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Update: Tanks in the streets as Venezuelan electoral council declares Hugo Chavez victory
The Daily Caller ^ | October 7, 2012 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 10/08/2012 11:24:52 AM PDT by Uncle Chip

Update 10:50 p.m.: According to the Associated Press, Venezuela’s electoral council has declared that Hugo Chavez beat Henriques Capriles in Sunday’s presidential election with about 54 percent of the vote, despite exit polls showing otherwise.

Venezuela Twitter users have claimed Chavez’s victory was wrought with election fraud, and that the socialist incumbent president sent tanks into the streets of his country as those exit poll reports showed him losing. A picture of the tanks surfaced on Twitter Sunday evening.

The British Guardian newspaper reported that Chavez also sent troops armed with AK-47s into Venezuela’s streets to fight against any protests in case unrest came as a result of the news.

A Spanish news outlet reported earlier on Sunday that exit polls showed Capriles defeated the socialist president by a narrow margin.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hugochavez; venezuela
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To: Uncle Chip
Who counted the votes?

The same people that will count ours?

This will be a very interesting election.

As I said before, I survived Vietnam, but I still might get the chance to die for my country.

21 posted on 10/08/2012 12:13:45 PM PDT by North Coast Conservative (If this be treason, make the most of it. - Patrick Henry)
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To: Uncle Chip

Hugo Chavez is president for life and has been president for life since the day he gave his inaugural address in 1999.

There is only one way he is leaving office, and that is the moment he stops breathing. It is up to the Venezuelans to decide what to do about that. He isn’t leaving alive.


22 posted on 10/08/2012 12:14:49 PM PDT by marron
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To: Uncle Chip

This is for lurkers. I’m sure all of us here have heard it before:

“Those who cast the votes decide nothing.
Those who count the votes decide everything.”

http://www.votefraud.org/josef_stalin_vote_fraud_page.htm

All we want is a clean election.
Guys like Stalin, Chavez and Obama just want to win, hook or crook.


23 posted on 10/08/2012 12:18:32 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: Uncle Miltie

the poll watchers also need tanks.


24 posted on 10/08/2012 12:18:49 PM PDT by RitchieAprile (The 'great orator' Joe Biden? *That* Joe Biden??)
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To: Uncle Chip

BBC World Service was bowing and scraping to congratulate Chavez on the continuation of the Bolivarian Revolution.


25 posted on 10/08/2012 12:28:45 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Take two Aspirin and call me in November - Obama for Hindmost.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

It doesn’t matter how you vote

Elections are controlled by those who count the votes !
An organization partially owned by Soros will count the votes

We will see what happens in a month
Don’t be surprised if militia and tanks are involved
Commming to a voting precinct near you !


26 posted on 10/08/2012 12:31:26 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Uncle Chip

Tanks in the streets. Perhaps they’ll be headed here next month....


27 posted on 10/08/2012 12:35:04 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Pray for our republic.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
An excellent example of why we must have a Second Amendment.

Of course the 2nd Amendment is the reason that the government has acquired a Billion+ hollow point bullets. If they kill enough patriots, the rest will fall in line.

28 posted on 10/08/2012 12:48:01 PM PDT by tpmintx (Problem: The people who work for a living are outnumbered by those who VOTE for a living.)
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To: Bigg Red
Tanks in the streets. Perhaps they’ll be headed here next month....

No Tanks ... please.

29 posted on 10/08/2012 1:00:06 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

Coming soon to a street near you.


30 posted on 10/08/2012 1:09:48 PM PDT by bgill
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To: ClearCase_guy
"We are about a month away from this."

Maybe, but I wonder how many Americans would resist even a blatant rigging of the election or would say lets file a lawsuit (which would die in a corrupt or intimidated legal system)?

31 posted on 10/08/2012 1:43:30 PM PDT by Truth29
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To: Truth29

You read my mind. I’ve been making this point repeatedly.

Obama really does want to destroy the country. Blantantly, obviously, unquestionably stealing the election would have one of two effects:

1) GOP would silently acquiesce and Obama gets his second 4 years.
2) There is a hot civil war and citizens rise up to fight the coup.

I believe Obama would be quite pleased with either situation, and I do not think there is a third option that would result from Obama blatantly stealing the election. You see, he doesn’t really need 4 more years to destroy us — a bloody civil war would do the job real quick.


32 posted on 10/08/2012 1:46:44 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (ua)
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To: Uncle Chip

Tanks in the streets for what? To protect what? Shop owners from burning their own shops? Ridiculous absurdity of socialism at work for you.


33 posted on 10/08/2012 2:04:19 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: JudgemAll
Tanks in the streets for what?

It's Chavez's way of saying: "tanks for all the votes".

34 posted on 10/08/2012 2:10:22 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

:)


35 posted on 10/08/2012 2:36:46 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Pray for our republic.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
And your option 1 would destroy the GOP as anything but a palace poodle decorative opposition party which would please Obama, as well.
36 posted on 10/08/2012 2:40:32 PM PDT by Truth29
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