Leftist has surprise lead in Mexico recount drama

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A leftist anti-poverty campaigner took a slim lead over his conservative rival in a dramatic recount of Mexico’s presidential election vote on Wednesday and warned the country’s stability was at stake.

Is it so hard to call him what he is. He’s not “leftist anti-poverty.” He’s a Communist. Oops, sorry, they prefer to be called Socialists. Right?

In scenes reminiscent of the Florida recount in the U.S. presidential vote in 2000, the divided nation bit its nails as partial returns showed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador overtaking Felipe Calderon, who finished a fraction ahead in the initial count.

Intriguing. A bunch of leftist anti-poverty Communists were the ones unwilling to accept defeat in Florida too. It’s universal. Communists refuse to accept it when people don’t want to vote for them.

Lopez Obrador, the former mayor of Mexico City, was ahead of pro-U.S. lawyer Calderon by about 2.2 percentage points in the recount of 75 percent of polling stations but it was still too early to declare a victor from Sunday’s vote.

In case you’re getting confused, Calderon is the “pro-US lawyer,” and led before recounting began. Obrador is the “leftist anti-poverty” candidate that leads now.

Protests broke out in the capital earlier on Wednesday to press home claims that the leftist was the victim of fraud in the preliminary count.

Speaks for itself, doesn’t it. Communism will work, if we just get the right people in charge, and recounting perpetually will work if we just count the right votes. It’s not voter fraud, it’s just the new math.

I don’t even care to read the rest.

UPDATE: Calderon Wins

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