Cheap wine? Check. Google trigger finger? Check. Sit back people, we're "covering" this Venezuela referendum thingy until it's over or we pass out or get bored, whichever comes first. Feel free to post rumors and gossip in the comments section or whatever.
8:01 PM: Oh great "Officials from both camps said their early exit polls showed their side had won, although they did not publish their results."
8:05 PM: Opposition blogger Quico is already calling a massive 9-point win for the Chavez camp 54-45%
8:09 PM: Al Jazeera is calling it for the "Si" vote, as per exit polls.
8:27 PM: Don't miss FAIR's analysis of the press coverage leading up to the referendum, btw. You'll be shocked, no you won't.
8:41 PM: The Times of London--"The latest poll, by an independent Venezuelan agency Datanalisis, showed Mr Chávez leading his opponents by 6 points."
8:43 PM: In case you're not reading the comments, Otto's got additional exit poll results. But it's Otto, so, you know.
8:49 PM: This just in from Simon Romero!!! "Tight vote expected in Venezuela." Jesus, this guy.
9:03 PM OMG "the No votes appeared to be ahead"! In Miami.
9:24 PM: Miami Herald is calling it for Chavez. The couldn't bring themselves to write a story more than one line long, though. Check back often for funny/deranged commenters.
Comments (26)
CNE 2nd Bulletin
Sí 54.85
No 45.14
99.57% actas trasmitidas
Participation 70%
Posted by Utpal
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February 16, 2009 5:38 PM
Posted on February 16, 2009 17:38
LOL @ greengata
"...Well, I saw on twitter that it's all a fraud. Maybe Simon will cite it next week..."
Posted by otto
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February 16, 2009 12:10 PM
Posted on February 16, 2009 12:10
And I just got my first bitter little comment about it on my blog this morning. Too funny!
Posted by QueenBina
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February 16, 2009 9:47 AM
Posted on February 16, 2009 09:47
Lol! You warned me against funny deranged comments. Here's one to share from the Miami Herald: "I think the Chavez victory was a ploy by Pelosi and Reid. Now we will be forced to accept all the so-called political refugees from Venezueula, bolstering the number of LEFT even more in this country in order to drive the FAR LEFT Socialist dreams of these two."
Yes!
Posted by Kojerk
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February 16, 2009 9:00 AM
Posted on February 16, 2009 09:00
Oh no! Not democracy! That FAIR report was spot on. I did Google and Yahoo searches last night with the following search terms, y'know, for shits and giggles: "Uribe term limits". After about 50 articles about tyrannical Chavez, I gave up trying to find anything about Our Man in Latin America (apologies to anyone here from a country whose man he isn't).
Posted by Kojerk
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February 16, 2009 8:49 AM
Posted on February 16, 2009 08:49
Well, I saw on twitter that it's all a fraud. Maybe Simon will cite it next week.
Posted by Greengeeta
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February 16, 2009 8:24 AM
Posted on February 16, 2009 08:24
Borev: instead of "fraud", the oppo dudes are crying "ventajismo". But still, it's an improvement.
Posted by Utpal
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February 16, 2009 12:11 AM
Posted on February 16, 2009 00:11
Just catching the coverage on CTV now...oh god, they SUCK. Two Minutes' Hate, and only the No side is getting coverage.
CTV = Crapitalist TV
Posted by QueenBina
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February 15, 2009 11:11 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 23:11
Gunson is their resident dickwad nutcase. Ledezma is still on with his Chavista gunmen" on ghost payrolls ...
Posted by Utpal
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February 15, 2009 11:10 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 23:10
"Miami Herald special correspondent Phil Gunson contributed to this report."
Yeah, we noticed. Feh.
Posted by QueenBina
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February 15, 2009 11:03 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 23:03
On the Herrero expulsion thing ... heres' a video interview with Tibisay Lucena:
http://www.radiomundial.com.ve/yvke/noticia.php?19676
Lucena is quite cool actually :)
Posted by Utpal
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February 15, 2009 10:54 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:54
well it is a good thing i said 'my day'
Posted by natfame
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February 15, 2009 10:51 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:51
Err...natframe got his words in the wrong order there. He wrote:
"And BoRev, your humour and wit nearly always makes my day!"
