Reply #50: Obviously you aren't either. [View All]

[MellowDem]

And what I read was all nonsensical bullshit. If you want to be taken seriously, posting a link which goes beyond just stating the facts by dropping dipshit excuses like "oh, this is not very democratic, but it's ok because the US is a threat". If you can't read through the bias, I have no idea why you are skeptical of Bush. Every item that is deemed non-democratic is excused as being "necessary" to protect the elections from the big bad neighbor to the north. Do that enough, and you don't have a real democracy.

Still, if you consider this a democracy, than you would also consider Bush taking over as dictator of the US to "stop any influence on the US elections by terrorists", and also create only one party that only has the power to nominate one candidate for the people to either accept or reject, with no transparency or campaigning to see the nominee, only a list of qualifications set out by the one ruling party. Fuck that shit to hell. Of course, we have a long history of democracy and we would see right through it. The Cuban people have been told for years by their non-dissident government that they live in a democracy, so they believe it. Say something enough, it's true. That seems to be your rule.

I can post biased links as well, which describe Cuban "democracy" as anything but. Cuba is not incredibly totalitarian, but that doesn't make it a democracy. No opposition parties allowed, only one candidate to vote for, which of course if they reject, will just be replaced by another candidate. Weird thing though, no one has ever been rejected! I guess every party leader they elect has a perfect record! Imagine that... It's all bullshit. I'm scared at your lack of cynicism.