"Chavez anticipates crushing election win " [View All]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061203/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_election

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez sought another six-year term Sunday in an election that weighed the popularity of his oil-funded handouts to the poor against fears of increasingly authoritarian rule by one of the Bush administration's most outspoken overseas opponents.

Chavez anticipated a crushing victory over tough-talking political veteran Manuel Rosales who has galvanized the opposition by promising to unseat a man he accuses of edging the country toward totalitarianism.

Voters waited for hours in snaking lines, and elections officials predicted a record turnout. An independent AP-Ipsos poll last month and other pre-election surveys gave Chavez a double-digit advantage.

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On Sunday, the incumbent waved and blew kisses to cheering supporters as he arrived in a red Volkswagen Beetle to vote in a Caracas slum.

"I'm absolutely sure that the process is and will be totally transparent," Chavez said. "Let's vote, leave calmly and wait for the results."



Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez drives away in a Volkswagen Beetle after voting at a school in Caracas December 3, 2006. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez (VENEZUELA)


The contrast is glaring! bush** needs a caravan of SS to keep him secure wherever he goes.

:rofl: