Who do you think won the Presidential election in Chile? - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

ASU2003 · 01-16-2006, 09:23 PM

Candidate 1: Michelle Bachelet, agnostic, Socialist, divorced mother of 3, a woman.

Candidate 2: Sebastián Piñera, billionaire, conservative, owner of Chilevisión(a Chilean television channel), Catholic, and part of the center-right National Renewal (RN) party, a man.

A little background on Chile: Divorce wasn't legal there until 2 years ago, 89% of the country is Catholic, they have a very open economy in South America (Low taxes). Only 4% of senators are women.

And the winner, with 53.3% of the votes : http://66.218.71.231/language/trans...fr=FP-tab-web-t

I guess democracy still works. Yes, she does have other qualifications to make her a good leader. And none of those things stated above about her are bad, but still in that country they wouldn't help you much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Bachelet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4087510.stm

Willravel · 01-16-2006, 09:28 PM

I'll bet $5 that America has an instrumental rule in her being exiled within the next 4 years. Until then, I have so much respect for the people of Chile.

Paq · 01-17-2006, 02:28 AM

wow, low tax people elected a socialist...divorced...agnostic...woman..

i think i'm movin to chile...

Charlatan · 01-17-2006, 06:32 AM

They elected the same coalition that was in power prior to the election. The coalition just has a new leader.

I wasn't that surprised to see her get elected.

01-16-2006, 09:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
ASU2003 immoral minority Location: Back in Ohio	Who do you think won the Presidential election in Chile? Candidate 1: Michelle Bachelet, agnostic, Socialist, divorced mother of 3, a woman. Candidate 2: Sebastián Piñera, billionaire, conservative, owner of Chilevisión(a Chilean television channel), Catholic, and part of the center-right National Renewal (RN) party, a man. A little background on Chile: Divorce wasn't legal there until 2 years ago, 89% of the country is Catholic, they have a very open economy in South America (Low taxes). Only 4% of senators are women. And the winner, with 53.3% of the votes : http://66.218.71.231/language/trans...fr=FP-tab-web-t I guess democracy still works. Yes, she does have other qualifications to make her a good leader. And none of those things stated above about her are bad, but still in that country they wouldn't help you much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Bachelet http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4087510.stm

01-17-2006, 02:28 AM	#3 (permalink)
Paq Junkie Location: South Carolina	wow, low tax people elected a socialist...divorced...agnostic...woman.. i think i'm movin to chile... __________________ Live. Chris

01-17-2006, 06:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	They elected the same coalition that was in power prior to the election. The coalition just has a new leader. I wasn't that surprised to see her get elected. __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

01-16-2006, 09:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	I'll bet $5 that America has an instrumental rule in her being exiled within the next 4 years. Until then, I have so much respect for the people of Chile.