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Why Bimbin Can't Win
By The Boss on Jun 9, 2008 | In Politics | 2 feedbacks »
Fun, fun, fun, these primaries in the PRD. The funniest part is actually these yeye kids, the crowd that rallies behind Juan Carlos Navarro. They really believe that after 10 years of doing nothing as mayor of Panama City the electorate will reward this nitwit with 5 years of doing nothing as president of the country. Electing another elitist rich kid would of course be great for Panama's left as it will be much easier to mobilize protests in the face of rising cost of living and economic trouble. But it ain't gonna happen. He won't get the votes. He is just too fucking dumb.
Balabina is the popular front runner, but her campaign hasn't quite figured out yet how to take advantage of this position and the fact that the extreme right in the PRD is scared to death of her popularity. She would fare much better if she turned her campaign into a popular movement, got rid of the idiots around her and just ignored the spoiled brats.
Panama at War! (2)
By The Boss on Mar 9, 2008 | In Politics | Send feedback »
We said it here before, Panama is at war. But we're not alone any more. Eisenmann says the same in Friday's la Prensa. After years of praise for the new democratic and civil values of the PRD, he is now slowly discovering that a gorilla stays a gorilla even if you dress him in suit and tie.
How did the war start? Easy. Anyone can do it. You go in a canoe to the Dariën, fire some shots, and the whole country will go berserk, or at least the gorillas. They send more gorillas to the border. They start buying more guns and bullets. And of course the gringos can't wait to send more war toys and experts. Eisenmann fears they want to create a new dictatorship. We think the US has its own plans for a new Gran Colombia.
