Have you read his speeches and rhetoric? If he ranted that way on the corner of any nation on earth (except his own), he would be escorted to a place he couldn't hurt himself or others.
He is vilified because he spends all day every day VILIFYING US. Sure he is democratically elected. That does give him status in our eyes. But that same status makes us hold him to a higher standard. He is the democratically elected leader of a large, rich country in our hemisphere. We _have_ to pay attention to him, and what we see and hear is not comforting. And what is it about a democratically elected leader that makes them uncriticizable? If that worked, why did the world criticize Bush for so many years? On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 9:00 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If he has broken no laws, if he has been elected DEMOCRATICALLY and > rules according to the DEMOCRATIC laws of his country, why is he so > vilified?? > Is it that Democracies only count as such when they follow a certain world > view? > > 2008/11/11 G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > He has broken no laws...the Venezuelan people have fucked themselves > fairly > > and squarely. My congratulations to them. > > > > Here's hoping we can go back to ignoring Venezuela like we always > did..... > > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 5:27 AM, Vivec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> What laws has Chavez broken? > >> > >> Have there not been fair and democratic elections in Venezuela? > >> > >> Has he not had two referendums thus far? > >> > >> The last referendum which he lost, did he not submit to the loss as > >> was required democratically? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279858 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
