The dispute over the elections in Mexico continues . . . bizarrely.

After the top electoral court of the land confirmed Felipe Calderon’s 240,000 vote margin of victory, leftist Lopez Obrador takes his fight to the streets:

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, convinced he won’t be awarded the presidency, has vowed to create a parallel leftist government and is urging Mexicans not to recognize the apparent victory of the ruling party’s Felipe Calderon. …

Both scenarios are possibilities as the former Mexico City mayor lays out plans to create his own government to rule from the streets, with the support of thousands who are already occupying protest camps throughout downtown Mexico City.

There is fear that Obrador’s “parallel initiative” could lead to violent revolt (violence is never far from Mexican politics), yet the split continues. (And you thought an Iraq civil war will be bad?)

There was even a newspaper ad taken out on Tuesday calling on Obrador to set up his own treasury and said all Mexicans should “should channel federal revenues to the new treasury department.”

Hmmm, I wonder who backed that ad and whether Obrador will act on it.

Interestingly, Obrador’s hero is 18th century President Benito Juarez, who (in addition to making many wonderful democratic reforms) suspended payment of the national debt, giving Emperor Napoleon III an excuse to invade and install their own governor, Maximilian I. Juarez ran an outlaw government during the occupation and eventually the French were driven out and Maximilian was executed.

“Juarez ran the government from a carriage and restored the republic,” said Rosario Ibarra, a human rights activist who frequently shares the stage with Lopez Obrador at his rallies. “We just hope there won’t be any need to shoot anyone.”

What a nice “human rights” activist, not wanting to shoot someone unnecessarily.

Hat tip to Cold Fury, who quips:

Leftists here, leftists there, they’re all the same: all cut from the same sore-loser crybaby cloth. Maybe we ought to just give them their own island someplace and sit back to watch the rib-tickling fun, as they hiss and scratch each others’ eyes out over a disputed election to see whose turn it is to shin up the tree for more coconuts.

BTW, one of the major reasons the French withdrew from Mexico (other than the fierce armed resistance, of course) was the Monroe Doctrine. In addition to intense diplomatic pressure, United States positioned military forces along the Rio Grande in 1866 and viola, the French troops were removed.

So to all you Mexican flag waving, illegal alien Mechistas marching on our streets and demanding rights, your welcome!

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