Just got an email from a Republican friend......

[Th1onein]

that Chavez is doing business with the Iranians and manufacturing AK-47's so that they can attack the US.

I think that this assertion is ludicrous. What do you guys think?

[porphyrian]

1. You have a republican friend? How does that work? -n/t

[Bobbieo]

19. I have a Republican friend I ignore when he sends crap like that!!!

[Th1onein]

25. As for my Republican friends.....

I like to talk to Republicans. Yes, they infuriate me, at times. Most of the time, in fact.

But, if I just discussed politics with Democrats, I wouldn't be doing anything to change the world that we are living in, would I? I think it is important to talk to our fellow Americans, no matter what their political persuasion, but it it MOST important to talk to Republicans.

Neocons are another story....

[porphyrian]

37. Talking is one thing, being friends is another.

I can't do either with republicans any more. Unless we can stick to a safe non-political topic, which is almost nothing now, I start hating them for their part in our current situation, which is near unforgivable. And real friendship is completely out of the question - I don't consider people who don't share my core beliefs friends, and my core beliefs would prevent any association with the republican party at this point.

[zonmoy]

2. I agree that it is another repuke whopper.

also how can you be friends with one. doesn't the constant dishonesty and sociopathic behavior drive you away.

[Warpy]

3. It sounds like Freepers with overwrought imaginations

doing the old 2+2=5 and hitting the panic button over it.

Tell him Clozaril can really help.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Tell your Repube friend to go down to the recruiting office and enlist

if he/she's fallen for that claptrap.

[KingFlorez]

5. Sounds like a lie to me

[Harper_is_Bush]

6. It's possible that Chile is selling arms to Iran. Tell your friend that if it's so, so what?

The narrative that it's so they can "attack the US" is a bit silly.

AK-47's? OH NO, WE'RE ALL DOOMED!

[H2O Man]

7. In Michael Moore's

movie F 9/11, there are people who express concern that the next attack on America might happen at some rural shopping center. They aren't bad people, they are just victims of fear.

[B Calm]

8. Ask him if they will cross the border as republican guest workers..

[kurth]

9. Yep, them Eyeranians are gonna come over in a boat and invade us with their AK-47s

Idiots.

[Ahpook]

18. Well, that nukelar thang aint a working is it? :)

Fucking bozo, the lot of them.

They just have to stay the parrots that they are.


It's easier...

[B Calm]

10. Tell him if those damn republicans would have done more to protect

our borders 9/11 would not have happened and we would not have to fear an invasion from Iranians coming up from South America...

[C_U_L8R]

11. friends don't let friends remain republican

your friend needs help ; - )

[valerief]

24. LOL!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

12. I think Chavez is trying to improve his country and stop U.S. exploitation of Venezuela....

Naturally, the fact that he met with anyone who is enemy to the Bush Administration is bound to get the wheels rolling in the Bush Administration. The Bush Admninistration doesn't care a rat's @$$ what happens to Americans.

[Jim__]

13. The idea that Iran plans on attacking the US is ludicrous.

The idea that Venezuela plans on attacking the US is ludicrous. The idea that Iran and Venezuela plan on forming an alliance and attacking the US is ludicrous.

If your friend seriously thinks that Iran and/or Venezuela plan on attacking the US, he's in serious need of some sort of help.

[immoderate]

36. We withstood the Nicaraguan threat, didn't we?

Remember when the Sandinista armies were going to march through Mexico and take over the United States?

--IMM

[dysfunctional press]

14. is your friend allowed to operate a car or any type of heavy machinery?

because that would probably be fun to watch.

[EstimatedProphet]

15. I think you should laugh at him

Loud, large, long laughs. For a long time.

Keep laughing until he goes away and hides.

[judaspriestess]

16. is this all these people ever think about?

Fear, terror, death, paranoia,war, hate,pedophelia, fear, terror, death, paranoia,war, hate,pedophelia, fear, terror, death, paranoia, war,hate, pedophelia and of course the they're coming to get us mantra....

what a miserable life.

[PFunk]

17. It's more like they are preparing for an attack by the US.

But hey that's a repug for you. I think Venezuela is not going to be an easy nut to crack as people think it will be.

[many a good man]

20. Just tell him "por que no te callas?"

:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. They bouth 100,000 AK to defend the country

from an attack. The news link was posted about a year ago or so

As to the business they are doing has to do with the oil fields

So as usual... there is a little truth in the whopper of lies

[Cobalt-60]

22. Can I get one? Theyre Genuine Kalasnikov

The worlds best assault rifle.
I have a Chinese MAK 90 now, but it's like a fake Rolex.
I need genuine Kalasnikov quality!

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Nah the story said these were the chinese made

and trust me.. having been down range from AK's I don't care if they are Chinese, or Russian...

DUCK

[mwb970]

26. Sorry, but what on earth is a "Republican friend"?

It sounds like an oxymoron to me. Does such a creature exist? I don't have any myself.

[Perry Logan]

27. You shouldn't pal around with these people. We're in a state of civil war, you know.

[Th1onein]

28. Right. Just associate with those whose minds I can't change.

Maybe you were joking, but I think it is important to say that we should ALL be doing this. Talking to Republicans, that is. It is every bit as important as marching in protest.

Except for a few diehard neocons, many people who voted Republican in the past did so because they have ALWAYS done so. There are many Republicans out there who are beginning to see the light. I think it's high time the American people come together and start talking about what is really important to us, instead of buying into the fear and the hatred that is being spooned out to us by the mainstream media.

It's called being part of the solution.

[UncleSepp]

29. FWIW, I think you're on the right track

Preaching to the converted might feel good, but it's not doing good.

[Perry Logan]

30. It's insane to trust these people, or to waste time talking to them.

[Th1onein]

32. Who said I trust them?

And what difference does it make? I am simply talking to them. It's called political discourse. We should all engage in it more. Maybe we wouldn't be in this shape, if we had done more of it in the first place.

Surely, this process is familiar to you: Someone has a list of email addresses; belonging to friends, acquaintances, etc. They send out an email supporting their political views. Someone answers it. And, while most of the people in the group don't take their time to answer, they read the back and forth exchanges, and make up their minds, or change them, based on the information and arguements made in those exchanges.

This is an important process. It is why I came to DU with the information, in the first place. I did not come here to be told that I shouldn't talk to Republicans, who are, after all, my fellow Americans. I came here to get information.

[Perry Logan]

34. Our paradigms are different. I think we're at war with these people.

[H2O Man]

35. Good.

You are right to talk to people. There are too many divisions in this country already, and as we can see from other nations -- both today and throughout history -- nothing good comes from promoting intolerance and hatred. Not only that, but a closed mind, like a closed room, is always stuffy.

[Toots]

31. I think your Republican friend should go hide under his bed

Apparently Republicans are afraid of their own shadow. Is there anything that doesn't terrify them?

[DFW]

33. I think he saw "Red Dawn" one time too many

[notadmblnd]

38. is Chavez sending them boats too or are they

going to fly those little wooden planes like the Iraqis did?