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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:21 AM Original message |
Venezuela's Chavez says Obama has "stench" of Bush |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's because he has to create an enemy to rule with an iron fist. |
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Steepler0t (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. He refused to renew their licence after they |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Nope, yer thinking of the wrong thing. |
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Steepler0t (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The guy who was to take power |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Nope. |
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Steepler0t (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I recommend the movie |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I've seen that part, and the part where he uses the phrase "up the spout". |
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Steepler0t (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That is not the part |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #9 |
38. I think you have it dead on. We will see. I suspect, however, more of the same. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
159. LoZoccalo, it is well documented that RCTV hosted meetings of the coup plotters, |
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Malidictus Maximus (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. I like Obama a great deal, |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
125. Correct. Chavez may be a leftist, but he is also an authoritarian asshole. |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #125 |
128. i agree |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #125 |
164. "Authoritarian asshole"? Please defend. |
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Steepler0t (348 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well, |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. Obama is for redrafting NAFTA |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I like Chavez better than I do Obama |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. there's no accounting for taste |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. Or sanity |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
75. Deleted message |
Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #75 |
91. What a load. |
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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Why are you here? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. never underestimate how much some bitter folks like |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
74. What am I bitter about? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
36. We have some Stalinists and Trotskyists here. n/t |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. pumskies? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
77. The only Democratic leader I'd go to Hell and back for is |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #77 |
92. Schweitzer is also a big supporter of Chavez |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:07 PM Response to Reply #92 |
110. Actually he refers to Chavez as one of his Petro-dictators |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #77 |
102. The problem is that America has to change its policy about Latin America |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:08 PM Response to Reply #102 |
111. Agree with you. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #77 |
118. Brian Schweitzer hates your hero Hugo. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:41 AM Response to Reply #118 |
139. I said in another post that Schweitzer called Chavez a Petro-dictator |
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RadicalTexan (607 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 08:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
136. socialist =/= Stalinist |
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clear eye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-25-09 03:06 PM Response to Reply #136 |
167. Ummm. No. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
68. Why are you here? |
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Butch350 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #68 |
158. It's all settled then... all you need to do is... |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
166. Well, I think we can be carried away on the moment, and appreciative of Obama |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:55 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Agree, but I am open to see what Obama will do. He could still be a great leader |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #11 |
28. Chavez also wants to be president forever and block the press |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Some folks here favor authoritarianism as long as it is used to establish a |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. really sad, but nothing new for the American left |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
51. That's changing with Obama. |
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Adelante (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:58 PM Response to Reply #51 |
79. That's it |
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RoyGBiv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #51 |
105. That was very well stated ... |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #51 |
130. Huh? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #130 |
134. For example |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 08:20 PM Response to Reply #134 |
135. The grass roots approach you describe sounds like the Cuban system. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #135 |
146. Very interesting parallel to make. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #28 |
69. Get your facts correct before you spout lies |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #69 |
131. Details details. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #11 |
30. That's some bad taste right there. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. Hugo Chavez is a hero to most of his people |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #71 |
115. What planet are you on? |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:42 AM Response to Reply #115 |
140. I'm the secretary of my town's Democratic Town Committee |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
33. WHAT? Is this a joke? |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. So, you like Communist Strongmen moreso than mainstream |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
73. Hugo Chavez was democratically elected twice by his people |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #73 |
117. Chavez now hates Barack Obama. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
85. Psssst....it's not the 50's anymore. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #85 |
116. Not the 1920's either, Comrade. n/t |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #116 |
122. You're so wrong about me you do us both a disservice. |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
48. Obama voted against CAFTA and has always supported FAIR trade. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
72. Obama voted for the Peru free trade Act and Obama still says he supports free trade |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #72 |
83. He mentions his support for fair trade often |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:10 PM Response to Reply #83 |
112. I based my opinions on Obama's free trade policies from what I heard coming out of his mouth |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:15 PM Response to Reply #112 |
114. I just provided a link and another reference that proves your claim wrong. |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #114 |
138. Because I heard it on TV, not read it in an article |
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camera obscura (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. What a class act. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
17. Lula apoya a Chávez en su intención de ser candidato presidencial en 2012 |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
18. Uh, do you have this in the original Spanish? I'm not finding it |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. kick for your question n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. No. Why should I? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Hmmm. That pretty much tells me what I needed to know. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. whatever. it's a reuter's story |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:55 PM Response to Reply #25 |
58. It's just seems odd that only a translation statement of the statement is available, |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
53. that someone's opinoin isn't valid if they don't speak spanish? |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. How ironic! Starting from my cryptic statement, you apparently fabricate a quote from me |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. If you were worried about being misinterpreted |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
96. This sidebar is going nowhere, so instead of continuing it, I'll direct you to #90 |
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camera obscura (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Here's an article from the Venezuelan paper "El Universal" |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #24 |
62. Thanks. It does not appear to refer to any "stench." It does, however, |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
90. Searching the English language page of El Universal is producing some odd results: |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #90 |
133. Update |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
21. Chavez says Obama "throwing stones" at Venezuela |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
23. Chavez: “Obama Is Confusing Me with Bush” |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
37. So, now being anti-Chavez is being anti-Venezuela. |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
