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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:00 PM Original message |
Hugo Chavez to Pres. Obama: "I want to be your friend.'' |
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MadBadger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. I mean, you did say that Obama has the same stench as Bush Hugo. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. When he aired the same Bush bullshit, he did. That's right. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:08 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. When and how did Pres. Obama evince "the same Bush bullshit"? I must've missed it. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:13 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm so sorry but he did. He said Chavez exported terrorism, that he |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Do you have credible links to quotes of these alleged statements you claim PEOTUS Obama made? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. They have been posted to this board ad nauseum for YEARS. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. The interview with Obama was with the Spanish language Univision... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No one seems to remember this but during the election, Chavez was very quiet |
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scarletwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:57 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. I think Chavez knew very well that if he said anything supportive of Obama, it would be spun |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I agree. That's why he was so quick to call McSame |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Thanks for the links. I expect Pres. Obama is speaking the truth. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
30. I'm sure Pres. Obama has good reason to believe these things of Chavez but unlike Bush, he's... |
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Julius Civitatus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Well said n/t |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. He's repeating old talking points. Yesterday he said that Cubans |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. I doubt it. Pres. Obama would only say such things if he felt they were true via intel. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Feeling something is true doesn't really change the fact that in reality |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Your "reality" seems to be colored by defending all things Cuban and Chavez, so I beg to differ. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 03:45 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. You're quoting the State Department?! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:00 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. Yes, and I also referenced The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Do a search on USAID funds by STATE to subvert governments |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:24 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. You keep moving the goalposts without a shred of evidence to back you up, which I find telling. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Not at all. I'm asking you to find out for yourself that what you know |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:33 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. lol! You're spinning like a top now. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Good luck with that. n/t |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:52 AM Response to Reply #53 |
109. EFerrari didn't seem to me to be spinning. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:52 AM Response to Reply #109 |
115. Of course you would. |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #115 |
122. I'm not suggesting that HRC should personally draft briefings. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #122 |
129. Do you have any evidence or proof for your assumptions that Pres. Obama made "gaffes"? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:36 PM Response to Reply #45 |
60. I didn't see President Obama when I was in church in Habana. |
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Billy Burnett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:51 PM Response to Reply #60 |
66. I've attended several well attended church services in Cuba. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. It is the same song and dance Reagan used about Nicaragua. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #42 |
64. I expect Obama to have more sense than to spew this bs |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Obama didn't try to kill him |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Fortunately, Pres. Obama is not one to hold a personal grudge. He's a true statesman. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. President Obama has an amazing |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. He's his mother's son. She was very much the same way. |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Why should he hold a grudge? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:20 AM Response to Reply #25 |
32. For the same reason people do when someone is insulting and obnoxious towards them... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. He told you this, personally? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:22 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Isn't it obvious by now? Pres. Obama's actions since his inaugural speak louder than words. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:57 AM Response to Reply #31 |
73. Joe Lieberman anyone? |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Chavez is such a douche. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Right. He's the "douche" that brought democracy back to Venezuela |
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ChimpersMcSmirkers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Well, I give him credit for his efforts at land reform, but my impression is that |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:57 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Mass media is very effective. n/t |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 03:06 AM Response to Reply #19 |
110. Slanted? You think? |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
130. They said he was a dictator in 1998. It's been 10 years. When is he going to *show* us he is one? |
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Luminous Animal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. That was after Obama accused Chavez |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #17 |
34. I'm quite sure it's true, given what intel Pres. Obama knows. Chavez responded like a nasty bully. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. There is not a shred of evidence that Chavez exports terrorism. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Unless you have access to classified CIA and FBI documents, I doubt you'd be privy to such knowledge |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. I don't know how to break this to you, but CIA has been responsible |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. So what? Yet you referenced declassified CIA documents just now. You can't have it both ways. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 05:16 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. Have what both ways and what ad hominem? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #56 |
58. Playing dumb is not an effective technique to further your credibility. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:32 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. I have no idea what you are talking about. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Your sole purpose on this thread seems to be defending Cuba and Chavez and attacking Pres. Obama. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. When you manage to get a fact in hand, get back to me. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 07:00 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. You are not interested in any facts that conflict with your anti-American/anti-Obama views. |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Would that be antiSouthAmerican? antiNorthAmerican? antiLatinAmerican? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #69 |
74. Spare me your gratuitous poutrage. Isn't there an anti-Obama OP you can recommend and high-five? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:04 PM Response to Reply #74 |
87. When all you can do is smear, you wind up smelling like sh!t. Good job! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:25 PM Response to Reply #87 |
92. Childish ad hominem attacks are the last refuge of Chavez/Cuba apologists, I see. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. How am I anti-American and anti-Obama? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:21 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Deleted message |
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93. Deleted sub-thread |
ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:46 AM Response to Reply #84 |
114. A complete read-through of this OP from top to bottom is very revealing of what you're about. |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:30 AM Response to Reply #47 |
71. Wrong again, as usual |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:35 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. "Wrong again, as usual". You know, you're not as good as you think you are. |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #72 |
