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June 16th, 2006

Ewwwww! Put on a diaper and go away, mister…

Posted by: Robert Basler
Tags: Uncategorized

 Raise your hand if you think a campaign commercial  showing a nervous prisoner wetting his pants would be likely to sway your vote.  Yeah, me neither. Anyway, the pants-wetting, voodoo, a dancing pharmacist and more are all elements of the current presidential campain in Mexico.  Welcome to a truly wacky election. Here’s our story, by Catherine Bremer:

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A saleswoman holds up a doll of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for Mexico’s left-wing Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), in Mexico City May 26, 2006. REUTERS/Daniel Aguilar

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Viva el Colonel Sanders!

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