# People who think President Obama dedicated a statue to Hugo Chavez. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 9, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164 "2012-10-09T02:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164/41 "2012-10-14T01:59:42Z")
> [@Mighty\_Girl](#): > > I don’t blame them. It’s impossible to tell [them](http://nbclatino.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/cesar-chavez-hugo-chavez.jpg?w=640&h=421&crop=1) apart! Can’t help but observe, César _looks_ far more presidential. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164/42 "2012-10-14T02:29:09Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > …As it happens, I lived in Texas at the time. Yeah? When did you flee? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164/43 "2012-10-15T04:13:54Z")
But why does he look like Cesar Romero? ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164/44 "2012-10-15T04:30:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > But why does he look like Cesar Romero? Because they are both salads. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164/45 "2012-10-15T05:21:21Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > The fact that he hasn’t dedicated a statue yet is really only proof that he’s holding off until after the election when he can let his true feelings be known. Yeah, he’ll have more ‘leverage’ then. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164/46 "2012-10-15T07:10:36Z")
Goes kinda like this: when the Pubbies win by half a million votes, that’s a mandate. If the lose by half a million but get away with it, that’s another mandate. But if they just flat lose by half a million or more, that’s the American people demanding bi-partisanship. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164/47 "2012-10-20T20:00:09Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Can’t help but observe, César _looks_ far more presidential. He got Romneyhair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-think-president-obama-dedicated-a-statue-to-hugo-chavez/637164.md?page=2)