UPDATED with video link - Mexico vote buying scandal - Is WalMart involved? Please Help!

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Friday July 06, 2012 · 11:42 AM PDT

2012/07/06 · 11:42

The alleged distribution of thousands (some say millions) of prepaid retail store cards of Mexican retailer Soriana to Mexican voters by the PRI, Mexico's longtime ruling party, to buy votes for Enrique Peña Nieto, virtual president elect, is known as @SorianaGate, now a tending topic on twitter.

The progressive opposition candidate is legally contesting the results but the electoral court (whose decisions are unappealable) has a track record of narrow interpretation of the election rules.

Now there are some reports that Bodega Aurrera, a store chain catering to low income Mexicans, owned and operated by WalMart, may be involved too.

Mexican progressives need your help. Can you please call WalMart's Bentonville headquarters and ask them to come clean on this matter? If you agree this is important, also please rec (not sure if this is inappropriate protocol and it's certainly not my style but the matter is important and time of the essence). Thanks.

tavoNYC

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Sunday November 02, 2008 · 9:33 AM PST

2008/11/02 · 09:33

Much has been said and written about the apparent lack of increased turnout from young voters in this election.

It could very well be the case that, as it has happened in prior election cycles, high expectations of youth turnout will once again fail to materialize.

However, from looking at the North Carolina early voting results I have a hunch. Please follow me below the fold.

tavoNYC

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Friday October 31, 2008 · 2:04 PM PDT

2008/10/31 · 14:04

I just read this quote from CNN:

McCain and the Republican party expect to outspend his rival, Democrat Barack Obama, by $10 million in the closing days of the campaign

UPDATE: $710 in donations today through my link!!! (as compared to $60 for my previous matching donations offer). As promised, I will be matching $150 ($100 + $50) of donations. That's a total of $860 for Barack Obama's campaign through my page today.

Great job!!!

Thank you Kossacs. I would thank each one of the Kossacs who donated through my link, but I don't have a way to match the name to the Kossac username and, of course, I won't post actual emails or names (by the way, I think the Barack Obama page should give the option to people who are donating through a third party page for their names to remain undisclosed to such thirdparty and only known to the campaign). Rest assured your information will be used for absolutely no other purpose or shared with anyone. Thanks!!!

tavoNYC

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Saturday October 18, 2008 · 6:29 AM PDT

2008/10/18 · 06:29

Who is this man?

tavoNYC

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Saturday October 11, 2008 · 11:20 PM PDT

2008/10/11 · 23:20

This really feels like the homestretch. After eight years of Republican mismanagement, cronyism, warmongering, fearmongering and hypocrisy, it finally feels like we can elect a democrat (and not just any democrat, but one that happens to be one of the most decent and exciting politicians around).

However, the desperate and vicious GOP reaction of the last couple of weeks has really brought home to me the urgency of making everything in our power to help Barack Obama get elected the next President of the United States.

This is why, today I decided to open my personal fundraising page on MyBarackObama.com and have decided to offer to match the first $200 of donations.

If you feel the same and want to support me on this effort, please donate here!!!

tavoNYC

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Friday October 03, 2008 · 8:23 PM PDT

2008/10/03 · 20:23

Like many of you I watched the VP debate half hoping that Palin would make an obvious gaffe and make a fool of herself in the debate. Like most of you I knew that was unlikely to happen due to the leeway that the debate rules give a debater to not answer a question directly. Like most of you I thought Joe Biden won both handily on substance and style and I cringed at what I perceived to be Palin's phony folksiness and robotic recitation of talking points.

I also watched assidously the CNN trendline, which confirmed my impression that Joe Biden scored better than Palin with voters. I was further reassured by the post-debate snap polls...

Yet, I confess I'm still a nervous wreck and still worry that my perceptions are somehow out of touch with the perceptions of middle America (and the perceptions of the all important undecided voters in swing states).

tavoNYC

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Tuesday March 18, 2008 · 10:09 PM PDT

2008/03/18 · 22:09

This was originally posted by me on a far right site a few months ago here.

