Gustavo Borges: Electoral fraud attempt fails in Caracas

[cal04]

VHeadline.com special correspondent Gustavo Borges reports: Private media outlets have, of course, tried to silence and conceal accusations made by the National Elections Council (CNE) which has reported an opposition attempt at electoral fraud. Voicing over a CNE announcement broadcast on all local TV and radio channels, the opposition loaded media organizations mistakenly (?) played a recording they are alleged to have planned to broadcast in the streets at 8:00 p.m. tonight to announce that President Hugo Chavez Frias had lost the referendum by an amazing 11 million votes.

The recording purported to announce first results of the referendum as being a resounding defeat for President Chavez Frias ... it was, in fact, a somewhat amateurish attempt to fake the voice of CNE president Francisco Carrrasquero.

The opposition media immediately sought to prevent information being leaked further and the chain-broadcast was shipped off the air without a single explanation or inquiry.
Minutes after the CNE went public with the accusation Luis Miquilena, claiming to be an opposition leader (he was formerly part of the Chavez government), went on-camera to claim that those responsible belonged to left-wingers Bandera Roja and unsuccessfully tried damage control by making a side comment that the whole thing had been "intended only as a joke.”

http://www.vheadline.net/readnews.asp?id=22439

[Cha]

1. BUSTED BIG TIME!

Ze joke is on them!

[lolly]

2. Hey, it worked for FOX, didn't it?

Wonder what would happen here if Kerry (when Kerry!) wins resoundingly, and FOX has to announce the results?

Maybe they'll just say AWOL won, and never admit defeat.

[goforit]

7. Well...It is time to educate the US voter.y'can vote till the last second!

AND DON'T F*CKING LISTEN TO THE MEDIA!!!!!

[daleo]

3. Eleven million votes?

It sounds like they weren't even trying to do a believable fraud. The population is only about 25 million, with about two-thirds old enough to vote. So, even with a huge turnout, there would only be about 17 million electors. With 100% turnout that would mean 14 million anti-Chavez votes to 3 million for Chavez. Surely, they could not have thought anyone in the world would believe that.

[acmavm]

4. Thugs will be thugs.

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[nolabels]

5. Perhaps they missed a decimal point (and other points besides)

Hugo is a brave man, happy for his success (so far)



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[struggle4progress]

6. Bushista money buys Bushista tactics. eom