After putting Mexico through a summer of turmoil and protests over a presidential electoral defeat he could not bring himself to accept, all I can say is:

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Source: AP, via VOA

Look …. at that …. ridiculous … little … man.

He’s like the little man on the wedding cake!

Yesterday, failed Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador inaugurated himself “president” in a bid to be seen as Mexico’s legitimate elected president. He lost, of course, and this grandiose gesture is nothing more than his own personal fantasy. He looks like Gilligan up there, in one of the dream sequences, declaring himself dictator. But Gilligan was a television comedy of course. AMLO really believes it.

Most Mexicans have long moved on from that July 2 election and abandoned AMLO. Mark in Mexico notes that AMLO had to raise his own funds for this self-fete. And EEEEEUWWW!!!! Check out Mark’s photo gallery of this ridiculous little self-coronation up close here!

Not that he is good for Mexico. Greg Flakus at Voice of America interviews experts who warn of the continuing potential for instability based on this man’s inability to take a loss like a man. It’s worth reading here.