Chavez qouted Abraham Lincoln, Jesus, and other visionaries today. He is starting a low cost oil program for poor Americans. And offered kind words for America.
Actor Danny Glover, one of my favorites, called him a visionary.
Chavez, has several issues with Bush, like most of the world. And he was correct....Bush is a exalcoholic, and he wouldn't of been President if it wasn't for his Dad.
Are some of you rushing to judgment about this Democratically elected leader?
2006-09-21 11:08:45 · 21 answers · asked by Villain 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Not me. I agree with his remarks yesterday, somewhat. I think his timing to say them was wrong. He is doing something for the US citizens that Bush ignores.
2006-09-21 11:19:41 · answer #1 · answered by Tommy D 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋
No, he has vowed to bring down the U.S. govt.
Now, he has a right to his opinion as do i, but this guy is certainly no visionary lol! he's more like an aristocratic little friend of fidel castro who makes no bones about not liking Americans or our country.
Venezuela Dictator Hugo Chavez has vowed to bring down the U.S. government. Chavez, president of Venezuela, told a TV audience: "Enough of imperialist aggression; we must tell the world: down with the U.S. empire. We have to bury imperialism this century."
The guest on his television program, beamed across Venezuela, was Cindy Sheehan, the antiwar activist. Chavez recently had as his guest Harry Belafonte, who called President Bush "the greatest terrorist in the world"
Chavez is pushing a socialist revolution and has a close alliance with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
He's a socialist dictator vowing to bring down the government of the U.S. And he is using our money to achieve his goal!
The Venezuela government, run by dictator Chavez, is the sole owner of Citgo gas company. Sales of products at Citgo stations send money back to Chavez to help him in his vow to bring down our government.
Please decide that you will not be shopping at a Citgo station. Why should U.S. citizens who love freedom be financing a dictator who has vowed to take down our government?
2006-09-22 12:19:13 · answer #2 · answered by mr_resistor2003 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well he's got so much trashy oil that China will only buy small amounts of it. We buy the most from him and if he is so good hearted how come 90% of his people in his country are hungry?? He is a dictator and I sure don't have any use for him or his kind.
Well and Danny Glover is just another kool-aid drinking hollywierd liberal.
2006-09-21 20:48:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some maybe rushing to judgement.
But you have to be weary of this guy. I mean why would he want to help Americans? I feel he is pushing to get the people of this country to get angry with Bush (like most of us aren't already) and start a civil uprising.
I agree about Bush being who he is, and how he won the presidency. Honestly, you don't think Chavez has alterior motives?
2006-09-21 18:14:14 · answer #4 · answered by Nep-Tunes 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Lets think about this for a second. Any research into the policy of chavez will show that he has backed terrorism in several areas and was elected by defult. Is it truly democratic when he runs against himself. He has shut down several media brances in his country for not talking kindly about his policy and has even publicly stood against the american President who stands for the american people. Would you say you hate the american people while standing in harlm. He would be dead before he could end his sentance. He is a lying completly insane (See comments in UN "the devil") and back stabing tyrant that should be relived of his life.
2006-09-21 18:20:37 · answer #5 · answered by USAToTheDeath 1 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I have a couple of other comments about Chavez for you:
Congressman Charles Rangel (D) New York: " I want to express my extreme displeasure with statements by the President of Venezuela attacking U.S. President George Bush in such a personal and disparaging way during his remarks at the United Nations General Assembly.
It should be clear to all heads of government that criticism of Bush Administration policies, either domestic or foreign, does not entitle them to attack the President personally.
George Bush is the President of the United States and represents the entire country. Any demeaning public attack against him is viewed by Republicans and Democrats, and all Americans, as an attack on all of us.
I feel that I must speak out now since the Venezuelan government has been instrumental in providing oil at discounted prices to people in low income communities who have suffered increases in rent as heating oil prices have risen sharply. By offering this benefit to people in need, Venezuela has won many friends in poor communities of New York and other states. I am surprised that American oil companies have not stepped up to provide that kind of assistance to the poor.
Venezuela's generosity to the poor, however, should not be interpreted as license to attack President Bush. Those who take issue with Bush Administration policies have no right to attack him personally. It was not helpful when President Bush referred to certain nations as an "axis of evil." Neither is it helpful for a head of state to use the sacred halls of the United Nations to insult President Bush."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D) California: "Hugo Chavez fancies himself a modern day Simon Bolivar but all he is an everyday thug. Hugo Chavez abused the privilege that he had, speaking at the United Nations, he demeaned himself and he demeaned Venezuela."
2006-09-21 18:20:51 · answer #6 · answered by Jay S 5 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I am concerned with Chavez's weight. He's very OBESE. I worry about his health, OBESITY is dangerous. I was surprised, because I thought only Americans were OBESE. Apparently, so are Venezuelan oil barons.
What can we do to stem the tide of OBESITY that is ravaging the world?
Love Jack
PS: OBESE, OBESITY.
2006-09-21 18:14:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO, WE ARE NOT RUSHING TO JUDGMENT!!!!!!
Face it. Chavez' a jerk who's words and actions are way, way over the top and out of line.
It's one thing to disagree with Bush's policies (I do that a lot). It's another thing to slander the guy and call him the Devil and say "the place still smells like sulfur".
Besides, he's addressing the United Nations where civility and diplomacy are supposed to rule. He's not addressing an audience of partisan hacks back home
2006-09-21 18:12:25 · answer #8 · answered by Ed A 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
He didn't call Bush an exalcoholic, he said he was an alcoholic. Bush may not have been president if it was for his dad(His dad, by impregnating Bush's mother). But how did Hugo become leader of his country? Democratically, huh? Well didn't Bush become president democratically? If Hugo likes Americans so much, then why doesn't he allow free speech in his country? Where he would have a ton of american like people? No, i am not, you are rushing to judgement. Just because he called Bush the Devil. Wow.
2006-09-21 18:12:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
He trashes Bush like a lot of Americans. He's a loudmouth, that's all.
2006-09-21 18:23:38 · answer #10 · answered by alexandritekc 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
keep telling the truth
it sucks to hear and don't be surprised with all the shut eyes, and plugged ears doing the "La la la la la la la"
I read the speaches on both sides
Amadinejad was right. Bush's speeches are not world leader calibre, they are more likely to be addressed to people in a KKK meeting, it only makes sense to some, but not at the level of National World Leader to other leaders
Chavez and others far outsmart and outwit Bush, Bush is usually a puppet for his puppetmasters, so he doesn't understand what the heck he is reading from his failed speech writers, who have to get past Rove, Bolton, Cheney, Rummy, Rice etc before it's "approved"
so when we hear low end quality speeches like at the UN from Bush, I wished the leader of our Nation did not represent us as poorly educated C average people of priviledge and power when it's a far cry from reality. Few are priviledged or get sucked into positions of power thanks to cronyism, which he in turn placed his own cronies and it made it worse
the reality of it is, while we languish to strip our own rights, other nations are getting thier acts together and creating allies and alliances while we are reducing ours daily with few left
the coalition of the willing has thinned to tiny nations who depend upon us for our federal tax dollars, the rest have gone to Euros and watch our dollar fall further
this war will end with our economy falling flat thanks to a failed oil executive who could never run anything successfully
2006-09-21 18:16:31 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