What a nice story to wake up to on a Monday morning! A pompous ass getting a wake-up call. Here, read this…
CARACAS, Venezuela �?? President Hugo Chavez suffered a stunning defeat Monday in a referendum that would have let him run for re-election indefinitely and impose a socialist system in this major U.S. oil provider.
Voters defeated the sweeping measures Sunday by a vote of 51 percent to 49 percent, said Tibisay Lucena, chief of the National Electoral Council, with voter turnout at just 56 percent.
She said that with 88 percent of the votes counted, the trend was irreversible.
Opposition supporters shouted with joy as Lucena announced the results on national television early Monday, their first victory against Chavez after nine years of electoral defeats.
Some broke down in tears. Others began chanting “And now he’s going away!”
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Looks like Freedom is still alive in Venezuela, though I sincerely hope the people of that nation do not believe for one second that the fight is over. Freedom is never ‘free’ and the price is often due in the blood of Patriots. Perhaps Chavez will crawl back under the rock he came from, but most likely The People will have to toss his bloodied ass out.
Nevertheless, a Victory is a Victory!
Bull, out!
