plumtreeblossom: (Emily)
plumtreeblossom ([personal profile] plumtreeblossom) wrote2006-09-21 10:46 am

You go, Hugo!

I don't always agree with him on things, but I can sure get behind him on this:

[Boston Metro] The word "devil" was uttered no fewer than eight times during Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's address to the U.N. General Assembly yesterday. In each case, he meant it to describe one man -- President Bush.

"Yesterday the devil came here," Chavez said, referring to Bush's address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. "Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfer still today, this table that I am now standing in front of." He then made the sign of the cross, brought his hands together as if praying and looked up at the ceiling.


Now this is a time when I can enthusiastically cheerlead his patented drama queenery. Well emoted, and the whole smell-of-sulfer image is an instant classic. He said more:

[CNN.com] Chavez: "As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world. An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: 'The Devil's Recipe.'"

Thank you, Mr. Chavez! You deserve all the podium time you want on this topic.
beowabbit: (Pol: chimp dressed as Napoleon)

[personal profile] beowabbit 2006-09-21 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
I forget where I read this, but somebody proposed that the US should invade and conquer Venezuela and make it the 51st state, which would make George W. Bush (who is the subject of my userpic for this comment) happy, and then we could all vote for Hugo Chávez for U.S. President in 2008, which would make the American people happy, and it would be a win-win situation.

[identity profile] plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com 2006-09-21 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Personally I'm a big fan of Chavez's over-the-top theatrics, and am delighted to see them applied to Shrub. I'll bet the Assembly enjoyed it just as much.

Your icon is perfect -- a taxidermied chimp in Napoleon's clothes does indeed aptly represent our president. :-)