But what he really meant was:
"And humour Borev all day as he makes nearly wit"
Posted by otto
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February 15, 2009 10:43 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:43
I just wanted to say thanks for the entertaining commentary on tonight's events, it has truly made it worthwhile to stay up and wait for the results.... aside from the outcome itself of course! And BoRev, your humour and wit nearly always makes my day! Keep it up.
Posted by natfame
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February 15, 2009 10:35 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:35
Too bad, so sad for Yon-Yon. And all his little followers. Shoulda been Bolivarians, kiddies.
Now to go pour myself some plonk! WOOHOO!!!
Posted by QueenBina
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February 15, 2009 10:29 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:29
Haha, you're right. He was, like, networking with the UJC in Bolivia at one point.
Posted by Utpal
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February 15, 2009 10:22 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:22
There's a great comment under that YonnyBoy article
"Terrible to have a student's movement run by....this clown.
I'm ashamed to be a university student."
billythekid - 15/02/09 - 06:23 pm
Que lamentable es tener un movimiento estudiantil dirigido por inconsientes tarifados con este bufon... que deja a tras la irreverencia, ilustracion y lucha por los derechos y bienestar del pueblo propio de los movimientos estudiantiles de las decadas pasadas... me averguenzo de ser estudiante universitario
Posted by otto
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February 15, 2009 10:10 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:10
Chaos Theory (Vz edition)
YonnyBoy is drowning his sorrows.
El miembro del partido Primero Justicia, Yon Goicochea, llamó a los jóvenes venezolanos a que acudan a las mesas de votación desde la 3:00 de la tarde, tal como lo había planeado el movimiento estudiantil previamente.
"El 15 a las 15, llamamos a todos los jóvenes a echar el resto" dijo el dirigente, en el comando de campaña del bloque del "NO" ubicado en Chacao.
Felicitó a los más de 45 mil jóvenes que están distribuidos a nivel nacional para ser testigos en cada uno de los centros de votación por "el trabajo en la jornada".
http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/p_contenido.php?q=nodo/68662/Pol%C3%ADtica/Goicochea-llama-a-los-j%C3%B3venes-a-echar-el-resto
Posted by otto
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February 15, 2009 10:08 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 22:08
Only half drunk, u jokers. I'm sort of disappointed, to be honest. Where are all the crazies in their fraud T-shirts? Where are the conspiracy theories? It all seems so un-Venezuelan if you ask me.
Posted by BoRev
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February 15, 2009 9:44 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 21:44
Otto: I think you and I typed almost simultaneously :) It's a good win.
Posted by Utpal
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February 15, 2009 9:22 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 21:22
Utpal...quicker than the drunken Boorev
so an 8,7% gap, and more of the popular vote than some guy called Obama got recently.
Yep, that's a win.
Posted by otto
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February 15, 2009 9:15 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 21:15
Participation: 67%; pretty high I would say.
Posted by Utpal
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February 15, 2009 9:13 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 21:13
54% : official result with 94.2% counted
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Caracas.- Con el 54 % los votos, la opción del Sí triunfó en el proceso electoral realizado este domingo en Venezuela. Este fue el primer boletín oficial de la jornada con el 94.2% de la transmisión.
Así lo anunció la presidenta del Consejo Nacional Electoral Tibisay Lucena, en rueda de prensa, a las 09:35 de la noche de este domingo.
Posted by otto
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February 15, 2009 9:13 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 21:13
Official results in! (94.2% counted)
Sí 54.36
No 45.63
Posted by Utpal
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February 15, 2009 9:12 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 21:12
Results in from Venezuelans voting en USA (not kidding, these numbers are real)
Votes:
"YES": 100 (2.3%)
"NO": 7,482 (97.7%)
Spoiled ballots 8
My stars, those guys in Miami are so representative of their country.
Posted by otto
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February 15, 2009 9:06 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 21:06
Exit polls:
PLMGroup: YES 60.9%, NO 39.4%
CGC: YES 56%, NO 44%
IVAD: YES 54%, NO 46%
Consul 3011: YES 53%, NO 47%
Posted by otto
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February 15, 2009 8:16 PM
Posted on February 15, 2009 20:16