VENEZUELA: TOO CLOSE TO CALL!

BREITBART/AP:

Hugo Chavez sought to cement his power and end presidential term limits in a vote Sunday that the government said was too close to call.

One opposition leader likened the vote on constitutional changes to a photo finish. Another told The Associated Press that initial results showed the referendum was headed for defeat.

But caravans of Chavez's supporters took to the streets after most polls closed honking horns and blaring celebratory music in anticipation of victory. The opposition said it was closely monitoring the returns.

"The result of the referendum is close," Vice President Jorge Rodriguez said from Chavez's campaign headquarters. "We will respect the result, whatever it is—even if it's by one single vote ... We call on the other side to do the same."

He said some polling stations were still open to allow voting Sunday night, hours after the official close, and the electoral council was still awaiting results from 20 percent of them.

Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, mayor of the Caracas district of Chacao, claimed that results seen by election monitors "indicate the 'no' vote is going to win." Julio Borges, a former lawmaker and presidential contender, said "the photo is very tight."

An emboldened opposition and clashes during student-led protests in recent weeks prompted fears of bitter conflict if either side disputed the results.

• PREDICTION: IF THEY SEND JIMMY CARTER TO RECOUNT, THEN CHAVEZ WINS.

• IF THEY SEND SOME INTELLECTUALLY HONEST PEOPLE WHO LOVE DEMOCRACY MORE THAN SOCIALISM, THEN CHAVEZ WILL LOSE.

SO... WHO DO YOU THINK HUGO IS GONNA CALL??? JIMMY, THE UN, THE ARAB LEAGUE... AND PUTIN!

ASIDE: Some folks think if a people votes away their democracy and choses tyranny that the tyranny is therefore legitimate.

But this is wrong. Even if the election has no "irregularities", it is wrong.

God grants each person his rights; they are UNALIENABLE. Just because a majority doesn't want them doesn't mean that they can take them away from the minority which does want them.

The majority has no right to do this. Not with votes. Not with guns.