Friday, August 28, 2009

Reneging

This isn't exactly too surprising, but Rafael Acosta doesn't seem ready to let go of the spot he won in Iztapalapa but was to hand over to Clara Brugada. Earlier this week he told Brugada to "tie up her dogs", because Brugada's people had allegedly threatened him. Acosta is also imposing a demand (which, if they were made previously, were not known publicly) that Brugada grant him control over 50 percent of the official jobs in Iztapalapa. The PT is no longer supporting his position, and Acosta is threatening to leave the party. Indeed, delusions of grandeur seem to seeping into Acosta's self-image. He published the above image, essentially equating himself with the American president, claims to have overtaken AMLO in popularity among the left, and said that if the Iztapalapa elections were held today, he'd defeat Brugada, Silvia Oliva, and presumably even Benito Juárez.

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