Taking Fox to Task

Esteban Moctezuma Barragán condemns Vicente Fox in an open letter for his dismissive hostility to his political opponents:

You lived in Los Pinos. You know how important it is to have the general support for the public policies of any president. You know the significance of having your entire party's support. You even benefitted from the solidarity of many people who, without having voted for you, always respected the presidential figure because of its impact on everyone's quality of life.

Why, then, are you dedicating yourself to deepening the division between different groups of Mexicans, just when we most need generosity and unity?

A few months ago you demanded to be called "president," not "ex-president." And I ask you: do you behave with presidential stature, with responsibility in what you say and what you do? Do you look for the best for all Mexicans from your new position? If that's the case, why then do you attack, ridicule, and preen in front of other political groups?

Do you want an important segment of the Mexican Left to be convinced that law and democracy aren't effective paths to political power? Do you wish to incite political violence in Mexico? Are you trying to confirm yourself as the most anti-democratic "democrat" in our history? Are you behaving to embarrass your party and everyone that voted for you? Your declarations about using "all the minutiae of the law to give it in the rear" to Andrés Manuel López Obrador is an affirmative response to these questions.

It may (may!) be a little over the top, but it gives a good flavor of how small Fox has become, and big he still thinks he is.