From: David Laibman (dlaibman@SCIENCEANDSOCIETY.COM)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2006 - 14:09:40 EST
Interesting: neither Fidel nor Hugo made their respective ten million targets! Perhaps we should ignore our digital anatomy in the future. david > At 10:31 04/12/2006, David L wrote: >> Question: aside from the percentage figures, did we make the ten >> million >>votes goal? That was a symbolic target for the Chazez coalition. Any >>word on that yet? >> David > > The final vote count hasn't been announced--- probably 2 hours. But, > there's no way that the 10 million would be reached. In an interview > of few months back, Chavez admitted he'd been told it was a > mathematical impossibility and that 8 million was a more feasible > target. Since he had under 6 million with 78% of the votes counted, > I'm not sure he'll make that. But, the campaign was so incoherent > (for reasons I suggest in an interview due out in the December > Socialist Review) that I'm happy to see he's done as well as he did. > michael > Michael A. Lebowitz > Professor Emeritus > Economics Department > Simon Fraser University > Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6 > > Currently based in Venezuela. > NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBERS > Can be reached at > Residencias Anauco Suites > Departamento 601 > Parque Central, Zona Postal 1010, Oficina 1 > Caracas, Venezuela > (58-212) 573-6333, 571-1520, 571-3820 (or hotel cell: 0412-200-7540) > fax: (58-212) 573-7724 >
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