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Politics and the Flu

President Calderón's handling of the outbreak may have hastened his party's slide.

By Malcolm Beith | Newsweek Web Exclusive
May 7, 2009 | Updated: 6:58  p.m. ET May 7, 2009

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  • Posted By: eljefejesus @ 05/28/2009 6:34:59 AM

    This was PRD - party bias typically found in Mexico City where PRD mayor AMLO handed the mayoralship to Marcelo Ebrard in the typical style of such former PRI political hacks that left the party to be more brazenly populist. Its pathetic to see them and their far-left constituency attack the Mexican Presidency at every turn as the people continue to support Calderon. The far left needs to chill and cooperate with the President. If there is deserved mistrust, it's from the dedazo-style appointment of Ebrard to Mexico City's mayoralship and the word of the PRD's far-left during times of crisis.

  • Posted By: robinhood @ 05/18/2009 11:18:20 PM

    I'm not Worry about the FLU which Not Fatal as WHO declares,This author should put together Clearly on Mislead issue lead by GOP should put to rest. POLITICS and RELIGION LES, the author should be concerns the issue that divided the Country by century.

    GOP ARE JUST A BUNCH OF LIARS,A POLITICKING PARTY LIES using political Congress WHIPS (Just Fillies Busters) to make USA FAIL,happy to make US a third world country standard, Master of DR.NO using religion to whips that excites to hurts women by using tortures,A PARTY of "Womens Womb".Rock me Sexy Jesus.!!!!

    Abortion is not a political issue and has no place in politics. President Obama belief stems from the fact that a persons choice is theirs and is protected by the constitution. It is not the government or anyone else role to dictatate anyone elses private decision.

    Catholics,right to lifers etc.,have a right to voice their opinion and help lead people to the right decision,not to pass judgement or influence legislation that would remove that right to privacy. Or worse,cloud the fundamental issues that face our nation today and in the future.

    We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts,foreign ideas,alien philosophies,Ungodly values and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people and acts cowardly.

  • Posted By: Joe45 @ 05/12/2009 4:32:56 PM

    I think that Mexico is not mre of a fail state then the USA, as a matter of fact we are more of a fail state than Mexico.

  • Posted By: jordan c. fan @ 05/10/2009 12:51:13 AM

    By: Jordan C. Fan, Prophet of Environment.

    My advice to the Mexican people is to be united in supporting their government to defend their country against Obama who hates Mexican and all Latino people as have comment previously. The Americans are very skillfil in taking advantages of other nations in trouble and try to control them. Do not let the Americans succeed or you will lose your country.

  • Posted By: jordan c. fan @ 05/10/2009 12:40:30 AM

    By: Jordan C. Fan, Prophet of Environment.

    Swine Flu In Mexico.

    Soon after I have written about New Mexico State Hispanic governor Bill Richardson , U. S. , there were a serious fatal "Swine Flu" epidemic in Mexico after Obam visit there in April 2009. As I have mentioned in reply # 60 above that Bill Richard had help a lot during the 2008 President Election but Richardson ended up only not being nominated as Secretary of Commerce and even get into a scandal making also his postion as governor worse. By now all of you should know very well that Obama and his supporters cannot be trusted. They are quite simply wicked people who are out to take advantages of you then after they have succeeded and gained turn around and hurt you and even destroy you.

    Furthermore, where ever Obama goes for a visit or who ever he meet in person, those places and people will have great disasters. In the case of the current G20 meeting in Europe, just a couple days after that meeting near the Spiritual/Religious Capital of Europe Italy/Rome/Vatican havd a serious earthquake killing hundreds of people. Now Mexico is having the Swine Flu epidemic. Obama's home region the Midwestern U. S. was hit by unusual record flooding. Meaning the Environment here and there didn't welcome Obama because he is a villain. They will reject Obama and also people that have welcome him

    A distinguished archaeologist Felipe Solis, a distinguished archaeologist, who had served as the Mexican Host for US President Obama died from the Swine flu. When Obama had stopped in Mexico on April 16-17 for a regional economic meeting.

    Obama must have threathen and harassed the Mexican President while he were there in Mexico. The world should simply get rid of Obama once in for all because he is simply dangerous and unlucky. Do it now or it will be too late.

  • Posted By: Robzview @ 05/09/2009 6:20:25 PM

    Remember the bird flu thingo in the end almost no deaths outside people heavily involved in poultry farming,now swine flu again almost no deaths outside Mexico-and even there the numbers seem to keep going DOWN!Meanwhile all over the world we meekly submit to draconian measures allegedly designed to contained a so far non existent pandemic-measures which experts believe will not work-and are saying so even as the aforementioned are enacted!Is it just me or do others see a troubling trend-terr-flu-clim -economeltdown while our civil liberties are trampled???

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