World Cup 2014 – Brazil’s Coming Election

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff re-election hinges on the performance of Brazil’s soccer team.  If Brazil wins the tournament, this should help lift sentiment temporarily.  Some political scientists have written “clear evidence that the success or failure of the local team before the Election Day significantly influences electoral prospects for the incumbent party."  One of the 3 writers is a gentleman named Neil Malhotra.

 

Hey Mr. Malhotra, I think you are an Indian origin guy.  You didn’t know there was an election in India recently?  You could have brought this to the attention of Mrs. Sonia Gandhi 3 months ago.  Of course, for a handsome fee.

 

Mrs. Gandhi would have “arranged” 3 friendly T-20 cricket matches between India and Pakistan to be played in India.  The elections were from April 7 to May 12.  The first match in New Delhi would have scheduled for April 5.  And, the 2^nd and 3^rd matches would have scheduled in different important cities on different dates.  Mrs. Gandhi can very easily “pre-arrange” the scores.  You know, every Pakistani player has a price.

 

First Match = India 720 for no loss. Pakistan 0 all out. (India won by 720 runs)

 

Second Match = Pakistan 0 all out. India 1 for no loss. (India won by 10 wickets)

 

Third Match = India 720 for no loss. Pakistan 0 all out. (India won by 720 runs)

 

Election Results: Congress 543. All others NIL.

 

Mr. Malhotra, in case you missed to make money with Mrs. Gandhi, here is another opportunity for you.  Don’t miss this.

 

Ms. Jayalalithaa in 2016 – Tamil Nadu Assembly elections will be held in 2016.  My advice to her is to arrange a few Kabaddi games between Tamil Nadu and Bangladesh in prominent cities in Tamil Nadu.  It is the national game of Bangladesh. Amma can very easily “pre-arrange” the scores.  Every Bangladeshi player has a price. Kabaddi is very appropriate for Tamil Nadu.  Actually, the word Kabaddi is derived from the Tamil word “Kai-Pidi” which means “hold hands”.

 

Election Results: AIADMK 234. All others NIL.

 

In other news:

 

USA is playing against Portugal this Sunday.  I want to root for the Americans (underdog) since I have lived most of my life here.

 

We're Americans, with a capital 'A', huh? You know what that means? Do ya? That means that our forefathers were kicked out of every decent country in the world. We are the wretched refuse. We're the underdog. Go USA Go.  (Thanks for loaning these beautiful words Mr. Ramis)