Calderon Wins Mexican Presidential Race

The Chief noted the Mexican election as being, as far as the US is concerned, a contest between dumb and dumber. If that were the case, then apparently “dumb” won a close contest after some Florida-style machinations that somewhat delayed the results.

Also like the FLorida 2000 hassle, the losing opposition is demonstrating that it indeed does deserve the Chief’s epithet of “dumber”, by promising to move into a realm similar to the US DUmmies (Democratic Underground, et al) who still haven’t accepted the fact that Algor lost in Florida.

The ruling party’s Felipe Calderon won the official count in Mexico’s disputed presidential race Thursday, a come-from-behind victory for the stiff technocrat. But his leftist rival refused to concede and said he’d fight the results in court.

Calderon, a conservative who preached free-market values and financial stability during the campaign, was already reaching out to other parties to build a “unity government.” His opponent, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, blamed fraud for his narrow loss in the vote count and called on his supporters to fill Mexico City’s main square Saturday in a show of force.

‘Nuff said!