Hopefully people like this are few and far between, at least I’d like to believe that.
Birth certificate.
It is exhausting keeping up with red staters’ ignorance.
No doubt Fox News will do a story about the Venezuelan election while running text at the bottom saying “Obama dedicates statue to Chavez”.
Touche.
It’s normal in diplomatic circles to send congratulations to a leader whonhas been elected or reelected. Wonder if that was done here.
You do understand that the President was honoring Cesar Chavez, not Hugo Chavez, right? They are two totally different and unrelated people.
Member in good standing of Lefties Against Chavez. Autocracy is not progress.
The White House pointed that relations between the Venezuela administration and the USA are strained, but congratulations were sent to the Venezuelan people for having a virtually peaceful election.
Again, Obama was honoring Cesar Chavez, NOT Hugo Chavez. These are two completely different people.
You’re not following the logic here. They share a common last name and a common desire to destroy the capitalist paradise here in the US. Therefore, Obama was clearly dedicating the statue in honor of Hugo Chavez in order to help destroy democracy. He’s also Kenyan you know. Not Hugo Chavez, he’s Vuvuzelian. You left wingers will never be satisfied until all the wealth in the country is redistributed.
Ever seen them in public together?
Like Obama and Osama!
Yes . . . They wouldn’t stop holding hands. :o
César Chávez (1924-1993). American civil rights activist and co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, later called the United Farm Workers (UFW). Cesar Chavez - Wikipedia
Hugh Chavez (1954- ). Tinpot Venezuelan [del]dictator[/del] President. Made Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people in 2005-2006. Hugo Chávez - Wikipedia
I think AK and GIGO were using the occasion of nutjobs discussing what fantasy Obama did in response to Hugo Chavez’s election to discuss what the real Obama did. I don’t think either of them was unclear on which Chavez is which.
It wouldn’t be so bad if the Red Staters didn’t think the statue looked like this.
Well, I don’t know. I still don’t think the president should be dedicating a statue to that evil dictator.
It is undoubtedly a Clever Ruse on the part of our fearless leader to lull someone or other into a False Sense of Security.
Am I the only one who thinks that the presidental team screwed up on this? Presumably the election date and expected outcome was known and I don’t think I’m going way out on a limb here when I say that they are aware of how things can be twisted so why would you do this in the same news cycle? Wait a week to dedicate the statue and this never existed.