Stealing Another Election

July 3rd, 2006 at 21:00 Björn Hallberg

Is the election in Mexico about to be stolen by the usual suspects? Well, Greg Palast seems to think so.

The foreign mainstream press has already announced, despite the polling discrepancies, that Mexico’s elections were fair and clean, which would be a first for that country where López Obrador’s party has seen its candidates defeated by “blatant fraud” before. The change this time is that the fraud is simply less blatant.

Especially pertinent: Choicepoint and exit poll discrepancies.

Now of course, you wont hear much complaining from the US over the likely outcome or peculiar irregularities. Unlike in Ukraine in 2004. Or indeed every time there is an election anywhere that doesn’t go their way and every little thing is scrutinized.

And furthermore …

Mexico’s “too close to call” presidential election is getting stranger by the hour, with 2.5 million missing ballots discovered Tuesday, other ballots found dumped at landfills, accusations of widespread electoral fraud and a stunning recount that shows leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with a sudden lead.

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