If Chavez is a Dictator, what's that make Bush?

[ck4829]

You can't have a dictatorship without a controlled media.

Everyone knows that.

And as noted in "Go to Venezuela, you Idiot!" the Media IS the opposition.

Now, take a look at our 'rebellious' media...

"Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda."
- Irena Briganti, Fox News

"I think the press was muzzled, and I think the press self-muzzled. I'm sorry to say, but certainly television and, perhaps, to a certain extent, my station was intimidated by the administration and its foot soldiers at Fox News. And it did, in fact, put a climate of fear and self-censorship, in my view, in terms of the kind of broadcast work we did."
- Christiane Amanpour, CNN

When it comes to control of the media, Bush is clearly more of a Dictator.

Attempted Coups against Chavez - One in 2002

Attempted Coups against Bush - None

Take a look at Bush's approval ratings, and ask yourself why there hasn't there been an uprising. Obviously, Bush rules the American People with an iron fist. So, once again, Bush is clearly more of a Dictator than Chavez is.

Chavez faces opposition from both within and outside of his country.

Bush and his Party control all three branches of government.

So, once again, who is more of a Dictator?

In 2004, Chavez faced a Referendum.

And here, you can't even suggest the Impeachment of Bush without being labeled a "Traitor" and "Terrorist".

So, if Chavez is a Dictator, what's that make Bush?

A Super-Mega-Ultra Dictator?

[jobycom]

1. Unelected?

:shrug:

[porphyrian]

2. A piece of shit traitor? - n/t

[Selatius]

3. A worse dictator if we accept their frame of debate.

If he is a dictator, he's a pretty popular one, given that he survived recall by winning 59 percent of the vote in an internationally monitored recall referendum in 2004.

[rosesaylavee]

4. King?

[Marr]

5. Isn't it surreal the way Chavez is spoken of in US media?

There's always this assumption than everyone should hate him, that he's "our enemy", that he's a dictator, etc., etc. That's just taken for granted, and all discussion goes from there.

It's just odd. I watched that particular thoughtless assumption take root over the last few years, and it's just so obvious how it works. If you're not playing ball with Wall Street, you're the enemy. Period. It amazes me that people just swallow this stuff.

I saw Manufacturing Consent some time back, and I'm always reminded of the US reporter interviewing people in Cuba. He was asking some man on the street if he thinks he's free and if he supports Castro. The man replied "yes" to both, and the reporter just kept asking him the same question in an increasingly mocking and incredulous tone. "So you actually think you're free, eh?".

So strange.

[Ron Green]

6. Just a dick.

n/t