A little of that "pandering to the poor" and he might even find himself going from underdog for re-election to shoe-in.
Of course, the US media would, true to form, accuse him of being corrupt for shamelessly "pleasing his base," as the New York Times put it, referring to the "shrewd" President Ortega. But what the hell, politics is a rough game.
I for one would welcome a "corrupt" democracy where politicians buy votes from the poor by offering them jobs and food. What a different place America would be if we had a little corruption like that, instead of the corruption we have now, where politicians spend their time catering to the needs of the fat cats and corporations that feet their campaign kitties with millions of dollars in legal bribes.
DAVE LINDORFF is a founding member of ThisCantBeHappening!, the new award-winning independent online alternative newspaper. His work, and that of colleagues JOHN GRANT, LINN WASHINGTON, JR., and CHARLES M. YOUNG, can be found at www.thiscantbehappening.net
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