Venezuelan presidential election, 2013

[RogueBeaver]

Keeping this open till Apr. 14.

Obviously voting Capriles even though I know he won't win the real thing and probably not this one either.

[Donerail]

Capriles, easily.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Capriles.

Maduro seems like an old hack with no particular interest apart from preserving the chavist power structure. Capriles seems relatively moderate and he would have a hard time undoing all the progress done with regard to the war on poverty, and he could do something good against corruption and criminality. I admit I don't know Capriles well enough to be 100% sure about his good faith, but I think he'd be worth a try.

[Lambsbread]

Capriles, easily.

[Lief 🗽]

Maduro. Capriles is a neoliberal tool who pretends to be a centrist.

[Vosem]

Capriles, but unenthusiastically. Hopefully, Lief is right; Venezuela needs more full-throated defenders of neoliberalism.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Capriles, but unenthusiastically. Hopefully, Lief is right; Venezuela needs more full-throated defenders of neoliberalism.

In what planet do you live?

[Vosem]

Capriles, but unenthusiastically. Hopefully, Lief is right; Venezuela needs more full-throated defenders of neoliberalism.

In what planet do you live?

One on which Venezuela is not ruled by neoliberals.

[Lief 🗽]

A "full-throated defender of neoliberalism" would never be democratically elected in Venezuela because Venezuelans aren't suicidal.

[Vosem]

A "full-throated defender of neoliberalism" would never be democratically elected in Venezuela because Venezuelans aren't suicidal.

No te comprendo.

[Хahar 🤔]

Obviously Capriles will win, since this forum is full of moderate heroes.

[Lief 🗽]

A "full-throated defender of neoliberalism" would never be democratically elected in Venezuela because Venezuelans aren't suicidal.

No te comprendo.

Sí, comprendo.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Capriles without much enthusiasm; for Antonio's reasons, not Vosem's.

[Goldwater]

Capriles, easily.

[Vosem]

A "full-throated defender of neoliberalism" would never be democratically elected in Venezuela because Venezuelans aren't suicidal.

No te comprendo.

Sí, comprendes.

"Si, comprendo" -- "If, I understand"

"Sí, comprendes" -- "Yes, you understand"

Why is Vosem such a smug little kid [Torie edit]?

epic winning

[Kitteh]

Capriles.

Maduro seems like an old hack with no particular interest apart from preserving the chavist power structure. Capriles seems relatively moderate and he would have a hard time undoing all the progress done with regard to the war on poverty, and he could do something good against corruption and criminality. I admit I don't know Capriles well enough to be 100% sure about his good faith, but I think he'd be worth a try.

^This, exactly. Plus he'd have a Chavist majority in the legislature that would stop him from going all neoliberal if he wanted to.

[TNF]

Capriles without much enthusiasm; for Antonio's reasons, not Vosem's.

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Capriles without much enthusiasm; for Antonio's reasons, not Vosem's.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I don't trust Capriles.

[RogueBeaver]

Bumping because we're a week out. Unfortunately the RL result will bear no resemblance to this one.

[Old Man Svensson]

I don't trust Capriles.

I don't trust the dubiously-homophobic Communist.

Capriles.

[Wake Me Up When The Hard Border Ends]

Capriles

[Peter the Lefty]

I don't trust Capriles.

I don't trust the dubiously-homophobic Communist.

Capriles.

I trust neither.  Capriles for the sake of democracy only, with the hope that a non-Chavist left candidate will challenge him next time around.

[RogueBeaver]

Final bump.

[politicus]

Capriles.

Maduro seems like an old hack with no particular interest apart from preserving the chavist power structure. Capriles seems relatively moderate and he would have a hard time undoing all the progress done with regard to the war on poverty, and he could do something good against corruption and criminality. I admit I don't know Capriles well enough to be 100% sure about his good faith, but I think he'd be worth a try.

True. Venezuela needs some kind of social compromise, where the rich acknowledge that poverty needs to be reduced and basic welfare established for the poor, while Chavistas accept that they cant cut corners regarding democracy and civil liberties.
Maduro is a useless apparatchik, and Capriles seems like a moderate.
Also crime and corruption has become epidemic under Chavez and I doubt Maduro can/will do anything about it, Capriles will probably be (slightly) better at this.