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Leading Presidential Candidate Visits Tijuana
From The San Diego Union Tribune
by Sandra Dibble June 3, 2012
"Mexican presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto of the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI), gives the thumbs up sign while being embraced by
supporters during a campaign stop in Tijuana on ay. Alex Cossio - Associated Press
TIJUANA -"With Mexico's July 1 presidential election less than a month away, the front-runner came to the border Sunday, seeking backers for his bid
to bring Mexico's once-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party back to power.
Enrique Peña Nieto, a 45-year-old former governor of Mexico state, delivered similar messages during two rallies held in different parts of the city:
If elected president, he vowed to improve economic conditions for Mexican families.
"We're going to generate employment, we're going to reduce poverty, and ensure that Mexican families have a quality of life," he told a roaring,
flag-waving crowd of an estimated 40,000 supporters near the U.S. border fence in Playas de Tijuana, many of them bused in by the PRI from different
parts of Baja California.
Among them was Rafael Ramos, a 34-year-old street vendor from the eastern Tijuana neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Ramos said he has previously supported
President Felipe Calderón's National Action Party, the PAN. But in this election, he's backing the PRI. It's a question of economics, he said: "The
PAN makes us declare our earnings" and demands tax payment, while the city's current PRI administration only requires purchase of a license.
Mexico's presidential race has been drawing growing attention across Mexico in recent weeks - mainly because what had seemed like a slam-dunk for the
PRI now appears less so. Most independent polls have continued to give Peña Nieto a broad lead, though Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico's leftist
Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, has been gaining ground. The PAN's Josefina Vázquez Mota, who initially held second place, has slipped
into third place in most polls.
The Tijuana newsweekly Zeta last Friday published the results of its poll showing López Obrador in the lead in Baja California, but that would hardly
tip the scales. Baja California's 2.3 million eligible voters make up less than 3 percent of Mexico's total.
Enrique Acosta Fregoso, a PRI leader from Mexicali, shrugged off suggestions that the PRD could attract large numbers of voters in the state, though
he predicted a close race. "The fight in Baja California continues to be between the PRI and the PAN," Acosta said.
Acosta sat in the VIP section near the large stage where the candidate was accompanied by his wife, a well-known Mexican soap opera actress named
Angelica Rivera, as well as Baja California's five PRI mayors and the party's candidates for Mexico's federal senate and chamber of deputies.
The election's results are being closely watched in Baja California on more than one level. The outcome could foreshadow what happens in 2013, when
the state is slated to choose a new governor. With the PRI in the presidency, the party's hand would likely be strengthened in Baja California, which
has been governed by the PAN since 1989.
PRI critics warn that a Peña Nieto victory would be a step back for Mexico. "The PAN also has had 12 years in office, so why do they always call us
the past?"said Eligio Soto López, a PRI leader from Ensenada.
In recent weeks, young Mexicans have used social media to challenge to the status quo - discrediting the polls and saying the country's two main
television networks, Televisa and Azteca have been biased in Peña Nieto's favor. A few dozen showed up with signs outside Peña Nieto's morning rally
on Avenida Revolución that attracted about 3,000 PRIista women.
Hundreds of participants wore the party's color - red - and carried red roses to the morning rally. Their planted numerous kisses on the candidate,
leaving lipstick marks on his face as he made his way to the podium, accompanied by Tijuana Mayor Carlos Bustamante.
The setting of rally outside the city's historic Jai Alai building caused furor in some quarters and accusations that the candidate had displaced the
Ninth Annual Paella and Wine Festival, an important venue for local residents and visitors to the city. Organizers would only say it was due to
"internal causes." Speaking briefly to reporters Sunday, the candidate said that he did not know the details of campaign events, but said his staff
tries not to disrupt daily activities in the cities he visits."
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
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"We're going to generate employment, we're going to reduce poverty, and ensure that Mexican families have a quality of life,"
i love it! no details, just more promises that can't be quantified..... oh, and he is insinuating that Mexican families, up until this point have had
no quality of life!
just like a politician. speaking out his aass because his mouth knows better!
edit: burrro doesn't have 3 r's
[Edited on 6-5-2012 by woody with a view]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
"We're going to generate employment, we're going to reduce poverty, and ensure that Mexican families have a quality of life,"
i love it! no details, just more promises that can't be quantified..... oh, and he is insinuating that Mexican families, up until this point have had
no quality of life!
just like a politician. speaking out his aass because his mouth knows better!
edit: burrro doesn't have 3 r's
[Edited on 6-5-2012 by woody with a view] |
SOUNDS JUST LIKE RMONEY DONT HE. 
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i love it! no details, just more promises that can't be quantified[Edited on 6-5-2012 by woody with a view] |
A friend went to the speech and she said he said that he wants to help the poor by subsidizing the base amount of electricity and exporting less food
and instead making more available to the poor. He also wants to implement a program for the elderly that would make prescription medicines cheaper to
purchase.
[Edited on 6-5-2012 by SFandH]
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He also mentioned continuing the border crossing project.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
A friend went to the speech and she said he said that he wants to help the poor by subsidizing the base amount of electricity
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He's so out of touch he doesn't realize they already do that with the lower price.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
A friend went to the speech and she said he said that he wants to help the poor by subsidizing the base amount of electricity
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He's so out of touch he doesn't realize they already do that with the lower price. |
I would bet he knows that and wants to lower it some more. I mean it is late in the campaign, he's probably given the speech many times, and he is/was
governor/mayor or whatever of DF. Plus we're dealing with my friend's translation into limited English.
[Edited on 6-5-2012 by SFandH]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i love it! no details, just more promises that can't be quantified[Edited on 6-5-2012 by woody with a view] |
A friend went to the speech and she said he said that he wants to help the poor by subsidizing the base amount of electricity and exporting less food
and instead making more available to the poor. He also wants to implement a program for the elderly that would make prescription medicines cheaper to
purchase.
[Edited on 6-5-2012 by SFandH] |
He's a rotten, stinkin' creep just like 99.9% of other Mexican politicians.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
he is/was governor/mayor or whatever of DF. |
Governor of the state of Mexico I believe. I don't think DF has a governor although they have a mayor and that's one of the most powerful positions in
the country.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
I would bet he knows that and wants to lower it some more. |
They raise the price every month. Perhaps they could quit doing that for a while.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
he is/was governor/mayor or whatever of DF. |
Governor of the state of Mexico I believe. I don't think DF has a governor although they have a mayor and that's one of the most powerful positions in
the country. |
Thanks for clearing that up. I was confusing the state with D.F. Lazy of me not to know.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Pe%C3%B1a_Nieto
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