Why Francisco Madero Should Be Removed From Power Essay

Michael Tomczak

HST 163WI

11/1/2014

Why Francisco Madero Should be Removed from Power

Francisco Madero, the current president of Mexico, has really screwed up Mexico. He’s weak,

spineless, and has no idea what he is doing in his precedency. He is a narcissist and he must be

removed from power. Mexico will not stand for any of his screw ups and let alone be any best

interest to the U.S. Mexico needs a president who has honor, who is prepared, who can be

trusted, and most importantly, will stop at nothing to solve all the conflicts that are currently

resulting in udder chaos in Mexico. A president is supposed to care a lot for the safety of his/her

country and citizens.

Francisco Madero is a sham who has no honor. According to Christopher

Minster, in his
biography on Francisco Madero, Madero tried to cheat his way into becoming president in the
1910 election.

Madero thought that he could easily become president just because of his last

name, where he came from, and his rebellious ways. Note that none of those factors will

make anyone president. He and Porfirio Diaz were both running for president at this time. Diaz

promised that there would be free elections and Madero formed an anti-reelectionist party to

challenge Diaz. But, the funny thing is that when Diaz came into power in 1876, Madero said

that he would not seek re-election. Apparently, Madero lied to us all. Madero’s campaign was a

disaster, even though his campaign really sold out with all the copies of his book The

Presidential Succession of 1910, his newspaper articles, and all the Mexicans that heard his

speeches, he and most of the anti-reelectionists were arrested because Diaz believed that Madero

and his group of anti-reelectionists were going to make plans of plotting armed insurrection,

which is a violent uprising against the government. Diaz won this election and then, here’s where

Madero has no honor, since Madero comes from a wealthy family; he got bailed out of jail by

using his father’s money. After he was bailed out, he crossed the border into Texas to set up

an
armed revolution, which Diaz thought right about when he had Madero arrested. So now we all
know that Diaz made the right decision and that he should be the rightful president of Mexico.
Do we want a fake president? Do we want a president with no honor?
Francisco Madero is unprepared to be president.

Madero is the one who started the Mexican

Revolution. The purpose for this revolution was to overthrow Porfirio Diaz so that Madero

would become the president of Mexico. Let’s get one thing straight, this revolution proved to be

a huge success but, a straight-up tragedy for Madero. Madero did become president because of

this revolution, it did overthrow Porfirio Diaz who then died in exile, but at the same time we all

have to realize that this was a huge mistake made by Madero. The reason the revolution being a

straight-up tragedy for Madero is because of the way that he handled the whole revolution.

According to an article called “The Mexican Revolution 1910-1920”, Madero’s revolution

proved to be a success in overthrowing Diaz and his regime, but his victory in overthrowing Diaz

was only the beginning of the conflict that would arise in Mexico. Madero seemed to forget a

few things or he just wasn’t paying attention. He failed to note that revolts broke out, and Huerta

treacherously assassinated his brother. This is only creates more chaos for Mexico to deal with.

It should also be noted that this revolution was a very selfish act made my Madero

considering
the fact that many of his maderistas died by the attacks of Diaz’s regime when the revolution was
in open revolt. It didn’t seem like Madero showed any sympathy to any of his maderistas that
were killed. And when he became president, it didn’t seem like he gave any credit to his recruits
that helped him overthrow Diaz in the revolution. Madero better be careful because there are
those who are conspiring against him. There are those that have lost all their hopes for him as
well. Do we want a president who doesn’t pay attention to any of the chaos breaking out? Do we
want a president who starts conflicts but doesn’t try or do anything to solve them? And do we
want a selfish president because it’s quite clear that he just started the Mexican Revolution for
his own selfish gain. Madero had the most to gain from the revolution.
Nothing but udder chaos has occurred since Madero became president. According to Suzanne
Barbezet in her biography on the Mexican Revolution, up to the point where Madero became
president, the revolutionaries had a common goal, but with Madero as president, their differences
became quite obvious. Zapata and Villa have been fighting for social and agrarian reform, while
Madero is only interested in making political changes. Currently, Zapata claimed the Plan de
Ayala, which is a plan that is predicted to redistribute land among the poor. It’s no secret either
that he and his followers are conspiring against Madero. It’s also obvious that they don’t want
Madero as the president of Mexico either. The way that they rose up against Madero and his
government is easy to see that they are against Madero.
Felix Diaz is the right choice as president of Mexico. He is the leader of the Porfirian party. He
may not have the same talents his Uncle Porfirio, but he has the potential of being the best
candidate for the position as the president of Mexico. More people should believe that Felix
Diaz can do a better job than Francisco Madero can ever do.
The only thing that everyone should think about is how Francisco Madero really screwed
up Mexico. He can’t be trusted, he was never meant to be a president, and he doesn’t have what
it takes to be president. There is a lot of chaos and conflicts that he has still done nothing about.
It’s very clear that his presidency so far has been quite unimpressive. Mexico needs a man like
Felix Diaz to be president. If Felix Diaz isn’t the answer to Mexico’s problems then who is? It’s
definitely not Francisco Madero.

Citations
http://latinamericanhistory.about.com/od/presidentsofmexico/a/fmadero_3.htm

http://gomexico.about.com/od/historyculture/a/mex_revolution.htm

http://www2.ups.edu/faculty/jlago/fl380/source3_02.htm