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"Unfortunately, elections in third world countries are won by who counts them. By this time Chavez has gained control of the counters. There is no way for anyone to win in Venezuela other than he. So it will take a revolution. However, I'm sure he's doing all he can to disarm the populace. Venezuela, its sorry to see you go, but you acted too late!"

Actually, Chavez doesn't have complete control over the vote counters, because he conducts the charade of allowing international observers in to certify his "victory." What he does control are the voter rolls, which is a very big problem for Rosales to overcome. I don't have the link handy, but I have read elsewhere that there is good evidence that there are perhaps as many as 200,000 people registered under different names in separate precincts. And I believe that the total number of votes cast will be something in the 6 to 7 million range (that's a guess). That's the fraud problem.