Um, Chavez legitimately won a national election in which international (including US) observers were present.Originally posted by Philly05
Hugo Chavez is not a legitimately elected president. Their form of elections is about as legitimate as Saddam receiving 100% of the vote in his last election and Iran's most recent.
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I assume you're referring to the 1998 and/or 2000 elections, both of which were clearly legitimate landslide victories for chavez - not the military coup and "interim government" which was shot down by popular protest in 2002. in fact, there's nothing apparently suspect about chavez' political career at all, since nobody could make the avenida baralt accusations stick.Originally posted by Philly05@Aug 24 2005, 08:22 PM
Good to see those on the left quick to validate a communist dictator's so called election
oh, I very much doubt bush himself had anything to do with those. that guy couldn't fix a flat tire, let alone a presidential election.but still accuse Bush of rigging the last two.
unlikely to be given much mainstream media coverage while the saudis and their satellites are such important partners with the government's pet industries.And while I am not defending Pat Robertson's remarks, I would like to see the same outrage over the hundreds of sheikhs calling for the death of all westerners
which people? osama bin laden?and the people who call for the death of Rumsfield and the President.[post=337665]Quoted post[/post]
Actually, Chávez has been legitimately elected, recalled, elected again. Several NGOs say it was fair. The U.S. tried to stage a coup once and it failed. Need I go on?Originally posted by Philly05@Aug 24 2005, 06:10 AM
Hugo Chavez is not a legitimately elected president. Their form of elections is about as legitimate as Saddam receiving 100% of the vote in his last election and Iran's most recent.
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Originally posted by jay_too@Aug 24 2005, 09:45 PM
Somehow it seems fundamentally wrong for a minister to call for another/others to violate one of God's laws.
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