ADDING INSULT TO INSULT: HUGO CHAVEZ UNLEASHES NEW ATTACKS ON PRES. BUSH
Yesterday, he called President Bush the "devil." Today, he made it clear he wasn’t finished with his red-hot rhetoric. Speaking in New York’s neighborhood of Harlem, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush "an ex-alcoholic" and "a sick man, full of complexes." That was just the beginning. Using more derisive language, Mister Chavez said of President Bush: "He walks like this cowboy John Wayne.” "He doesn't have the slightest idea of politics. He got where he is because he is the son of his father.” Chavez claims he was warned yesterday, after he described Bush as “the devil” before the annual meeting of the General Assembly, that "I should be very careful, because they could kill me. Well, I'm in God's hands. I'm not afraid." Mister Chavez alleged that an American thirst for oil prompted President Bush to lead an invasion of Iraq.
2006-09-21 09:24:43 · 36 answers · asked by Yakuza 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
I have called Bush a lot worse names than that,I just wondered what other thought.
2006-09-21 10:29:47 · update #1
others thought (not other)
2006-09-21 10:40:45 · update #2
It's nothing worse than what he has already been called by our own 'left-wing' (Pelose, Kenedy, Durbin..etc.) But to have that scumbag come HERE and say those things about OUR PRESIDENT (even if some of us agree with him) is WAY OVER THE LINE....have we stooped THAT LOW?
2006-09-21 11:38:32 · answer #1 · answered by ThatguyPete 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He has every right to say these things. First it is his opinion and everyone has one and is entitled to speak it. Secondly, most of what he is saying is TRUE. I don't like Bush and I really feel the same way Chavez does. Does that make me anti-America? No!!!! That makes me all American because I can voice my opinion and I can disagree with the person running my country. I vote every election. Voting is my power to place people as my leader. More people thought Bush would be better. So he got in. But that is the way our country works. Majority Rules.
The greatest key to United States is to VOTE!!!!!!!!!
p.s. In my opinion he cheated to get it the first time, but the second time (and i don't understand why) majority voted him in again. That doesn't mean i have to like him or what he does. 2008 is appraching quickly. He won't be there much longer.
2006-09-21 09:39:05 · answer #2 · answered by tabbaco1980 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You folks LOVE the "attack" word.
Chavez said that Bush acted as if HE owned the world, and presented his speech the previous day in just that way. He said Bush was imperialist. He was referring to Bush's ATTACKing Iraq, and attempting to DICTATE to Iran.
He was talking about BUSH VICTIMIZING other countries. As always, you guys flip everything around and PLAY VICTIM.
How many WORLD LEADERS, and fellow citizens, need to point out what a tyrant this man is before you finally get the picture? Chavez is RIGHT...the devil is in our house. Out of totally misplaced fear, you folks are SACRIFICING our freedoms, liberties, guarantee of due process, protections against unfair treatment by government, our privacy, our once respected world image, and everything our soldiers have ever fought and died for over the centuries to your devil. Bush saved us from NOTHING...he diminished our rights, and our ability to keep government in check. His war on terror is against US. Iraq is a sham...no Ossama connection, no WMD's, and had NOTHING to do with 9-11.
NO TERRORIST could EVER deny us our freedom or liberty...ONLY our own government can do that, and Bush DID that with the Patriot Act. It ALREADY changed the very definition of what this country is. The America of freedom and liberty has been ripped from the Constitution. You're living in the past, thanks to your buddy.
Get a clue, you sellout.
2006-09-21 09:48:19 · answer #3 · answered by tat2me1960 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Chavez has a problem with tact, maybe. But his points are still valid. I can find nothing in the text of what Chavez said that can't be substantiated by Bush's own actions.
Chavez has the right to express his opinion. Honestly, I applaud his courage in attacking Bush's corruption and ineptitude in such a public forum.
2006-09-21 09:31:45 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Pink 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Yes, he has the right, but I thought he was abusive and added no solutions to the world's problems....only name calling. Typical. I wonder if anyone is free to go to Venezuela on a public podium and speak hatred towards their president without getting arrested or kicked out of their country?
Anyways, it was nice to see some Democratic Americans defending our president and country. See this link.
http://hotair.com/archives/2006/09/21/video-rangel-warns-chavez-not-to-attack-my-president/
2006-09-21 09:45:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
He's wrong about Bush being an ex alcoholic. Anyone in AA will tell you that you are never an ex alcoholic. If you are not drinking then you are an alcoholic who is sober. Other than that I have no problem with what Hugo said.
2006-09-21 09:52:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
He has a right known as freedom of speech. If you American's truly want to be free you need to acknowledge the right of other people to hold oppossing views. Not everyone will ever like you or your leaders and that is alright. Chavez comments are rude and some are vastly inaccurate, but he has a right to his own point of view. In the eyes of many poor countries the US is the devil because you have so much wealth both monetary and ecological. I don't personally like Bush, but I don't like my own Prime Minister either, both have devilish qualities, but neither is the devil.
2006-09-21 09:35:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
I just love Chavez, he is the only one with real guts to tell what everybody outside the US thinks about Bush
2006-09-21 09:51:07 · answer #8 · answered by me 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Just because Chavez thrives on bad manners does not give him carte blanche to come to the U.S. and insult our president and our country . Hshould not be welcomed back - I don't care how many labor unions embrace that knott-head .
2006-09-21 10:39:06 · answer #9 · answered by missmayzie 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As long as he is here, and this is a free country, he has every right to speak his mind...
He is the rightfully elected president of a free country, like it or not!!
You can agree or disagree with his style, but Bush's style is not much finer...check "axis of evil" rhetoric!!
2006-09-21 09:34:27 · answer #10 · answered by ARule 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