Let me first say I don't ordinarily engage in trolling as I consider it mostly a pretty sterile behavior. In this case, though, the issue at hand (immigration) hit very close to home for me personally (in the form of a random stranger making a derisive comment about my family in Manhattan) and I actually wanted to engage people on the right on this issue. At the time I felt I wasn't looking for an echo chamber and that's why I chose to post my rant on a ultra-conservative site rather than at dkos or another progressive site.

For the most part the attempt of engaging nativists and other serial haters was futile (what was I thinking, right?), because although my post did not fail to attract interest (402 comments!), a lot of them followed the predictable prejudiced mold.

I am posting this today as I'm sure I'll get more interesting and more nuanced comments here (although probably not as numerous). As I said before, I really am not interested in getting an echo chamber, but in actually maybe having some actual back and forth on this issue.

tavoNYC

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Tuesday March 18, 2008 · 9:24 AM PDT

2008/03/18 · 09:24

As a hispanic, foreign born (in fact, not a citizen -yet?) investment banker I come perhaps from a different perspective than the typical democrat or the typical American (white, black or brown) listening to this speech. I assume I'm more cynical and less prone to believing in the inherent perfectability of the American Union than most of you.

Yet, this speech moved me very deeply. In fact, I'm inclined to believe that the relevance of this speech goes beyond what most commentators are making it to be.

tavoNYC

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Wednesday March 12, 2008 · 11:27 AM PDT

2008/03/12 · 11:27

Ferraro might be just an expendable surrogate for the Clinton Campaign, and as such is only a small part of the problem. However, I think the egregiousness of her comments merit a forceful pushback from Obama supporters in the blogosphere.

Update 1: One poster has pointed out that G. Ferraro has cancer and therefore the title of this diary is "tasteless".

As posted in a comment below, I was not aware of her illness (I guess I'm kinda low information that way) and the perceived reference to her illnes was completely unintended. I considered the idea of changing the title, but given I never intended to reference G. Ferraro's illness and that I haven't been able to find a good title alternative, I have decided not to change it for the time being. If other posters find the title offensive, I will reconsider. In this case, suggestions for alternative titles are welcome.

Update 2: I've added an option suggested by another pollster as "idea 3".

Poll

54 votes Show Results

Is this a good idea?

54 votes Vote Now!

Is this a good idea?

No, this just keeps her comments alive

11 votes

Yes, her comments are beyond the pale and should be met with forceful pushback

43 votes

Why let the media shape the March 5th narrative?

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Friday February 29, 2008 · 3:37 PM PST

2008/02/29 · 15:37

It is highly likely that whatever the actual result of the March 4th primaries, Obama's current net delegate advantage won't be significantly eroded. This means that it after March 4th, it will become that much unlikely that Hillary can pull-off a win with the remaining contests.

In spite of this, the media is likely to trumpet a (still somewhat likely) HRC victory in RI and OH (and perhaps even TX) as a huge comeback for Hillary.

Shouldn't we be on the face of the media pushing back on this narrative?

tavoNYC

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Monday February 25, 2008 · 4:31 PM PST

2008/02/25 · 16:31

I'm not sure what the protocol is for a first diary. I've been a lurker for quite some time (since the 2004 race) but this is the first time I'm posting.

The question I am concerned with in this diary is: What should Obama do on March 5th after winning Texas given that (i) the CW is that Clinton needs to win both TX and OH to have a valid argument to continue its bid for the nomination, and (ii) it seems at least likely that Clinton can win OH but lose TX to Obama and (iii) the signals from the Clinton campaign at least hint that she may try to soldier own even under this scenario?

Poll

442 votes Show Results

What should Obama do on March 5th after winning Texas?

442 votes Vote Now!

What should Obama do on March 5th after winning Texas?

Personally ask Clinton to drop out of the race

21 votes

Have his surrogates carry/amplify the message that Clinton should be dropping out

64 votes

Do nothing: the press and the democratic party will do the job

357 votes

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Who is this man? (Message to my fellow Evangelicals)

My first matching donation offer! (UPDATED: fixed link)

Post Palin Stress Disorder

My anchor babies

Speech bigger than tactics and this election cycle

Make Ferraro Radioactive? (UPDATED with Feedback)

Why let the media shape the March 5th narrative?

What should Obama do if and when he wins Texas? (With Poll)