We could make an awful joke referring to Chavez, his
69 proposed amendments and Castro. But we won’t.

So Chavez lost the constitutional referendum last night, meaning his attempt to change the Venezuelan constitution for a second time in the last nine years has failed. Just how close was the vote? Just 51 to 49 percent. I wonder what the hell the margin of error is…

Chavez’s concession is the stuff that publicists’ wet dreams are made of. When the OEA is no where to be found (Jimmy? Where are you Jimmy?) and when you’ve managed to lose throes of supporters, what else are you going to do but lose by an almost impossibly narrow margin that the electoral group refused to release on time, despite Chavez’s lackeys going an air and publically saying that things were looking very good? I mean, c’mon. Am I right?

Now the apologists have come out crying that the results should be no surprise because elections and Chavez, who has been in office since 1998, and his presidency have always been legitimate. I’ll concede that there is no conclusive proof that this election was manipulated in any way. Hell, I’ll even go a step further and say that no court of law in Venezuela has found any sort of proof of electoral fraud in the last nine years of Chavez’s presidency. But very similar claims are still made about the 2000 elections.

Amercia has a little more than a year with Bush. We’ve got Chavez till 2013. Wanna trade?

Featured Song: “No Love Lost” by LCD Soundsystem


DOWNLOAD MP3

Sources:
Venezuela Hands Narrow Defeat to Chávez Plan NY Times
Do Dictators Lose Elections? Huff Po
Fear of Chavez is Fear of Democracy Greg Palast

Previously:
Marrying Up Dept: The World’s Most Eligible Leaders
Dept. of Lost in Translation: King of Spain tells Chavez to shut up
Beer Goggles Dept.: Venezulans vote for Chavez…as fifth sexiest man

Chavez and Castro: two hot pieces of beefcake.

If this doesn’t prove that voting in Venezuela is rigged, we don’t know what else will:

A poll said on Thursday the fifth-most desired man is Chavez, whose large nose, protruding lips, forehead mole and gap in his front teeth are easy fodder for caricature artists in a South American nation obsessed with beauty.

Venezuelan business group Fedecamaras organized the poll, which is odd since Fedecamaras has been hailed as one of the leading forces of the opposition group and black listed as part of the capitalistic oligarchy by the Chavistas.

Let’s put this in context, though. Chavez, who was nicknamed “Goofy” in his military days, was named one of the top five sexiest Venezuelan men. We’re talking about Venezuela, the developing country that in 2000 was named the most vain country in the world and in which 65 percent of Venezuelan women and 47 percent of men said they think about their personal appearance ”all the time.”

Come to think about it, Naomi Campbell did visit Chavez the other day…Better luck next year, Winston Vallenilla. Sixth place doesn’t cut it, you ass-face ugly son of a bitch.

Featured Song: “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” by Rod Stewart


DOWNLOAD MP3

Sources:
“Ugly” Chavez among Venezuela’s sexiest men: poll Yahoo! News
Who Is Vainest of All? Venezuela NY Times
Naomi Does Venezuela Michelle Malkin

Say what you will about Hugo Chávez, that man is insane. Living la vida loca (What? Too late for a Ricky Martin reference? Or was there never a right time for one?) seems to have caught up with Venezuelan president.

One of the South American country’s most prominent newspapers, El Universal, came out with a brain-picking piece that describes Chávez’s latest campaign for the Dec. 3 election as remarkably conservative. Well, as conservative as a man who invites Castro to his birthday parties can be.

Read the rest of this entry »