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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:39 AM Original message |
Lots of Chavez, not much Putin |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Bushies dare not allow the MSM to address exactly what is happening in Putin's Russia. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. No, it's nothing like it. Get some perspective. |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Only orders of magnitude, not the actions themselves. I agree with you |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Yep: |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
2. One of the local right-wing talk radio stations has billboards all over with a picture of Chavez... |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. And not much talk about |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
4. If Chavez had won we'd also be hearing about voter fraud. |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. You really, really need to get some perspective. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Glad Putin won? He's a filthy dictator, he manipulates elections, he violently oppresses opposition, |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. So is Bush and this planet needs some balance |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I don't recognize Bush as a war criminal?! You're kidding, right? |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. Just to highlight general American media ineptitude... |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Not explicitly. However, that might well have been the effect of it passing. |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Good point |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. It's called WH talking point bullshit. |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
21. NPR has backed up WH spin for years. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. The US can't invade Russia for it's oil |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:47 PM Response to Original message |
11. It has struck me too |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I'd much rather think about Chavez. Putin is one scary SOB. |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:23 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Yeah |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. There is a strange dynamic here where instead of insisting on democracy |
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mogster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 04:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. I scratch my head, Beth |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
18. The media spews... *some* people listen. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
19. because there's a subset of DUers that feel far more threatened by the left they dont know |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:49 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. That's a very fine summary. |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. Fraud is OK as long as you're a capitalist |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
27. Putin scares the fucking shit out of me. Him, and the Russian Mafia. |
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