26. Did Venezuela's Opposition Meet with US Officials in Puerto Rico? |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. I'm wondering what Chavez gets out of saying this? What's his agenda? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I don't think there's much doubt that Chavez likes media attention |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Seems pretty clear to me. Chavez does not like what Obama has said about him. Honestly, would you? |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. It's not an olive branch, it's a shitbomb. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:22 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Name calling and accusations only place place people further in their own corners and never helps to |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. Well then we disagree vehemently. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #65 |
142. And what would Chavez have to do to prove himself? Shoot himself in the head and replace himself |
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Waiting For Everyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
56. That's impression I got from it too. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:26 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. bwahahaha. |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Chavez says there is still time to salvage the situation. That to me is an olive branch. You may |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. uh, saying publicly that Obama has the same stench as bush is a grave insult |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Chicken or the egg. Obama said this and Chavez said that. This type of dialog can go on forever |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #27 |
49. Democratic Presidents don't have a history |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
66. That was the Cold War, though |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. He's done something alright. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Saudi Arabia also sells oil to people we don't like |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:25 PM Response to Reply #76 |
82. manifest destiny |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #82 |
86. Does that mean we should kick around Latin America all we want? |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. No, I'm not attempting to justify it. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:05 PM Response to Reply #89 |
95. Less hostile is fine by me |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:09 PM Response to Reply #95 |
97. I have more hope for Evo Morales. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
161. His agenda is hegemony over the Southern Hemisphere |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
34. Poor Hugo. With Bush gone, sympathy for his authoritarian |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #34 |
126. Not on DU apparently. nt |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
40. Every dictator needs both an internal and an external enemy. |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
54. Chavez isn't a dictator |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. ok, every democratically elected thug trying to change his country's constitution to remain in power |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #57 |
78. If Chavez was really a thug, he's use the military to take absolute power |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:24 PM Response to Reply #78 |
101. Give him time |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #57 |
98. Keep basing your world view on what CNN tells you, see how that works out for you. |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #98 |
107. keep basing your world view on what... hmmm... where DO you get your info? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. Well, I disagree, there just ain't no |
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IsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. K&R |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
59. Chavez has the stench of a tyrannical demogogue. n/t |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
63. Hugo has the stench of someone who misses $100/bbl. oil |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
70. stay classy, Chavez |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
80. Hugo ~ n/t |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
81. what an ass |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
84. I'm happy to say I've never been that impressed by Chavez. He can choke on it. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
87. Some of the propaganda in this thread from both sides would make Chavez and Obama both blush. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 04:45 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. sure, but what's really interesting is Chavez |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #88 |
93. See #90: Venezuela media was reporting that Obama had accused Chavez of |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #93 |
120. I also looked for recent comments from Obama in regards to |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 03:31 AM Response to Reply #93 |
132. Update |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #88 |
99. Makes sense on numerous levels. |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. I don't think Chavez is a dictator. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #100 |
106. LOL....I don't think he says much of anything without a purpose. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:49 PM Response to Reply #106 |
108. Nice post, Fidel! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #99 |
141. I think HC got some intelligence that some faction in our government |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
94. I've never liked Chavez all that much. This is just more reason not to like him. |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
103. Well, he has a point about "the empire" - let's hope Obama survives it. |
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mariawr (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
104. Good fricking day to you, too Chavez.. |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
109. Hey, Chávez, STFU, we don't care about you and your new babana Republic |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #109 |
113. America is more an banana republic than Venezuela |
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SuperTrouper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #113 |
119. However, we still have the right to change Presidents peacefully, not like |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-18-09 08:42 PM Response to Reply #119 |
121. The Venezuela of 1989, when the President Carlos Andres Perez had his forces fire into crowds |
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Larkspur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 12:34 AM Response to Reply #119 |
137. Chavez is not using guns to change the Constitution |
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Every Man A King (534 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #119 |
145. WTF are you talking about |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
123. I respect what Chavez has done for his country but this is messed up how does he expect things to> |
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cooolandrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
124. I respect what Chavez has done for his country but this is messed up how does he expect things to> |
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mrs_p (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 01:01 AM Response to Original message |
127. i'm sorry, but i do not |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-19-09 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
129. Chavez speaks the truth. n/t |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 01:09 AM Response to Original message |
143. Psh, I called this seven months ago. |
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bitchkitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-20-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #143 |
144. That's how you define "calling" something? |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #143 |
148. Good call, what do you think is behind Chavez's rhetoric? Obama isn't the "normal" I don't see the.. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #143 |
162. Well played, my friend |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
147. God He's Such A Piece Of Shit. Fuck That Pig Chavez. |
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rl6214 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
149. This shouldn't surprise anyone |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
150. Blow it out your ass Hugo! |
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PM7nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-21-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
151. Well, Chavez has the "stench" of a dictator. nt |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:08 AM Response to Original message |
152. There sure is a lot of misinformation in this thread about Chavez and Venezuela. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 04:48 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. your posts are like nuggets of gold |
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specialed (276 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
153. Chavez is a dictator pretending to be a populist. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #153 |
156. Welcome to DU, specialed! Please explain your prediction. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
155. Fuck that pig. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
157. Let's see how Venezuela does with oil prices where they are. |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
160. And with that, everyone will finally agree with me about Chavez |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:04 PM Response to Original message |
163. If he thinks Obama has "stench" of Bush, he's obviously been sniffing too much... |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-22-09 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
165. Chavez = Attention Whore. Pay him no mind. |
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