what do you know/think of the political situation in México?

Question

Last July (2nd) Elections were celebrated in Mexico. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wasn´t elected, lost by a insignificant number of votes (200,000) against Felipe Calderon Hinojosa. He´s leading marchs, closing principal avenues and attempts to make a boicot the day President Fox presents his inform of the year.

Answer 1

He is a sore loser, he lost by a wide margin in the richer states, but won most of the poorer and less educated states (sorta like the blue and red states). The overall margin was 0.57% but HE STILL LOST!

http://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110008630
How to Run a Clean Election
What Mexico can teach the United States.
Monday, July 10, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
Mexico's nonpartisan National Election Commission has built up a decade of credibility in running clean elections and international observers have certified the count as fair. Indeed, in its successful efforts to overcome its old reputation for corrupt vote-counting Mexico has a lot to teach the United States.

Mexico has developed an elaborate system of safeguards to prevent voter fraud. Absentee ballots, which are cast outside the view of election officials and represent the easiest way to commit fraud, are much harder to apply for than in the U.S. Voters must present a valid voter ID card with a photo and imbedded security codes. After they cast a ballot voters--just like those famously pictured in Iraq last year--also have a finger or thumb dipped in indelible purple ink to prevent them from voting again.

Mexico is ahead of the U.S. in ensuring its elections are both free and accurate. We should ask ourselves if we can afford to let that stunning contrast continue.
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Answer 2

Yeah, "tj_guy" has it 100% dead on (and the others are just whining, professional, racist Mexico bashers.)

Lopez Obrador declared over 4-5 months ago, during the campaign, that he would accept NO result that did not give him the presidency. (He still says that if a full recount of all votes favored his opponent, he could never except the result as it would still be "fraudulant") He clearly stated back then, that if he was rejected he would throw the whole country into chaos, which he has tried to do ever since with outright lies, falsified videos, false "affidavits," false charges, etc.

He recently did the same thing AGAIN in the Chiapas state elections, declaring BEFORE the election that if his party's cantidate didn't win "that alone would be clear evidence of fraud!" (His PRD party is leading in the vote count by 48.39% to 48.17% - an actual vote difference of 2,300 out of 2.5 million - with 5% (disputed or irregular votes) still left to count - here we go again.....)

He has attacked the IFE (National Election Commission) the Trife (National Election Tribunal) the entire National Goverment, every State Government not controlled by his party, President Fox and his entire cabinet, the PAN party, the PRI party, anybody from his own party who doesn't unconditionally agree with him, almost 1,000,000 election officials and workers, almost 1,000,000 official party observers including all those from HIS OWN PRD Party, hundreds of foreign observers, dozens of local and international monitoring agencies, all national media, and all international media as ALL BEING CORRUPT and ALL BEING INVOLVED IN A GIANT CONSPRACY TO STEAL THE PRESIDENCY FROM HIM!

In depositions to the Election Tribunal he has even presented as "proof" of this giant conspiracy, TV ads for products such as Volkwagons and national banks saying they showed too much "blue colors" in their ads in an attempt to subliminally influence voters to vote for his opponent (who's color is BLUE.) He accussed the Jumex juice company of the same thing because their juice boxes are BLUE! (and have been for 30 years!)

I'm NOT making this up, the guy is a fruitcake! Support for his PRD party has fallen from 35% in the election on July 2nd. to less than 20% today. If Mexicans were to vote again today Lopez Obrador would run THIRD and Calderon would beat him, not by 0.58% but by over 20%!

His own party is now in open revolt against him and the only "protesters" left in Mexico City in his support are those few dozen extreemists who have the pictures of Lenin and Stalin posted up and are playing non-stop the speaches of Hugo Chavez and Castro!

This is FAR from evidence that Mexico is in crisis or in trouble! Rather it is the evidence that Mexico is a true emerging (strong) democracy that can a) run a close election honestly, b) handle the radical elements trying to seize power illegally and c) avoid electing the social fascist fruitcakes.

It is NOT a negative sign, it is a very positive sign for Mexico's future.

(just as an aside: a quarter of a million vote advantage is in no way "insignificant" and after millions of votes from all "questionable" polling places challenged by Lopez Obrador were recounted, the vote difference has changed by only about .002%)

Answer 3

From what i will tell it became into no longer that somewhat extra extreme than the contested election in the U. S. returned in 2000. the hundreds have been given a splash extra unruly yet it is approximately it. i'm hoping your Democracy continues to be sturdy and you do no longer fall into the leftist seize that dooms international locations to continual mediocrity. Socialism dooms all and sundry below it to very almost poverty (different than the political elite who nevertheless get their cake & consume it too).

Answer 4

It was on the net that the conservatives were going to steal the Mexican election just like they stole the US one in 2000. And they did. More for the rich, less for the poor, and guess where those poor people will be coming. Go ahead, take a guess.

Answer 5

The Mexican government needs a nannie.

Answer 6

it is corrupt.......always has been, probably always shall be...until someone with integrity comes along, and gets elected....