December 14, 2004
I Concede
My attorneys and pollsters tell me that I have apparently lost in the Best Latino/Caribbean/South American Blog category in Kevin Aylward's Weblog Awards.
I wanted recounts. I wanted to check for hanging chads. I wanted to determine the intent of each and every ballot. I wanted to file suits. But then, I'd be acting like a Democrat, and it would really piss off my father. He likes to think he raised a proper Republican Cuban-American Miami Mafia Right Wing Anti-Communist.
Seriously though, a big thanks to all of you that voted for me. It was close there for a few days. Daniel of Venezuela News and Views is a worthy opponent comrade and one who truly deserves the accolades for his work in reporting the goings on in Venezuela. Do drop by and pay him a visit every now and then.
All the other blogs nominated in our category are chock full of excellent reporting and commentary and I am proud to have been among them.
Now Im off to do a little windsurfing and snowboarding. Hold the ketchup.
Posted by Val Prieto at December 14, 2004 06:22 AM
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Waaah! I'm moving to Canada!!!
Posted by: Mike at December 14, 2004 10:41 AM
Daniel's blog is mentioned in today's National Review Online:
Posted by: j.scott barnard at December 14, 2004 11:08 AM
Such a gracious, manly concesssion speech.
Can you imagine a scumbag like Castro being able to do something like that? Of course not. The thrashing, the curses, the stench and the flailing are all we can expect from El Barbudo in the cases of a challenge. He's a girly man so there aren't any challenges. He can't take it.
Meanwhile, next year, Val the title is yours! And you get a finalist medallion anyway.
Posted by: Cape coral at December 14, 2004 05:12 PM
Well, you got all my votes! Keep up the great work!
Posted by: Peggy Snow Cahill at December 14, 2004 05:55 PM
I think it was the shaving offering that bagged it in for me. People just got too scared to see you naked.
Thanks for a good fight with plenty of laugh along the way. Let's just hope that I will not be blogging from Florida anytime soon...
Posted by: daniel at December 16, 2004 07:23 PM
