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In reply to the discussion: Chavez to Obama: I'd vote for you, and you for me [View all]yurbud
(39,405 posts)28. so what has he done wrong? That concentration of power has gone on here too
except here it is only used for the benefit of the wealthiest of wealthy.
The rest of us get the pokey old democratic process that one senator or a handful can jam up and block the will of the majority or 60, 70, or whatever percentage of Americans they like.
I'm guessing that most of the expats who don't like Chavez are upper middle class and above not the people at the bottom whose lives have been improved by those "temporary" fixes.
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He stands up to the oil companies and banks and uses the countries wealth for people
yurbud
Sep 2012
#4
How about you actually LIVE in Venezuela and see what he's done before making such claims?
Marksman_91
Sep 2012
#11
It's been 6 years since Chavez had an election. The last elections the Chavistas lost...
joshcryer
Oct 2012
#37
Capriles is like Santos, he is not going to "give the country back to the rich."
joshcryer
Oct 2012
#30
then you're going to have a hard time persuading me or anyone else. The burden of proof is on
yurbud
Oct 2012
#33
He wants rMoney in the driver's seat, plainly. He knows that his "endorsement" is no help.
MADem
Sep 2012
#13
something doesn't smell right about this. I am not saying it didn't happen, but just because the
still_one
Sep 2012
#14
of course drudge, who is a piece of garbage anyway has this on his headline, with a picture implying
still_one
Sep 2012
#15
What a delusional nutcase. Problem w/people in power is they start believing their PR.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#17