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Febrero 01, 2005

Urnas llenas... en Vietnam

Como en EEUU hay tantos que dicen que la alta participación en las elecciones iraquíes demuestra que los críticos con la guerra de Irak están vendidos a los malos, Daily kos ha contraatacado tirando de archivo. Viaje en el tiempo hasta el 4 de septiembre de 1967:

U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote: Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror

by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times (9/4/1967: p. 2)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-- United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.

According to reports from Saigon, 83 per cent of the 5.85 million registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong.

The size of the popular vote and the inability of the Vietcong to destroy the election machinery were the two salient facts in a preliminary assessment of the nation election based on the incomplete returns reaching here.


De entrada, se me ocurre que a los survietnamitas les habría ido mejor si hubieran tenido un líder religioso como el gran ayatolá Sistani. Pero me parece que con Bush lo habrían tenido igual de mal.

Posted by Iñigo at Febrero 1, 2005 01:14 AM

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Mira, esto me recuerda al cómic de Astérix en Córcega, que van a la isla y ven que hay elecciones y le preguntan a uno de los líderes locales: '¿pero celebráis elecciones?', y le contesta a Astérix: 'Sí, votamos, y cuando las urnas están llenas, las tiramos al mar y gana el más fuerte. Una costumbre de aquí'. Pues eso :P

Posted by: Jeremias at Febrero 1, 2005 10:13 AM

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