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| Charges of Alcoholism Against Calderon Throws Solons in Uproar |
| 2011-02-04 |
| A banner unfurled in the Mexican national Chamber of Deputies in San Lazaro has caused members of several political parties to walk out of a session Thursday, according to Mexican news accounts. In an apparent violation of chamber rules Partido Trabajadores (PT) deputies, Gerardo Fernandez Noroña, Jaime Cardenas and Mario Di Constanzom unfurled a blanet emblazoned with charges that President Felipe Calderon Hinojosa was drunk leading the country. The banner read: "Would you let a drunk drive your car? No, really? Then why leave him to lead the country?" When the lawmakers refused to take down the banner, members of the Partido Accion Nacional, Calderon's party, and Partido Verde Ecologista de México (PVEM) (Green party) left the building, forcing a suspension of the regular session. Reports now say sanctions against the members who put up the banner are being discussed informally. PT is fresh off a major state electoral win when their candidate in coalition with the leftist Partido Revolucion Democratica (PRD), Angel Aguirre Rivero, took the governor's seat in Guerrero this past Sunday. The coordinator of PAN deputies, Josefina Vazquez Mota, vowed the insult would not go unpunished. Vazquez Mota added a large part of members of the ruling Partido Revolucionario Institucional, PAN's most vigrous competitors, left the session as well. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #6 Correction(Thanks Frozen Al) So he could send a barrel to each of his other Generals. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-02-04 12:00 |
| #5 In my history class (Long enough ago that Political correctness didn't exist) we were told that Lincoln asked what brand of whisky Grant drank "So He could send him a barrel". |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-02-04 11:36 |
| #4 As I remember, he also asked to find out what Grant was drinking so that he could send it to his other generals. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2011-02-04 11:30 |
| #3 "Would you let a drunk drive your car? No, really? Then why leave him to lead the country?" ...when those jealous of [General] Grant's success and recognition tried to curb his advancement, claiming Grant had been drinking, and calling for his removal from command (vicious rumors mostly fueled by Grant's rivals), President Lincoln flatly stated, "I cannot spare this man! He fights!". |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2011-02-04 09:25 |
| #2 Go to your room, NS. ;-) Here, take a beer with you .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-02-04 08:32 |
| #1 Solons, though they may be gathering in salons. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2011-02-04 07:05 |