Comments on: Al Gore for President of Mexico

By: The Right Nation

The Right Nation — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:28:05 +0000

Messico: recount immaginario...

Non fatevi prendere per i fondelli dalla Reuters o da EuroNews, il recount delle elezioni presidenziali in Messico (che poi non era neppure un vero recount) ha confermato la vittoria del conservatore Felipe Calderon e quella del suo partito (il PAN) .....

By: Mark in Mexico

Mark in Mexico — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:32:51 +0000

Whoops. Your HTML can't handle the Spanish inflection. It should read Lopez.

By: Mark in Mexico

Mark in Mexico — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:31:21 +0000

Mexican (Spanish - it's the same in Spain) names can be a bit confusing. It's not Obrador, that's his mother's maiden name. It's LÃ³pez Obrador, LÃ³pez, or AMLO. Some Spanish speakers commonly include their mother's maiden name in their full name, like AMLO, others, like Felipe Calderon, do not. However, the mother's family name must be included in any official documentation, like birth certificates, passports, driver's licenses and the like. Hence, Felipe Calderon's voter registration card will state his name as Felipe Calderon Hinojosa. It is also quite common for women in the public eye to be identified by their maiden names, rather than their married names. All quite confusing.

By: yetanotherjohn

yetanotherjohn — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:17:36 +0000

Could we also make them a deal on some gently used congress critters to round out the modest proposal? It would be a win win as the ones I have in mind could then proudly point to not being involved with Iraq. Perhaps we could sweeten the deal with a 'newspaper of record', a former national TV news anchor, a band who isn't to keen on patriotism and a protester who won't eat to much.

Of course the win on our side would be the border enforcement measures sailing through congress to prevent any unauthorized returns.

By: Bithead

Bithead — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 13:16:04 +0000

I love the title.
When I drew this comparison elsewhere in my travels yesterday, I was told I was being 'paranoid'. (Chuckle)