Yet here is Ethan Peña, a 22-year old idiot who until recently was a member of the PRD (it immediately kicked him out), brandishing his UZI, while at the same time running for congress.
And the text accompanying the picture speaks for itself: “ira pinche mapache pelos de estopa es una usi de 35 calibre 9mm ok para ke sepas con esa te saco toda la caca ke tienes en el culo…”
It would be immature for a 12-year-old.
I hope this guy soon will have the police asking some questions about his gun.
It is especially a bad idea if you are carrying weapons "exclusively for use by the armed forces," such as a seemingly fully functioning UZI submachine gun.
And it is a purely idiotic and reprehensible thing to appear with your UZI if you are a politician from the state of Michoacán and you have just achieved a spot on the list to be a federal deputy (!).
Yet here is Ethan Peña, a 22-year old idiot who until recently was a member of the PRD (it immediately kicked him out), brandishing his UZI, while at the same time running for congress.
And the text accompanying the picture speaks for itself: “ira pinche mapache pelos de estopa es una usi de 35 calibre 9mm ok para ke sepas con esa te saco toda la caca ke tienes en el culo…”
It would be immature for a 12-year-old.
I hope this guy soon will have the police asking some questions about his gun.
Monday, March 5, 2012
PRI getting desperate in Tabasco, may lose state
Tabasco has a special place for the PRD - it has long been a bastion of Andrés Manuel López Obrador who twice ran for governor in extremely fraudulent elections (88 and 94) against the PRI. In 2006, the PRD also came very close to winning and was possibly cheated from its victory, though the election was also held at time )Oct 2006) when AMLO's popularity had been plummeting after his plantón sit-ins in Mexico City and ever more radicalized language, culminating in the absolutely ridiculous "Legitimate presidency."
Now, however, PRD has a big chance of winning the upcoming (July 1) election, which thanks to Mexico's electoral reform will coincide with the national election. A governor will be elected, 17 municipal presidents, and 35 local deputies. The left's candidate is Senator Arturo Núñez (ex PRI and AMLO ally), and a broad left coalition is here very natural. Yet the local election organs have now twice rejected the coalition of PRD-PT and the party formerly known as Convergencia, on what appears to be very spurious "technical" grounds, following PRI complaints to the PRI-controlled said electoral institute.
Núñez will appeal to the federal tribunal and will likely win here, but this appears just to be one sign of how much the PRI will fight this election, using any means possible, like they have in the past. The state has never been run by any party than the PRI - and much of it is thanks to its long tradition on extremely dirty tricks and rigging of the elections, a practice that has unfortunately survived and thrived on the state level in Mexico.
The governor election in Tabasco is not likely to be pretty.
Now, however, PRD has a big chance of winning the upcoming (July 1) election, which thanks to Mexico's electoral reform will coincide with the national election. A governor will be elected, 17 municipal presidents, and 35 local deputies. The left's candidate is Senator Arturo Núñez (ex PRI and AMLO ally), and a broad left coalition is here very natural. Yet the local election organs have now twice rejected the coalition of PRD-PT and the party formerly known as Convergencia, on what appears to be very spurious "technical" grounds, following PRI complaints to the PRI-controlled said electoral institute.
Núñez will appeal to the federal tribunal and will likely win here, but this appears just to be one sign of how much the PRI will fight this election, using any means possible, like they have in the past. The state has never been run by any party than the PRI - and much of it is thanks to its long tradition on extremely dirty tricks and rigging of the elections, a practice that has unfortunately survived and thrived on the state level in Mexico.
The governor election in Tabasco is not likely to be pretty.
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