The Agnoiologist presents:
The Latin American Leftist Demagogue’s Guide for Winning Elections
- Campaign as the candidate for the poor
- Pretend you aren’t in bed with Hugo Chavez
- Lose the election
- Demand a recount
- Imply election fraud
- Have your people say there might be violence, wink wink
- Stage street protests to show how you’re a candidate for the masses
- When the recount isn’t going in your favor, declare the election a fraud
- Unleash the mobs… er, stage further “peaceful political protests”
- Lose the recount
- Military coup
- Declare victory for democracy and the people
Congratulations! You have won the election!