Were The México Elections Important?

Damn straight they were.

The last thing the United States needs is another America hating leftist government in Latin America, especially as our next door neighbor.

It's darn near official, Felipe Calderón wins, and that is good, unless the loser, López Obrador, successfully stages a nationwide revolt. Should there be protests, he is certainly slapping the face of all Méxicans, by not accepting defeat, he is obstructing his own country's progress and doing this to satisfy his large ego. What is it anyway with the left when they lose anyway? We had Gore, Kerry and now México has Gore-brador!

Had AMLO, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, won, his policies, like most socialist regimes would most assuredly have increased poverty with its redistribution of wealth to the poor.

Calderón now has the opportunity to pick up where Vicente Fox left off, or rather tried to get things started. Fox (PAN) was in a rather difficult situation, the Congress in México was dominated by the PRI party which made it rather difficult to get anything accomplished. If you recall, just before 9-11, México was a hot topic and Fox was seen as the new hope for his country and praised for his close relationship with GW Bush, but after the terrorists/murderers crashed the planes in the World Trade Center, all things México were put on the back burner.

There's a lot of potential for México, they have a lot of oil, mining goods of gold and silver, lumber and natural gas. They have a population that is definitely not afraid of work, 10% of their population resides in the US, working in just about any jobs they can to support families back home, that is an excellent resource. Check this stat out.........Méxican born men living in the United States have the highest labor force participation, some 94% are working, compare that to 46% among comparebly educated whites and 40% among blacks with less than a high school education, that is huge.

The 45 years of age and under population knows and sees the benefits of a capitalistic society and elected the man they believe can get them there or at least get the ball rolling. I think the Méxican people can see the light with what they have, now they jsut need to rid itself of the corruption and the lame-ass bureaucrats so they can progress forward.

Calderón winning is a very good thing for México and the United States.

Besides......I go there a lot...... and being a tall, blond white guy from the United States the last thing I need is to be harrassed and be referred to as an evil capitalistic pig.