Enrique
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Fri Oct-01-10 01:00 PM
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Ecuador president dares crowd to kill him |
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Edited on Fri Oct-01-10 01:01 PM by Enrique
Run time: 00:13
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sR6CI_bY2s
Posted on YouTube: September 30, 2010
By YouTube Member: libertaddigitaltv
Views on YouTube: 14497
Posted on DU: October 01, 2010
By DU Member: Enrique
Views on DU: 582 | “Gentlemen, if you want to kill the president, here he is! Kill me if you want to! Kill me if you are brave, instead of hiding in the crowd like cowards!” http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/dramatic-video-of-a-stand-off-in-ecuador/
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Fri Oct-01-10 01:08 PM
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1. Someone will take him up on it if he isnt careful |
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He almost got it yesterday.
Ironically, it was a tossup on where to go this January, Brazil or Ecuador. Is looking more and more like Brazil this year...
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Fri Oct-01-10 01:17 PM
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2. The other two videos at the link are amazing, as well. |
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Thank you, Enrique. :wow:
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KansDem
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Fri Oct-01-10 01:49 PM
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3. Where have I heard this before? |
Guy Whitey Corngood
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Fri Oct-01-10 02:06 PM
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4. Yeah, but I don't remember bush saying that in front of an armed angry mob directly |
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Edited on Fri Oct-01-10 02:07 PM by Guy Whitey Corngood
confronting it. It might have been overly dramatic and probably stupid but ballsy.
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Fri Oct-01-10 02:17 PM
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5. heard a good analysis of the situation: austerity calls alienated traditional allies but he didn't |
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go far enough to the right to win the support of the oligarchs.
Sound familiar?
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