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freshwest

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44. The RWers of most countries are *a buncha amateurs* compared to ours...

Reply to Proud Liberal Dem (Reply #41)

Mon Feb 17, 2014, 10:46 PM

Feb 2014

Imagine that phrase said by Bugs Bunny, because that's the voice I remember!

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The Venezuelan right wing opposition has got to be the world's most shameless. [View all] JackRiddler Feb 2014 OP

One word - oil. There will be blood. (nt) anti partisan Feb 2014 #1

Exactly. This is a Koch-sponsored revolution. n/t backscatter712 Feb 2014 #12

We could have had all the oil we wanted Mnpaul Feb 2014 #23

It's the same thing with Obama and the RW lies Gman Feb 2014 #2

VN doesn't need the CIA to screw it up. Archae Feb 2014 #3

Do you have anything to say about the OP? JackRiddler Feb 2014 #6

IF this is from the VN opposition... Archae Feb 2014 #19

Twitter is highly unreliable. joshcryer Feb 2014 #21

It staggers me to see "Progressives" riding to the defense of the right Scootaloo Feb 2014 #29

I am against boligarchs. joshcryer Feb 2014 #33

+10 (nt) reACTIONary Feb 2014 #37

Ven. never needed the CIA or the Western Imperialists to screw it up, yet that is what they did. sabrina 1 Feb 2014 #73

Didn't a team of US flaks advise them some years back? 1000words Feb 2014 #4

Anyone who believes they are a genuine opposition group knows little or Zorra Feb 2014 #5

No, such people just believe in math, as in the fact that Maduro won by a hair in 2013. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #14

This is the issue, no matter how much fondness for Chavez or his alleged heir to power, Maduro. freshwest Feb 2014 #30

Latin America's political right in decline as leftist governments move to middle Zorra Feb 2014 #47

+10 (nt) reACTIONary Feb 2014 #38

Look to corporations fueling internal opposition politicos too. Coyotl Feb 2014 #26

reccing hard frwrfpos Feb 2014 #7

Doubt this is about the CIA. The belief in 'American Exceptionalism' is old hat. freshwest Feb 2014 #8

Benghazi is proof the CIA is not omnipotent. joshcryer Feb 2014 #18

The belief we are all powerful a weird sort of egotism. The USA's RW is has been foiled a lot. freshwest Feb 2014 #50

"don't need our help. They never did" = lol El_Johns Feb 2014 #35

VIVA Democracy!! bvar22 Feb 2014 #9

+1000! nt. polly7 Feb 2014 #15

what do you say about the 49% of Venezuelans who voted against Maduro a few months ago? nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #16

Elections have consequences, I guess. They lost. TheKentuckian Feb 2014 #32

Yep. They lost. But, at some point geek tragedy Feb 2014 #48

Especially if the corrupt Maduro govt doesn't get it's act together sked14 Feb 2014 #49

Riggggght. polly7 Feb 2014 #70

Actually, not if the oligarchs leading them... JackRiddler Feb 2014 #74

They must be demonic! (nt) reACTIONary Feb 2014 #39

The margin of victory was 1.5%, and I would say, bvar22 Feb 2014 #65

neither Maduro nor Capriles are 'my guy' geek tragedy Feb 2014 #66

Then WHY the snarky reply about the elections? bvar22 Feb 2014 #71

the point is that VN is a narrowly divided country, and Maduro is not terribly far geek tragedy Feb 2014 #72

You forgot "destroyed the economy" Adrahil Feb 2014 #22

+10 (nt) reACTIONary Feb 2014 #40

The two standard lies. JackRiddler Feb 2014 #75

You cite unreliable twitter posts to generalize about a group? joshcryer Feb 2014 #10

Yeah, look at these violent right-wingers. HOW DARE THEY! TheMathieu Feb 2014 #17

Our right wing apparatchik is up to our necks in this Doctor_J Feb 2014 #11

What a disgusting way to describe PEACEFUL student protesters. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #13

You keep forgetting. Archae Feb 2014 #24

I support socialist theory. But Lopez, etc., are not outliers. Both sides have strong support there. freshwest Feb 2014 #27

I agree that we need to stay out of it. NT Adrahil Feb 2014 #34

Only on DU would protest against rape be frowned upon. joshcryer Feb 2014 #36

Which of the PEACEFUL student protestors killed the Chavista community worker? Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #52

If that was Montoya, he was a murderous tupamaros. joshcryer Feb 2014 #56

k&r Starry Messenger Feb 2014 #20

That Twitter post just says this is how they treat our women, not that is is in Venezuela. Coyotl Feb 2014 #25

It says "this is how GNB treats our women protesting peacefully". GNB = National Bolivarian Police. El_Johns Feb 2014 #42

It says this is how, NOT this is them. Coyotl Feb 2014 #51

You've got to be kidding! Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #53

That is a picture of Egyptian police, not? Coyotl Feb 2014 #54

You are being deliberately obtuse. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2014 #55

Well, you and the OP think so. But I don't agree and was not deceived by the tweet. Coyotl Feb 2014 #59

that's the ticket. El_Johns Feb 2014 #60

You win the thread! Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #68

do they have right wing radio in venezuela? certainot Feb 2014 #28

OK, themathew . . . FairWinds Feb 2014 #31

More shameless than our right-wing extremists? Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2014 #41

The RWers of most countries are *a buncha amateurs* compared to ours... freshwest Feb 2014 #44

Actually, they ARE our right-wing extremists. JackRiddler Feb 2014 #67

Reading the comments to this OP is informative. zeemike Feb 2014 #43

So I'm guessing that you have proof with links that the US/CIA/RW sked14 Feb 2014 #46

No evidence is ever good enough for folks like you. Because "the economy" was so great before El_Johns Feb 2014 #61

Show me the evidence with credible links that the US/CIA is fomenting sked14 Feb 2014 #62

So what? Teabaggers in the US say Obama is a communist. El_Johns Feb 2014 #63

Effective, outstanding post. Hope a lot of people read it. Thanks. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #76

face it kerry rafeh1 Feb 2014 #57

Proof? With links? sked14 Feb 2014 #58

OK, so TheMathieu . . FairWinds Feb 2014 #64

And our neocon apologists are swarming. Warren Stupidity Feb 2014 #69

Thanks for posting this grand example of typical opposition duplicity. Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #77

Gladly. Unfortunately, the propaganda campaign... JackRiddler Feb 2014 #79

Do we even know who the Venezuelan "opposition" is? Cause today I learned that a media conglom- El_Johns Feb 2014 #78

K&R woo me with science Feb 2014 #80