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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:14 AM Original message |
Question for Obama supporters re Hugo Chavez is a dictator... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm not committed to either candidate, but I do agree with Obama here. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I disagree with Obama and Hillary and Bush :( n/t |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
89. Me, too. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 02:36 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. Thanks, I have lots of great memories visiting my friend's |
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kmsarvis (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
113. so do you consider yourself a "centrist"? |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. No. |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. I do not agree with Obama on this point... Where is there any proof that... |
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DiceK (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Seriously? |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Whatever!!! But he is not a Dictator.... He was elected by his people in a... |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
77. Wrong on all the facts, other than that, great post! |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
85. Sigh... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
120. By "all accounts"? There are no credible accounts of him doing |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. When I called his campaign office they told me that he was |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Bingo! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Bingo??? Where are these facts that the campaign office told |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. Worst comparison of the week on DU. ( that's saying a lot.). |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
84. At least Venezuela has clean elections.. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #11 |
51. That's funny!! They need to do their homework. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Yes, that is what I think and could not believe what they were |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
101. Did you correct them? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:34 PM Response to Reply #101 |
105. I told him that I thought he had the number wrong and that the |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. I work with a young girl from Venezuela, whose parents sent her to |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Did it ever occur to you that the parents of this young girl might be... |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. What the fuck are you talking about? |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
21. You read exactly what I wrote.... Have a problem with it, then get over it... n/t |
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pdxmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #10 |
33. No, it occurred to me that the corruption there is undeniable and it |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. So how do you explain the fact that Chavez was elected overwhelmingly by a majority... |
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Lou Queb (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
56. It depends on the socio-economic status of this girl's family... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
116. Hogwash. Nobody is losing their rights on a daily basis |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. If the majority of the people do not agree with Chavez they |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
24. Yep. Anyone who can afford that is a white ruling class family. |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I work with a Ven. woman who sent her son to Venezuela.. |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:28 AM Response to Reply #4 |
48. I'm sure the people in Venezuela who aren't wealthy enough to come here to |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
94. Wealthy or upper classes always resist a populist leader |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
5. I am a supporter of Obama ...I do not believe tha Chavez is a |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Thank you! n/t |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
7. Clinton and Obama both fully endorse US imperialism |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:40 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Now that I think is the sad truth :( ( n/t |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
63. Yup, that is why they are the last two left (unfortunately) |
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Zachstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
12. Yes |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #12 |
45. The US has been trying to get rid of him... |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
13. I think he's setting the stage to become one. He wanted unlimited |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:45 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. But if he didn't get what he wanted, and abided by the results-- |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Humbled... hopefully... nt |
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LakeSamish706 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:48 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I tell ya, some of these posters blow my mind here.... They have the audacity to sit... |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
109. Yes, I agree. I'm not sure if we're there yet, but I think it's a distinct |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
16. I don't agree that he is a dictator. But it should be pointed out that both Obama and Clinton... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:09 AM Response to Reply #16 |
52. Both Clinton and Obama agree with the Bush administration |
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olkaz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
22. I agree 100% |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:44 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It blows my mind how many sympathizers here we have with the white ruling class n/t |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. aka: oppressors. n/t |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
30. Do you honestly think that all Obama supporters are mindless robots? |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Geez... no kidding! |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
32. I think Chavez is the same as Bush, using demagoguery and the specter of foreign "evildoers" |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Tell us how many countries Venezuela has invaded recently |
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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Ah, OK |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Imperial domination is evil, period. Irrelevant who is doing it |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
54. Exactly...thanks. n/t |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
36. Chavez is a wanna be dictator at minimum |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:01 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. By that standard, the US never had a non-dictator president until Truman took office n/t |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
39. No...I don't agree with Obama. But I don't like Chavez either... |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
40. He's not a dictator |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
91. Thanks, I hope supporters share their concerns with his |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
41. I heard him too, say that and it made me not trust him even more |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. So did Clinton say Chavez is not a dictator? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:30 AM Response to Reply #42 |
49. Clinton has referred to Chavez as a dictator as well. n/t |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #49 |
50. I would think so. It's the US line. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. So we should just go along with the US line of calling him a |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #53 |
57. No... "we" are not running for president. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #57 |
62. IMO He could have tempered his reply instead of stating |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
65. We're past that point now though. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:47 AM Response to Reply #65 |
70. Well of course they have because too many just went along and |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. I don't know if it doesn't appear that anything will change... |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
88. I wish Obama had treaded more carefully and not come right |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #70 |
86. Standard Foreign Policy.. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
103. Thanks for the link, I know it has been standard policy towards |
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ensho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:48 AM Response to Reply #42 |
71. I was speaking about Obama |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #71 |
74. Yeah... thanks... I figured that out. |
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CK dexter (99 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
46. Absolutely not. This is an objective matter, not reasonably disputable. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 01:00 AM Response to Reply #46 |
141. Well said! n/t |
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Kitty Herder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
47. Totally disagree. Unless we're degrading the definition of "dictator" to the point where |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
55. I don't know for sure but.. |
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crankychatter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
58. I don't |
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Imagevision (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
60. Bush is a dictator so what's the biggie??? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
61. A democratically elected (not counting U.S. interference) dictator? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #61 |
68. It's been done many times. Dictators need not be unelected or unpopular. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #68 |
79. Which dictators were re-elected in fair and open elections? |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. Putin, for one. |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Elections not fair and open |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #68 |
96. So? Even if true, it's what the majority of the people wanted. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #96 |
107. That is the question, do we trust the majority of people to |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. Maybe. But, to "trust" the government is folly. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #108 |
112. Great points and I agree, there are few times in life where we |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
111. Happens all the time |
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Lou Queb (115 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
64. As a politician who's running a campaing for presidency, there are certain things he would avoid |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
66. In many ways, yes. He is not a dictator in the old Franco-Mussolini mold, no. Rather, |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
67. Yes, I do |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
69. The main issue here |
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ClayZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
73. Chavez stirs up anti-bush sentiment! |
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dbmk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. To a degree |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
76. No of course not. I disagree with Obama on many issues. |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
78. I am fully cognizant of the fact |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
82. Absolutely Not..please provide the link!! |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #82 |
87. This was said yesterday at a town hall meeting in Reading, Pa. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
83. No, I'm not with Obama in that assessment of Chavez |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #83 |
90. Thank you. n/t |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 01:12 PM Response to Reply #83 |
93. Agree completely. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:47 PM Response to Reply #83 |
121. He already knows whatever you are going to tell him |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
92. He's definitely an authoritarian leader and an asshole. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:17 PM Response to Reply #92 |
119. What leads you to believe he's an authoritarian? |
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jzodda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
97. I agree with Obama |
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DerekJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
98. I disagree with Obama. |
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kwenu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
99. No. Chavez is a duly elected president who is corrupt and abusive. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
100. Chavez is a dictator like Putin was a dictator, so kinda but it remains to be seen.. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #100 |
137. Chavez is the opposite of Putin. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #137 |
152. That is true, but in terms of consolidating power there's some similarity |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
102. Mr Obama has it right on. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
104. He's a tyrant & demogogue, but technically not a dictator |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #104 |
136. Why is he a tyrant? |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #136 |
142. The answer to all your questions is yes, actually. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #142 |
145. What may not be clear is that the "middle class" in Venezuela |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
106. I'll agree with Obama there. |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #106 |
135. Could you show some facts that say that he is a dictator? |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
110. I support Obama, but I disagree with him about Chavez. Seems like you can't have it all. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
114. Thanks to all for the their replies, it appears DU is pretty much |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. And just to be clear, Hillary has already labeled Chavez a |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #115 |
118. He sounds pretty much like she does. Obama has said silly things |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:39 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. Yes, yes and yes :)) n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:55 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. I scribbled this just after Mr. Castro stepped down about Obama's remarks: |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. It is telling me I have to log in or register? n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:01 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. Is this better? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #128 |
129. Sadly no and thanks for trying, did you post it here as well? n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #129 |
130. Ack! Here: |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Thank you that works, I'll go read :) n/t |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #130 |
138. Great scribbling and this paragraph sums it up nicely... |
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LTR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
117. Chavez isn't a dictator |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:49 PM Response to Reply #117 |
123. See this link... |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-21-08 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
126. No, I don't...do I care? No |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
127. A quote (full sentence, at least) and a link, or the OP is worthless. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:24 AM Response to Reply #127 |
131. There are links in the thread and you always have the google . . . . |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:25 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. It belongs in the OP, or the OP is garbage. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:33 AM Response to Reply #127 |
134. The media is most likely too busy discussing the important |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:59 AM Response to Reply #134 |
140. I probably agree with your position, but how many 100's of posts against no quote? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:57 PM Response to Reply #140 |
143. C-span lists the video from the event or you can call his |
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JohnnyCougar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 12:58 AM Response to Original message |
139. Anyhow, it's obvious that I strongly disagree with Obama. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 02:59 PM Response to Reply #139 |
144. Thanks and if I had to pick one of the remaining two it would |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
146. He is not a dictator. He is an authoritarian. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:24 PM Response to Reply #146 |
150. There's no evidence that he's even an authoritarian. |
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judasdisney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
147. If you want Habeas Corpus & Civil Liberties, Move to Venezuela |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
148. No. |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
149. Do you have a link to back this up? |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:33 PM Response to Reply #149 |
151. See reply #143 and #134 or CALL (866) 675-2008 and ask |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
153. related thread: |
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Dr Fate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-22-08 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
154. kick |
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