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MADem

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10. I think he has reason to be--the military doesn't like him, and we know how that can end...

Sun May 5, 2013, 03:08 PM

May 2013

Even those bozos at the fawned-over Putin News Service (I can't understand why people love the stuff this propaganda outfit puts out, but whatever) are telling him he's got a short time to get his shit together or he'll be out on his ass:
http://rt.com/op-edge/maduro-president-venezuela-election-reaction-883/

The author of "The Enduring Legacy, Oil, Culture and Society in Venezuela" believes the man to substitute Hugo Chavez at the helm the South American country, Nicolas Maduro, will have little time to implement all the needed changes. Unless he fails to address the problems of corruption, crime and infrastructure he could be recalled from his post in three years.

...The team around Maduro is actually the most important issue, and it has been proven. They are part of the same team that has been around Hugo Chavez, they include military individuals, part of the coalition that was governing, part of the bureaucracy includes Gustavo Cabello, who was a member of Chavez’s group as well as other individuals who all come from the military and who now have important posts. I think we will see a continuation of that governing coalition and of that leadership body.

And that is the "sunny" assessment!

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Venezuela leader Maduro alleges Colombia assassination plot [View all] Eugene May 2013 OP

Everyone's plotting and scheming... 'cept him. MADem May 2013 #1

How condescending of you. Arctic Dave May 2013 #2

What does "what I do" have to do with this discussion? MADem May 2013 #3

It has as much to do with it as your elitist remark that he's a "bus driver" Catherina May 2013 #4

Now I'm an "elitist?" Please. MADem May 2013 #5

I said "your elitist remark". The emphasis is on *remark* Catherina May 2013 #6

Naaah. You then said I was sneering, and you're saying that again. You were making a point MADem May 2013 #9

You've just confirmed your elitism, imo... ocpagu May 2013 #11

Well, your opinion and a couple of bucks will buy you a cup of coffee. MADem May 2013 #12

And yet Lulu endorsed him as the better qualified, well qualified, candidate, go figure Catherina May 2013 #14

Just because a person is NOT illiterate, and NOT 'just a metalworker,' MADem May 2013 #17

None of that explaining how the *bus driver* is not qualified for the job Catherina May 2013 #21

What part of 'Ed McMahon was no Johnny Carson' wasn't clear to you? MADem May 2013 #24

We're going to have to agree to disagree and leave it at that n/t Catherina May 2013 #25

probably a good idea since you've been thoroughly schooled n/t Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #26

I beg to differ. mecherosegarden May 2013 #28

got any links? reorg May 2013 #29

Here's a video of him referring to certain places that are NOT states as states. Marksman_91 May 2013 #31

Thanks for setting everyone straight on what happened to the indigenous population Judi Lynn May 2013 #32

This is the same poster who thinks the bus driver influenced Chavez. joshcryer May 2013 #13

I think the bus driver is frightened of the military. MADem May 2013 #15

I think Diosdado would be a prime candidate for a coup. joshcryer May 2013 #16

I came up with a script just upthread. MADem May 2013 #19

Benedict Mander, 2002 coupster Antonio Rivero, Rory Carroll all in one place Catherina May 2013 #18

It's not the money for the POOR that is the problem. Hello...???? MADem May 2013 #20

The poor know very well which party represented the bigger thieves Catherina May 2013 #22

When the poor stop getting their services because Maduro has run the joint into the ground, MADem May 2013 #23

No thanks. I've read all that b4 and am familiar with the people hawking their interpretations n/t Catherina May 2013 #27

These aren't "interpretations." The inflation rate, the crime rate, the lack of a money supply, the MADem May 2013 #30

Those problems are all "fabrications" by the right-wing media. Marksman_91 May 2013 #33

I have to wonder how they're going to fabricate dole checks, MADem May 2013 #34

the Bus Driver is afraid of his own shadow n/t Bacchus4.0 May 2013 #7

I think he has reason to be--the military doesn't like him, and we know how that can end... MADem May 2013 #10

"Mr Uribe - a fierce critic of President Chavez - " knows very well Judi Lynn May 2013 #8