El Reto Puzkas
(An English translation follows) Estimado Puzkas, Esta mañana te oí en RCR diciendo otra vez que las encuestas de intención de voto a nivel nacional no sirven para...
Another Ad: Un Nuevo Tiempo gets Arty!!
Now I’ve seen it all: http://www.youtube.com/v/hEVtOi6UtxY?fs=1&hl=en_US
Julio Borges ... on VTV?
I thought this was fascinating – a rare interview of a leading opposition candidate on the government’s state-owned broadcaster VTV. The journalist tried to corner Guarenas candidate Julio...
Moving Pictures: Taking "Beyond the Clichés" Beyond the Clichés
http://player.vimeo.com/video/14825956 This week saw the Internet-release of "Moving Pictures o Los Autos de Caracas", the second documentary on Venezuela by Chris Moore of Sol Productions. (The real-world premiere...
The Ground Game: We've Finally Got One!
Here’s something relatively few people have grasped about this election cycle: the opposition is finally putting on a Ground Game worth the name. A properly thought-out Witness program and Get...
The State of Play Two Weeks Out
So, with two weeks to go, how does the campaign look? Truth is, this is one of the hardest elections to read of the last 11 years. Polling...
A "Superior Electoral Offer"
I guess this is what Oscar Schemel is talking about when he drones on and on about how we need a "superior electoral offer." On some level, deep...
Another ad meets Chabuki watch
Since we’re fair and balanced, time to show some Government ads. This one seems particularly effective. From what we hear, the message that an oppo majority means chaos has...
Another Ad: I Hate It, So It's Probably Brilliant
I can hardly overstate my visceral revulsion at this kind of vapid, contentless pap…so, trusting my finely tuned Backwards Populism Radar, I’m sure it’ll be crushingly effective: http://www.youtube.com/v/BhntRGef2eo?fs=1&hl=en_US
481 Years on, We Salute the Maracucho Nation
The 481st Anniversary of the founding of Maracaibo is a perfect excuse to repost this classic Brian Nelson hatchet job on that Pit-of-Pestilence-by-a-Heavily-Polluted-Lake y’all call home… Some fun...
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