[lbo-talk] NYT: Chavez loses, 51% to 49%; Chavez does concede on TV

[Steven L. Robinson]

I think it fair to say that the Chinese and Zimbaweans would have been better off if they had put they put their respective revolutionary leaders out to pasture. No better testimony to the benefit of term limits exists than the experiences of the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution. SR

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From: "Charles Brown" <charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us> 
. History has taught that when we get 
> a good one, it is best to keep that one, as they are rare. See Cuba , 
> for example. No need to take a chance to see if one equally good wins 
> the next time.