Aznar supporters call Spanish election a 'robbery'

[BeyondGeography]

The Guardian
Wednesday March 17, 2004

Several thousand supporters of the outgoing prime minister, José María Aznar today rallied in Madrid to protest against the Spanish general election.

The demonstrators accused the socialist prime minister-elect, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, of exploiting last week's train bombs to win power.

"The elections were a robbery," said school student Maria Garcia, wearing stickers of Mr Aznar's Popular Party (PP) on her jacket.

"The Socialist party has exploited the subject of terrorism so that the PP would lose, after saying throughout the campaign that we shouldn't use terrorism for political purposes."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1171619,00.html?=ticker

[GainesT1958]

1. Oh, I guess she means the way...

Senor Aznar did when he tried to blame the bombings on ETA...when in fact, he KNEW better!? :mad:

B-)

[0007]

29. Aznar is into the same rotten politics that junior plays

Now that Aznar has been exposed by the people of Spain for trying to blame the bombings on ETA the dirty little prick is crying in his beer.

Let him cry and whine until he understands that he has been screwed by junior and not the People of Spain.

[Robbien]

2. If Aznar wanted to win the votes

he should not have done so much lying and manipulation, and especially not when it is the dead and their families are the ones that are being heartlessly manipulated.

Now he is manipulating again by putting his own sins on the other party.

[saigon68]

15. Aznar can go screw himself

He is a war criminal and a bootlick of the Chimp and the Chimp's Poodle

[LynneSin]

17. He shouldn't have supported a war that 90% of spain opposed

His party was due for a big fall!

!thunk!

[catzies]

3. So when will they start a recall? RWers are all the same after all

:eyes:

[Hav]

4. .

Tell them to get over it.

[ret5hd]

6. how would you say MoveOn in Spanish?

[TahitiNut]

10. Movimiento hacia adelante.

?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

20. Vayanse al carajo y no jodan mas (paraphrsing a bit).

[NV1962]

33. “Que os den” (por ya saben donde)

:D

Sorry...

MoveOn? PSOE. Can't get simpler than that.

[DulceDecorum]

16. Or

they can always recount the votes -
unless their Supreme Court rules otherwise.

[Occulus]

34. Or

they can recount the votes until the total agrees with them.

[tridim]

5. I see, democracy = robbery

Looks like there are Freepers in Spain too.

[La_Serpiente]

7. "Stop crying in yer teacups"

[Rex]

8. 99% of Spain didn't want to invade Iraq.

So Maria Garcia is in the 1%, maybe someone can explain to her the ROBBERY that went on here in the US on Dec 12, 2000. People voted this asshole out because he supported Chimpy's War...are you listening Poodle Boy? You're next!

[TankLV]

9. Ahh, the 1st step is in play, I see.

Next comes: "They are all thugs".

Then: "Democracy isn't necessarily that the most votes wins, sometimes other things are more important".

Why don't we all save ourselves just a lot of time and go back to the Haiti or Venezuala threads, change the subject to "Spain" and be done with it.

All the spin-meisters will be out to proove "they're not against democracy, but..."

But in a vicarious way, it'll be fun to see all the suspects spouting the same repuke talking points again.

[leesa]

11. Not like the armed robbery going on in Iraq though, I suppose

[not systems]

12. He was democratically elected but is not governing democratically.

I'm sure that is next.

:puke:

[DulceDecorum]

19. Zapatero

had better not hire any US-based bodyguards.
Just look what the Steele Foundation did to Aristide.

Also,
Zapatero should avoid small planes and grassy knolls.

[Vladimir]

13. Bring...

them... on!

V

[cprise]

14. Aznar didn't defend the country

...he was busy exploiting the subject of terrorism so he could be a little Napoleon.

[stevedeshazer]

18. A Preview:

Washington D.C. January 20, 2005.

[Sagan]

21. i think they need to just GET OVER IT!!

What a bunch of babies.

[SoCalDem]

22. We counted them once..we counted them twice.. we counted them three times

Move on.. Get over it :)

[bluedog]

23. the peoples vote counted

they don't have an electoral college do they?

[Aidoneus]

24. poor little fascist..

he's just upset because his designated thief wasn't the one speeding away with the loot.

[Dogmudgeon]

25. We need more such robberies

Aznar reduced the anti-terror vigilance of Spain and put all his eggs in the ETA basket. He had been using ETA as his own boogeyman to scare the rest of Spain into voting for him. The rest of the antiterrorist efforts had been reduced. Aznar had his country "stand down" with respect to non-ETA terrorism. And the Spanish people know it.

The news is out -- the terrorists were able to walk right in to Alcala station, place the backpack bombs, and walk away unmolested, in large part because of the stupidity of Aznar's policies.

It was very similar to Bush's lackadaisical attitude toward terrorists before 9/11/2001, except that Bush was able to ride the mass public grief to undeserved esteem. But like the Spanish people, the Americans are getting wise to the game.

--bkl

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

26. Ahhh, it's been a while since I used those...

[Renew Deal]

27. Terrorist is a non issue

UNTIL A FUCKING BOMB GOES OFF!!! Zapatero never had a chance to take advantage of it. Quit freaking crying. Your guys lied.

[laylah]

28. Well, I guess that

they will just have to "get over it" huh? :evilgrin:

Jenn

[jeanmarc]

30. 42 percent to 37 percent is not 'stolen'

When the Supreme court decides their election, I'd be inclined to agree with them, but when you lose by 5% of the voter turnout, you did not have anything 'stolen'. You lost. Teehee, 'get over it!'

[David__77]

31. Boo fricken' hoo!

I have not one ounce of sympathy for Franco-loving would-be imperialist theocratic burn-the-witches-at-the-stake Spanish rightists.

[The Backlash Cometh]

32. This is ridiculous.

If they want to get down to brass tacks, if elections were mandatory, we wouldn't have ANY right-wing governments.

[cliss]

35. That's the problem with being friends with Bush

you pay, and you pay, and you pay. You don't get much in return, either. You get lots of promises. But when it comes right down to it, they'll flush you down the toilet.

Like now. Poor Jose Maria Aznar had to find out the hard way.

[Zomby Woof]

36. they need to get over it

And quit crying in their sangria cups. :D

[goforit]

37. When 90% of the populous was against the Iraq war????.Robbery???

roflmao!