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Bullshit on Vice President Joe Biden not be a "true Democrat, either". Cha Mar 2014 #1
Clarence Thomas n/t reddread Mar 2014 #9
Re-read the story. VP Biden didn't accuse Venezuela of concocting Clarence Thomas, or anyone 24601 Mar 2014 #10
You are responding to what the right-wing calls "sarcasm", delrem Mar 2014 #11
Would you call those who agree with Biden "right-wing"? Zorro Mar 2014 #14
Why would I do that? delrem Mar 2014 #16
Then perhaps you can clarify who you define as "right-wing" Zorro Mar 2014 #17
Why should I do that? delrem Mar 2014 #19
Laugh away Zorro Mar 2014 #22
Then I restate: delrem Mar 2014 #23
Sarcasm is the best way to avoid pointless deflection. joshcryer Mar 2014 #15
It's not just "supporters of previous coup attempts" it's the old millionaire political class. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2014 #33
A rather small colony, less than .01% to have such a large clan of supporters on DU! delrem Mar 2014 #36
I think there's a missing sarcasm tag, there...! nt MADem Mar 2014 #18
Call me a cultist BeyondGeography Mar 2014 #2
+10000000000 proudretiredvet Mar 2014 #5
Over a thousand have been arrested, many tortured and denied access to legal aid. MADem Mar 2014 #21
I don't understand. delrem Mar 2014 #25
What "title?" This is not my thread. MADem Mar 2014 #30
I see, madem, that you are very invested in the Venezuelan counter-revolution. delrem Mar 2014 #34
You need to put the "putsch" word away. You clearly do not understand the issues, MADem Mar 2014 #40
I see, madem, that you have the definitive account of "what it is about". delrem Mar 2014 #43
NASA?!?!?!? The horror..... lol n/t EX500rider Mar 2014 #47
"The broad base of Venezuelan voters" EX500rider Mar 2014 #48
It's a base that's consistently voted in the Bolivarian left. Much to your dismay. delrem Mar 2014 #62
"Much to your dismay." Ohhh!! A mind reader!!! WOW! What color am i thinking of? EX500rider Mar 2014 #64
Nope, not a mind reader. Just someone who can read the obvious. delrem Mar 2014 #69
If you say so.. EX500rider Mar 2014 #71
You see the skies over Caracas today? snooper2 Mar 2014 #93
I assume you mean the steadily shrinking base as they won by 1% last time... EX500rider Mar 2014 #65
They won by a bigger margin than Obama. delrem Mar 2014 #72
"quit expressing your dismay" point to my dismay.....I'll wait EX500rider Mar 2014 #73
Don't be too hard on him. MADem Mar 2014 #92
where is Obama on this?.....nt quadrature Mar 2014 #3
Do you seriously think the VP would put out a statement that is NOT administration policy? nt karynnj Mar 2014 #4
Would Joe Biden speak without thinking..... proudretiredvet Mar 2014 #6
He is FAR less a loose cannon than media and right wing powers want him to be seen karynnj Mar 2014 #42
better way to put it ---> throw a bowl of spaghetti at the wall.. quadrature Mar 2014 #13
Venezuela probably learned that from us. L0oniX Mar 2014 #7
That is what happens when your government gets caught organizing a series of coups . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #8
What are you saying? Kolesar Mar 2014 #20
When a country, like our country, gets the reputation it has . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #27
So do you agree with Maduro's assertion that the US is behind the protests? Zorro Mar 2014 #28
Who knows for certain? another_liberal Mar 2014 #29
Unfortunately, delrem Mar 2014 #37
Very few hours of any kind of history . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #38
good point reddread Mar 2014 #41
I wouldn't necessarily say young people today are more ignorant than their parents were . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #81
seeing is believing, and living through it far more formative than a google search reddread Mar 2014 #83
And it could be some people don't hold this administration responsible for My Lai or Iran Flt665 or. EX500rider Mar 2014 #53
Look forward, not back, EX500rider. That's the name of the game. delrem Mar 2014 #59
So all US administrations are interchangeable going back to the 50's? EX500rider Mar 2014 #63
What happened under different administrations and during the cold war=N/A EX500rider Mar 2014 #51
The Cold War? another_liberal Mar 2014 #82
"wastes no time in recognizing an obvious coup's ringleaders as the legitimate new government.. EX500rider Mar 2014 #84
In both of these cases, to mention only two since the Cold War . . . another_liberal Mar 2014 #85
Approving and orchestrating 2 different things EX500rider Mar 2014 #87
I'm sure the evidence is there that "ochestrating" most certainly did occur. another_liberal Mar 2014 #88
We shall see i suppose. EX500rider Mar 2014 #89
Except your Honduras link says this: EX500rider Mar 2014 #86
The US will have to spend the next half-century repairing its image Ash_F Mar 2014 #12
Glad the protesters are peaceful and angelic. MyNameGoesHere Mar 2014 #24
Over a thousand have been arrested, many have been tortured and denied access to legal aid. MADem Mar 2014 #31
There have been allegations. delrem Mar 2014 #35
If your answer is to call the deaths and detentions and abuse "allegations" MADem Mar 2014 #39
I believe you recently claimed that the Venezuelan poor were demonstrating. delrem Mar 2014 #44
When you keep repeating the same word, over and over again, like a MADem Mar 2014 #45
Let me count: 1.... Jorge Farias. delrem Mar 2014 #46
Look, I just handed you MY source. My left wing source. I don't care about your crap. MADem Mar 2014 #49
You won't be getting your putsch, madem - regardless of the wishes of V's fascist leaders. delrem Mar 2014 #50
Awww, you mad, bro? MADem Mar 2014 #52
The Guardian published the right-wing swill, it didn't write it. delrem Mar 2014 #60
Awwww, you ARE mad, bro!!! MADem Mar 2014 #66
Nope, I'm just saying that you won't get your putsch, madem. delrem Mar 2014 #68
Yeah, you are! And you're projecting, too, Mister "Emotional." MADem Mar 2014 #91
"And you won't get your putsch, madem. Even as fired up for one as you are" EX500rider Mar 2014 #75
Can you imagine the anti-govt uproar here if the US had shot & killed 220 protesters @ Occupy? EX500rider Mar 2014 #56
Heads would explode! I guess it's OKIYB! MADem Mar 2014 #58
So you think a bunch of rich people are out at barricades throwing rocks and molotov's? EX500rider Mar 2014 #70
You make no sense whatsoever. delrem Mar 2014 #74
Looking into a mirror are we? EX500rider Mar 2014 #76
So, you now rise to ikyabwai? Whatever your point might be, keep the laughs coming. delrem Mar 2014 #79
"I believe you recently claimed that the Venezuelan poor were demonstrating." EX500rider Mar 2014 #77
You reduced yourself to nothing. Congrats. delrem Mar 2014 #78
Oh no!! Not nothing!!! Sorry, as Descates says: "Cogito ergo sum" EX500rider Mar 2014 #80
Rene Descartes, in Meditations on First Philosophy, delrem Mar 2014 #90
No, no, those kids are all NeoCon's is what i heard......LOL n/t EX500rider Mar 2014 #54
Tools of the Capitalist Pigs, doncha know!! MADem Mar 2014 #57
All these are CIA fronts also: EX500rider Mar 2014 #61
And don't forget the doctors and medical professionals, and the mothers of the murdered! MADem Mar 2014 #67
"There have been allegations." EX500rider Mar 2014 #55
Empire Strikes Back! RobertEarl Mar 2014 #26
I like Joe, but how can you get mad at countries where citizens make fun of the NSA in email? jtuck004 Mar 2014 #32
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