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What is perhaps most astounding is the fact that almost 50% of Brazilians were willing to vote for a man who doesn't have the courage to face his opponents. Brazilians may have a baffling tolerance for corruption--as evidenced by the success in this election of disgraced and dishonest politicians such as impeached former president Fernando Collor de Mello and the notoriously crooked former Sao Paul mayor Paulo Maluf--but apparently now they're willing to vote for those who not only do nothing, but say nothing.

I live in Brazil, and no longer waste my time trying to figure out why Brazilians behave the way they do at election time. There is no apparent rhyme nor reason. However, this is an excellent reminder of why Brazi was, is, and always will be "the country of the future."

Lula and the NE part of Brazil, you know the one, poor with little education are coming out in masses to save their failed president. Irregardless of the fact that the middle class is having to carry the burden of the country, and they voted against Lula, the poor and under educated will save the day for the man who is their Robin Hood, only he doesnt still from the rich, he still from the almost poor to give to the extreme poor....

Then again brazil is steal paying for the exploration and arcaism originated from its historic past, or "karma" if you understand it better.

Ignorantism, obscurantism is the only explanation for such pathetic results. What to expect from people who does not open, maybe during an entire life, a critical writing? Anyways, I don't want to go under a gastric crisis here, brazilians can be an ignorant but not near me, lol

Brazilian people are poor but hopeful, so that is why we kept on voting against the rich. It is easy to criticize when you are far away from the problem and when you actually do not know the real issues.
Then, what to expect from people who do not open, (people is plural, so you must use do) maybe during an entire life, a critical writing?
We must expect that each Brazilian person, in time, develop critic concepts against those who think they have all the answers, but truly don’t even know how to write.

byt the way, steal means commit a theft. I think you meant still, or yet. Just so you know, I work 12 hours a day, I earn $300.00 monthly, my parents together earn $200.00 monthly and everything I have I got from my on hand.

that's what i learned this election!

Whatever i know it wont make much difference to a lot of people. a waste can be brazil very expensive and very prodigal!

not sure poor people keep strugglingly voting against the rich!?!, that's not what logic says and the facts as well.. Lula first, read well, first political official chair happened only in 2002 since the 1989 when he first became an official candidate.... Being hopeful is good, but is that true they keep hopeful? Some people( how many, right?) don't keep hopeful they just push life wiht the belly, going on the same thing, after all things won't change anyway! Brazil is where I live, what can i say? I try not to critize the poor ignorants, I know the poors have no access to quality information much less a substancial critical thinking,what is a pitty, but the average brazilian....well, the education doesn't help really, neither savage capitalism we got here. I thoght those were good reasons to go the diferent direction and strive or is it better I remain stupid cause my fellow neighboors won't feel diminished? haha.

But again i shouldn't keep serious with all the comments here...

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I can´t say there is a lot to complain about in terms of Lula going to a second round for the presidency. He hasn’t won it yet, and it is nice to see he has a bit of a struggle on his hands – let’s hope this time he respects democracy and opens himself up for a national debate on the issues, as opposed to cowering among the politically converted. He is a coward, and given his sure-fire first runoff backfired on him, maybe he’ll grow some balls.

The real problem in this election is the landslide victories given to Maluf, Colar, Braga, et.al. These are the faces of “corruption incarnate”; national figures and symbols of all that is wrong with Brazil, and they swept to the finish line riding a wave of blatant ignorance (from both the poor and the rich camps) . Not only should these individuals not have won their ridings, they should not have been allowed to run in the first place. Given some of the names, I’d say they should have all been locked up years ago. But this is what the system promotes.

This is the reality in Brazil, and regardless if Lula wins or not, the country will still be run by crooks at all levels.

Brazilians have been hopeful for the last 500 years.
Where has been the change ?
Therefore you may be hopeful for another 500 years.
You already know this wont change much.
Stop hoping but change and act. Quite different.
A hope is not an action but a dream !

Well being hopeful is basically to feel optimitic and that is what makes people act, look for solutions and change differently to feel pessimistic which paralyzes and makes one feel empty.