# And the winner is....

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**Created:** [March 7, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-is/159686 "2003-03-07T07:52:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chaco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Chaco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chaco)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-the-winner-is/159686/1 "2003-03-07T07:52:19Z")

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[Fidel Castro](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2003/03/06/international2130EST0876.DTL)

Wow, I can’t believe he won the presidential “election”. How could he have pulled off such an upset?

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> The sole presidential candidate in Thursday’s vote

I am so happy to see that their was an opportunity for the Cuban people to cast a vote for their favorite candidate. :rolleyes:

Ahh, the irony.