Top Democrat calls Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a "thug"
 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One of President George W. Bush's fiercest political opponents at home took his side on Thursday, calling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez a "thug" for his remark that Bush is like the devil.

"Hugo Chavez fancies himself a modern day Simon Bolivar but all he is an everyday thug," House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi said at a news conference, referring to Chavez' comments in a U.N. General Assembly speech on Wednesday.

"Hugo Chavez abused the privilege that he had, speaking at the United Nations," said Pelosi, a frequent Bush critic. "He demeaned himself and he demeaned Venezuela."

Simon Bolivar led the fight for independence against Spanish rule in several South American countries in the early 19th century and is cited by Chavez as a political model.

nice now the name calling begins

I was reading about Bolivar last week. Pretty interesting character. He "free'd" many SA countries from Spanish rule.

They're all a bunch of big poopy-headed neeners. S'there!

World leaders are like mafia bosses.. it is just cliqs that run countries and call each other names.. ha ha, like little kids, except with really big guns and a ton of money.

Bush will call him a name no doubt in the future.. like evil or... a bad man.. maybe a .. "thug"? hah.. At least that "thug" takes care of the American people more than ANY American politican ever will.

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Mr. Romance

I wonder, if there was such remark about Chavez's resemblance with Simon Bolivar (who was struggling against Spain for freedom ) do they recognize by that that Venesuela and other nereby country are under rule of America and have no freedom?

Interesting quote coming from a US politician - they are usually the first to trot out the "labelling" and assumptions about other people - who often don't even live in the country where they were elected.

This was the same country (the US) who invaded Latin America with a view to annexing it to the US for cheap labor - exactly the model Simon Bolivar tried to stop in earlier times.

From the efforts of Bolivar and others came some of the oldest democracies in the world. Perhaps Nancy Pelosi can take a lesson from history - a subject that seems to be hard to learn when in political positions in the US.

It may also be helpful to look inwards and examine what represents "thuggery" in an international scenario before offering stupid comments.



PS Ironic the cheap labor that was sought a few centuries ago is now a source of concern.

BTW... On the subject of thuggery...

Perhaps Ms Pelosi would like to address her government's role in real thuggery and torture and why the elected President wishes to "reinterperate" the Geneva Convention to provide immunity from prosecution of CIA officers and others.

This may be more relevant than Chavez's comments about Bush being a "devil" and supercedes Pelosi's comments about Chavez being a thug.



As said in the previous post - look inwards.

kindergarden

chavez seems like a good guy. he doesn't sound like a politician at all. a politician has to watch what he says. chavez just says whats on his mind :1orglaugh

Shit.. does it ever stop???

Back to the subject of thuggery and threats - and another sample of how awesomely infantile Nancy Pelosi's comments about Chavez are.

Richard Armitage's negotiating capability is limited to threatening to bomb Pakistan back to the stone age. Nice coming from the biggest shouters about speading "freedom and democracy" over the world. When will they learn to shut the fuck up and get a clue??

The UN is like a circus freak show. Amusing. Nothing more nothing less.

Sure... and who is controlling the UN??? It's not any democratic organization as some claim - and that is part of the Chavez objection, as well as the reason for objection by many other countries.

Sadly the US is more of a freak show internationally than any other country or organization.

..try going down to venezuela and speak in a public forum to thousands of people calling hugo chavez 'the devil' etc.. see how long you stay alive.. lol.

Who cares........

A-ha. You called me this i call you that...

i cant believe the amount of shit that is going on and how our country plays right into it.

get the fucking bush administation out of the fricken whitehouse please.

Ok, and after that, what are we gonna do next?

If Bush called chavez a monkey there would be 3 million people taking to the streets in venezuela !

Na... they got better shit to do :winkwink:

They, and most of the world already knows what George is like from his track record - no need to go over old news.

no arguments there....

fuck em BOTH

Hugo has Big Balls! They are huge and he is playing Bush...Lets see who has the Last Laugh...

:winkwink: I wouldnt put my money on hugo thats for sure. The thing about this guy is he is just a gimmick, and in the long run he will not accomplish much down there. I wont get into a huge debate about this, but his golf course stunt was enough for me to realize he has no real plan for improving conditions down there, all he has done so far is create publicity, and they need a shitload more then just publicity to bring them up to speed.

The same lies and BS day in and day out with this third world, broke, asswipe. I hate the American President, blah, blah, blah. I hate the American Government, blah, blah, blah. I hate the American people, blah, blah, blah. I hate America, blah, blah, blah. So predictable.

BTW this is the same asswipe that volunteered his services to assassinate the President. He is an enemy of America thus he is my personal enemy. Fortunately he is a harmless, broke dick and is not allowed entry into my country.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

You out stalking again Sexy Pants?

Fuck off and try to qualify as a webmaster this time around :thumbsup

PS And try to be original in your posts and not cut and paste the boring old shit from Pathfinder :winkwink: