Reply #36: To me... [View All]

[VolcanoJen]

...Chavez came off like Khruschev banging his shoe on the fucking table.

No respect. Undiplomatic. Gains nothing. Sheer hyperbole.

Chavez is free to speak ill of the US President, for certain... but that was a shrewd move meant to stir up the fire cauldron. He's suceeded in that.

But I'll tell you something... I don't like it when foreign rulers come to the UN, which happens to be on US soil, and say inflammatory remarks directed at the US President. I am an American, he insulted the office of the Presidency, and that insulted me, too.

Now... I'm Miss Lefty-Progressive, far left from most, have never uttered a kind word about the current holder of the presidency, and still, it offended me. I didn't need anyone to tell me it offended me. It did.

So if it offended someone as left as I am, imagine how it offended everyone else.

I don't want to talk about Hugo Chavez for the next six weeks. I want to talk about the failed Iraq policy. I want to talk about why Donald Rumsfeld still has a job. I want to talk about why 45+ million Americans have no access to health care.

Supporting Hugo Chavez right now is not the same thing as fighting for the resolvement of real issues. Pelosi and Rangel helped put the straw man to bed. I am happy, and eager, to get back to talking about what Bush has done, rather than what he is.