101. Boo hoo hoo |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:04 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. "The obsessive repetition of a falsehood doesn't turn it into the truth." Thank you. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:07 PM Response to Reply #75 |
88. Rovian? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. That's what Zodiak described, yes. From what I've seen, it's quite an accurate take. |
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blueclown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. This just in: the reaction from Freeperville. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The right wing nutcases all over the hemisphere |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's good to hear. Hugo's a bit of an ass, but it'd be nice for us to get along with him. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Right. It might be "nice" for us to get along with the most powerful leader |
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Danger Mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Yes, it would peachy keen. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. Lula Da Silva is the most powerful leader in the region, not Chavez. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:53 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. No. Lula is the most popular; Chavez can raise more allies. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 10:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
78. Wrong again. Pres. Obama is the most popular leader in the Americas by far (link & quote). |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #78 |
89. We were talking about Latin American leaders but thanks for playing. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:47 PM Response to Reply #89 |
96. lol! Were "we"? Nice try. The poll shows Chavez is nowhere as popular as you claim at only 28%. |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:25 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. I agree with the sentiment but would strike the "a bit of" qualifier. |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think the important point here is |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-17-09 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
26. Why not? It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood... |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
37. Chavez has betrayed the left! |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. I don't believe Chavez, of course. No history there of objectivity and honesty... |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 04:21 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. wow. are you misinformed (nt) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Have you read that book? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 06:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. The book "gift" was patronizing. Chavez deliberately did it for the photo-op. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 08:24 PM Response to Reply #62 |
67. yeah, he has no interest in educating Obama about the situation there in SA |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #67 |
76. Chavez is a self-aggrandizing dictator who chose a photo-op to highlight his self-serving "gift". |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. a "dictator"? please educate yourself. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #79 |
80. To me, anyone who gets rid of term limits and declares himself President For Life is a dictator. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:41 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. who "got rid of term limits"? the matter was put up for a vote, and the voters voted no |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #81 |
86. February 16, 2009, Times Online UK: "Hugo Chávez wins referendum over extension of presidency" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. So, genius, how does a national referendum voted on transparent election systems |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #90 |
95. Spinning like a top again? The article makes it clear just "how" despite your many obfuscations. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #95 |
103. my bad, I thought that referendum was defeated. but I also ask how |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:47 PM Response to Reply #103 |
104. oh, and all it does is give him the right to RUN again indefinitely. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Because dictators do this crap: "Venezuela ousts EU politician for insulting Chavez" (2/14/09 CNN) |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 07:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
131. Dictators don't usually allow elections being controlled by foreign observers... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 09:51 AM Response to Reply #131 |
132. You're misinformed. See reply #106 for a fact check on your comments. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-21-09 05:22 PM Response to Reply #132 |
133. It doesn't contradict any of the point I made. So your lame attempt at a rebuttal is irrelevant. |
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biopowertoday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-18-09 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
70. My hope is that Obama reads and learns from the History book |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
77. Man, is that guy one massive ass-boob or what? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #77 |
82. He's a rock star in Latin America and it's hilarious that people up here |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
83. That's what happens when you have a leader who cares about his people |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 04:58 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Yeah. Well, it's early days. We may be in trials right now. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:03 PM Response to Reply #85 |
99. So you think it's "Too soon to tell" whether Pres. Obama is a leader who cares for his people? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:11 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. All politicians have to balance their career against their ideals. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:21 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. What gobblety-gook. You didn't answer my question. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #83 |
98. "We should really try that sometime..."? So you don't think Pres. Obama "cares for his people"? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 02:23 AM Response to Reply #98 |
108. Of course he cares for "his people" -- Wall Street thieves and war criminals |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:29 AM Response to Reply #108 |
113. lol! Is that CATTY Red Herring of Bitterness all you've got? It's so easy to refute your nonsense-> |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:24 AM Response to Reply #113 |
116. Sigh... the ignorance on this board is depressing. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:42 AM Response to Reply #116 |
117. Yes, it is. Your fact-free ad hominem CATTY rhetoric is ample proof of that. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #117 |
119. You sound like a 12-year-old. Grow up. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #119 |
120. How so? By offering sourced fact to rebut your BS which you promptly ignored to continue your rant? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #120 |
121. Clue stick: quoting an unsourced, pro-Obama puff piece is not a "sourced response" |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #121 |
123. Fact check: The Chicago Tribune is the source. And what do you offer to back up your BS? Nothing. |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #123 |
124. Second cluestick: A newspaper cannot be a "source". The "source" is whoever gave them the quote. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #124 |
125. lol! Splitting hairs when you can't offer up a shred of evidence to back up your CATTY remarks? |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:09 PM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Sigh. Skinner really needs to institute some minimal age limits on posting. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Why'd you say Pres. Obama 'only cares for "his people" -- Wall Street thieves and war criminals'? |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #108 |
127. So what does that make Chavez |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 05:50 PM Response to Reply #82 |
97. He's a one-man freakshow that sells papers. His recently polled popularity is only 28% (link-->) |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 06:53 PM Response to Reply #97 |
105. that is his rating throughout the region, not in his own country |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-19-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Considering Chavez goes to great lengths to censor/silence his opposition, I don't doubt you. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 05:41 AM Response to Reply #107 |
111. what "great lengths" atre those? still falling for the propaganda? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 06:16 AM Response to Reply #111 |
112. I've answered you before. Reread Reply #106 (w/links to credible sourcing and quotes). |
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wyldwolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-20-09 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
118. Obama let me in I wanna be your friend I want to guard your dreams and visions... |
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