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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:39 AM Original message |
In a dictatorship, the dictator does not lose elections. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
1. Shhhhhhhhh |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. Oh boy, This is not gonna sit well with the Hugo haters. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #2 |
26. What do you mean by "Hugo Haters"? |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #26 |
40. "Hugo Haters" |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I'm just waiting until we get back to worrying about REPUBLICANS |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:11 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. The thing is, what we watched this weekend (or longer) |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:32 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. What they do domestically is get us to eat our own |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. But that's not the more important part. We have pie fights all the time. |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 08:39 PM Response to Reply #40 |
59. As someone who supported Scoop Jackson for president in 1976 |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. I wonder if the US had any input on that election? nt |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Unless there is a party dictatorship. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. There was no dictator on the ballot. It was a referendum for or against dictatorship. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:51 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. That is an add statement from one of the major screamers of 'dictator'. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. And that's a typical remark from a non reader. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:00 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. How |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:08 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. HOW |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I dare the Queen or her Governor General to |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Well, it happened when MacMillian left because of his cancer |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
28. I didn't either. So what's that BWAAAAA childish bullshit about? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. The Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah was for the refresher |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. We're done here. You are acting like an immature ass. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:45 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. So is Nicholas Sarkozy a dictator? The people elect him, and he can run indefinitely. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Stop trying to compare a carrot to broccoli. It's a waste of everyone's time. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Exactly. n/t. |
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tanstaafl (120 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:01 AM Response to Reply #5 |
33. No it was not a vote for or against dictatorship |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. There were sixty nine articles. Term limits was the least of their worries. |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:07 AM Response to Reply #5 |
41. "A referedum for or against dictatorship." |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #41 |
58. Read all the articles. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
48. Not really - FDR was a "president for life" and a dictator, according to you. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Yet another Constitutional Scholar who hasn't bothered to read the articles. |
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DutchLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
49. It was a referendum for or against suspension of term limits. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #49 |
56. Oh bullshit. That was just ONE article of SIXTY NINE in the referendum. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. But , but they weren't trying to abolish Democracy |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. All he would have to do is declare a state of emergency under these new laws. |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. I wonder when |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I hope he does just that. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. The one that was most moving to me was social security for |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. many day laborers |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yes, I realize that. But they have no continuity and are at the mercy |
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sabbat hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 06:42 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. it is the employers |
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Minstrel Boy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 07:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. okay.... |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Why would that be a problem? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-04-07 03:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
55. Probably should have done that in the first place |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. Right-Wingnuts proved Wrong Again ... |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:16 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. "urged followers not to turn it into a point of conflict" |
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Mass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
14. That was my first reaction when I heard the results this morning. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
16. I agree. Although, to be fair, many of the "Bush steals elections" crowd theorize that a dictator |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. If Hugo Chavez threw this election, I'll never speak to him again. |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:39 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. I don't think he did. He lost, probably fair and square. Just like the Republicans in 2006 and us |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
23. Well said, Warren. Regardless of what one may think of Chavez, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
24. Saying someone is a demagogue with dictatorial tendencies is not saying he is a dictator. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. There go the goal posts! |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:04 AM Response to Reply #24 |
39. Nah, no, we never said he was a dictator... |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
30. I have to agree with that. K & R. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
31. Dictators DO lose elections. |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
34. Yup. Just ask Bush. he's been "reelected" |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
36. I don't see a problem |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
37. Take the USA for example, n/t |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. Pinochet wasn't a dictator? |
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endarkenment (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Pinochet was compelled to run a fair election. |
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Beerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-03-07 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
44. That's mis-translation, right? n/t. |
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