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2007-12-03 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by anonymous5089 2007-12-03 04:30|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 After the "Porque no te callas?" (Why don't you shut up?) from King of Spain, now it is 'Poque no te largas?" ("Why don't you fuck off?")

Posted by JFM">JFM 2007-12-03 05:19|| 2007-12-03 05:19|| Front Page Top

#2 [AngryLeft]

Damn that KKKarl Rove and those Diebold voting machines!

[/AngryLeft]

Posted by Mike 2007-12-03 06:31|| 2007-12-03 06:31|| Front Page Top

#3 ...his term as president will end in 2013

They taking bets in Vegas?

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-12-03 07:21|| 2007-12-03 07:21|| Front Page Top

#4 I wouldn't bet on it. Next up is plan 'B' - declare a state of emergency because of the threat from the Americans.

Posted by WTF 2007-12-03 07:46|| 2007-12-03 07:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah - we haven't seen the end of his ambitions by a long shot.

Posted by lotp 2007-12-03 07:48|| 2007-12-03 07:48|| Front Page Top

#6 He's already hinting at a "do-over". "Porque no te largas", indeed.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2007-12-03 08:00|| 2007-12-03 08:00|| Front Page Top

#7 Heads are going to roll in the Committiee to Re-Elect.

However I am sure this is just a minor setback that will be easily overcome.

Posted by Kelly 2007-12-03 09:16|| 2007-12-03 09:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Because these were "reforms" (the BBC says so, so it must be true, right?), they are in the People's ^TM interest, therefore the vote must be rescheduled until the people get it right: EU-treaty style.

Posted by James">James 2007-12-03 09:17|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com]">[http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com] 2007-12-03 09:17|| Front Page Top

#9 And the whole time, Pootie is looking at this and thinking, "Amateur."

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-12-03 09:38|| 2007-12-03 09:38|| Front Page Top

#10 Hugo's current term doesn't expire until 2012.

Posted by mrp 2007-12-03 09:47|| 2007-12-03 09:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Methinks this ain't over yet...

Chavez quickly accepted defeat and called for calm. The fiery leftist, who remains popular and powerful, said the people had spoken and he heard them, but he also pledged to find another way to pass his reform plans. "I will not withdraw even one comma of this proposal, this proposal is still alive," he said. "For me, this is not a defeat."

Posted by tu3031 2007-12-03 11:38|| 2007-12-03 11:38|| Front Page Top

#12 This is a simple problem for a guy like Chavez. Just start rounding up people who voted no. He's got several years to cull the herd.

Posted by Iblis 2007-12-03 12:19|| 2007-12-03 12:19|| Front Page Top

#13 He probably would have won if he had just asked for elimination of term limits. He personally remains popular.

However, the other "reforms" stripped power from congress, states and municipalities, ended property rights, ended union rights, etc. Too many people lost too much.

Posted by DoDo 2007-12-03 18:40|| 2007-12-03 18:40|| Front Page Top

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Posted by DMFD 2007-12-03 22:22|| 2007-12-03 22:22|| Front Page Top

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