Posted on 08/24/2005 1:31:01 PM PDT by areafiftyone
I didn't miss your second sentence in RE:#101. I said your first sentence was ridiculous and I elaborated on your second sentence. Placing recent election returns in historical context is important to good debate and in this case the facts speak for themselves. Religious conservatives make up a significant portion of the GOP base. Some estimates say, 20%-25%.
"In the future, do your own research."
I do my research when I make accusations! What's wrong with asking you to back up your accusations? If I jump the gun and I'm shown to be wrong I admit it. Lots of people here (on the Internet in general) just spread rumors as facts and never face it.
If you want to win people to your side, why should you begrudge sharing information? Anyway, thank you for the information, some of which was new.
By the way, I'm not trying to be pro-Chavez. But he's NOT like Saddam in that he did win genuine elections. (Even his opponents admit he's got a large base of popular support.) I just think we need a real 'smoking gun' to justify action against an elected leader. Talking leftist rhetoric isn't enough. Helping Al-qaeda or intervening in Colombia might well be!
"Bio-weapons lab in Venezuela for Saddam and Castro "
Come on, where is this from? Who wrote this? Verbal claims alone can't be taken as evidence - especially when they come from political opponents. The administration is going to have to verify some of this.
You're lazy!
I purposely didn't give you the direct links to the two articles on Chavez funding Al-Qaeda and the Cuban biological program transfer. Wanted to see if you were interested enough to do your own research. Obviously you're not that interested.
The FR thread I linked you to (RE:#119) is chock full of artricles and some first hand accounts by FReeper "shanec", about exactly what is happening in Venezuela and Latin America. Everything you ever wanted, or needed to know about Hugo Chavez is contained there. FReeper "Cincinatus' Wife" has done a wonderful job with that thread over the last 3-1/2 years. Combine that thread with Google and Yahoo Search engines and you'll have access to extensive information on the subject matter.
Now get off your duff and get busy. And while you're at it, stop trying to undermine efforts that are expressly intended to reveal Chavez for the anti-US/pscyhotic communist dictator he is.
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