This is ridiculous, whats next? He's the next Hitler, Stalin? He doesnt control the media and its not downright arresting anyone who bad mouths him, the people who stand to lose the most from what he's done are the ones who control it.
well the thing with Rictor is he beleives so much in self determination he will even defend it when people determine not to allow self determination for themselves anymore.
actualy Sarafan, he controles the TV and such now, well he'll put anyone who badmouth's him inn jail, that's the big reason why I didn't like him to begin with, he went right in and atacked his opponents directly, physicaly, not there positions, that is usualy a sign that you are on the wrong side.
and Sadam Husain won every election he held with like a 99.9% margen (wich was coincedentaly followed with a 0.1% drop in the population). if you think his election was even as legitimate as Bush's, then you need to reexamine your position.
I dont need to, its was far more legitimate than Saddam's or Bush's.
Both Bush elections had televised debates. When Manuel Rosales, Chavez's opponent, demanded a debate, Chavez told him to **** off and said essentially that he doesn't have time to debate with someone "of a fifth-grade intelligence."
Chavez's control of the media essentially allowed him to dominate the airwaves for most of the election, while both Bush elections allowed for comparatively fair campaigning by the Democrats.
The only thing that makes the US election even remotely illegitimate was
Gore v. Bush and the tally fraud allegations in both elections. Chavez didn't even give his opponent time of day, and bullied government workers and other voters into voting for him.
I never said he was the next Stalin or Hitler, but the way he's going, he might very well be. Political blacklists and suppression of political rights doesn't exactly make you Marcus Aurelius, does it?
