An Open Letter from Ohio to the people of Mexico (Fritakis&Wasserman)

[katinmn]

An Open Letter from Ohio to the people of Mexico

by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman
http://www.opednews.com

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_bob_fitr_060712_an_open_letter_from_.htm
July 12, 2006

The patterns are much too familar to ignore. Those of us who saw first-hand how the U.S. presidential election of 2004 was stolen here in Ohio, we cannot avoid the conclusion that Mexico's presidential election is also on the brink of being stolen. Too many of the symptoms are being repeated, too much of what happened in Florida 2000 and Ohio 2004 is being repeated to believe otherwise.

To those in Mexico who still believe in democracy, we urge you to avoid the mistakes made here. Do not doubt for one minute that fraud, intimidation and outright theft are the tell-tale trademarks of the Bush junta and its overseas minions.

Above all, DO NOT GIVE IN.

The most crucial difference between the United States in 2000 and 2004 versus Mexico 2006 is that in Mexico, there is a candidate willing to stand up to this outrageous theft. Perhaps you will ultimately get the recount that was so thoroughly denied here.

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Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman are co-editors of WHAT HAPPENED IN OHIO?, upcoming from the New Press, and co-authors of HOW THE GOP STOLE AMERICA'S 2004 ELECTION & IS RIGGING 2008, available at http://www.freepress.org/. and www.harveywasserman.com.

[EFerrari]

1. Give in? No se puede!

:toast:

[gula]

2. Given the demos Mexicans appear to understand clearly what's happening

[ccarter84]

3. maybe....

but question is how large are these demonstrations i've seen AP 'reports' of estimates in the thousands....but then again I've seen pictures of the probable events which look significantly larger....if they put this decision off to the last possible moment (the IFE election court I think it is?) then ...thats September 6th according to this site I found...that is a loong ways off for strings to be pulled or judges to be intimidated...I only hope they have a strong resolve, or truly have the goods. The ballot 'stuffing' incident appears to have been explained, and the AP story (sorry I don't have the link) really disparaged Obrador's press conference/videos.
Yet I see no reason to believe these election results if purely because the guy Bush supported won by a very thin margin a la Bush....arg