Mexico's leftist presidential candidate calls for protest camps ...

[struggle4progress]

... outside electoral offices

By Mark Stevenson
ASSOCIATED PRESS

12:41 p.m. July 14, 2006

MEXICO CITY – Mexico's leftist presidential candidate called on supporters Friday to set up protest camps outside the nation's 300 electoral offices to prevent alleged tampering of ballots in the July 2 election.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged to stop calling protests if there is a manual, ballot-by-ballot recount of the vote. He also said he would never recognize the results as legitimate if they confirm the apparent victory of conservative Felipe Calderon.

“I am not going to recognize these elections as clean,” Lopez Obrador said.

An official vote tally gave Calderon a 244,000-vote advantage. But the Federal Electoral Tribunal must decide on a slew of appeals by Aug. 31 and declare a president-elect by Sept. 6 – a decision that cannot be appealed...

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/mexico/20060714-1241-mexico-elections.html

[1932]

1. Now that's conviction.

[Blaq Dem]

2. He needs Cindy Sheehan

Cindy knows how to set 'em up.

[PSPS]

3. As usual, "leftist."

The media has made it part of his name. They never print his name without the use of "leftist" as a way to get in what they perceive to be the required slur.

[Judi Lynn]

4. It's an insult to readers to override their right to unbiased information,

a real slap in the face having someone rush in and color the news, trying to mold your perception while you're trying to get to the information you want.

Damned dirty!

[Vidar]

5. Viva Obrador!

[EFerrari]

6. KIck