mmarsh said:AstralDragon
Ted is correct, as much a some of us might dislike Chavez (and Morales) anti-US rant, the fact remains that he was democratically elected twice, and he enjoys a 60's favorable opinion in Veneszula.
mmarsh said:The only people that call him a dictator were those opposition groups who were voted out of office. On the otherhand, the fact that these oppostion attempted the overthrown of a democratically elected official is the act of a despot.
But Mr Chavez's "revolution" had little real impact on the lives of ordinary Venezuelans, who still suffer from chronic poverty and widespread unemployment despite the country's oil wealth.
His popularity rating had fallen from a high of 80% to 30% last December, when the first mass street protests erupted.
Ted said:Why do you call Chavez a dictator? He was democratically elected 1998 en democratically reelected in 2000. And he didn't have to steal the election like George W. had to do first time around! And if he is a dictator, what does that make George?
5.56X45mm said:Yeah and Saddam Hussein was elected by the people too. DOn't forget Kim Jong Il.
FULLMETALJACKET said:commie wench.
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