Wow, you mean they gave him a raise? It used to be just a penny a post. <];-P

If you are among those people who (1) have easy access to resources like the Internet, and (2) are motivated to look up the truth of what you hear, then you are not in his target audience. But to those who are Republican because they were raised to believe they should be by their parents, or people who hear what he is saying, and don’t have the access to contradicting information, or the time and desire to do so, he is sowing the seeds of doubt and discontent (often successfully, from what I hear, else he would not draw the financial support to do it), or helping cement some people’s pre-existing dislike of the Democratic leaders in question.

If there are more of the latter sort of people than the former, then four years from now (or sooner if the Republicans can find some spectacular way to discredit Obama, like they did with Clinton), his sown words, nourished by all his b.s., may bear fruit.

I believe there must be some mercenary motivation to all the far-right operatives, which keeps them going and pays the bills. They prefer an American president becoming the subject of ridiculous computer and video games making hot sales around the world as GWB has become from his commando skill in ducking from the irate journalist’s shoes!!!!!!!

Great post fro. That is exactly my understanding of each of those issues. I am glad I kept reading. My answer to the guy would just be repetitive.

No wonder they are so hawkish. Everything frightens them.

It is entertaining to watch the right hyerventilate like this. FOX shows Obama shaking hands and puts on Newt (an expert in reading hand shakes) and ques Newt to tell Americans Obama just sealed the fate of America to servatude.

Now Cuba will be dictating American policy around the world and American voters will have no say.

Like the republicans when in power ever adhered to voter’s voices. Like my republican congressman that never bothers replying to his district voters (as me) when it comes to voting for Exxon/Mobil.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN4I3QoneI8

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R E M E M B E R:
Newt Gingrich laments that America was not attacked, AGAIN!

Now who hates America?

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3) And yes Chavez “decided to nationalize lots of international companies doing business in Venezuela, and he is the one who decided how much to pay them”

This is the real reason that we don’t like the guy; at least it’s the only reason I can think of that makes any sense. He kicked out our oil companies. Therefore he must die or be overthrown. Which makes me wonder who’s the bad guy here?

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As regards his relationship with the media, lots and lots of democracies don’t have the level of free speech that the U.S. does, and we don’t label them our enemies. In Canada, a sitting judge can rule that no news outlets can report on a case before them so as to avoid tainting the jury. Does that make Canada a dictatorship? No.