Did Nancy Pelosi call Chavez a thug?

[oc2002]

I keep hearing that but have not found her comments anywhere where she said it.

the only thing I have found is this Rueters article, which is clearly making shit up!

There are lots of righties blogs desperately trying to link Chavez remarks to Democratic leadership, just google CHAVEZ PELOSI DEVIL

I personaly support Chavez had the right to say what he said, his audeince was the WORLD, not the US.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2006-09-21T164252Z_01_N21334844_RTRUKOC_0_US-VENEZUELA-USA-SPAT.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C3-politicsNews-2
Leading Bush critic at home calls Chavez a "thug"
Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:43 PM ET

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.

Chavez, a vociferous critic of Bush and the United States, has allied himself with U.S. opponents Cuba and Iran and has led a resurgence of left-wing populism in Latin America.

"The devil himself is right in the house. And the devil came here yesterday. Right here," Chavez said as he stood at the U.N. podium where Bush spoke the day before.

"It smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of," Chavez said.

His remarks drew applause from many of the delegates.

Bush administration officials have not responded directly to Chavez's remarks.

"I am not going to dignify a comment by the Venezuelan president to the president of the United States. I think it is not becoming for a head of state," Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday.

[msongs]

1. yet bush can say Iran is the "axis of evil" and murder 100K people

and rice has no problem with any of that.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/political-shirts.htm

[rpannier]

2. Yes she did

They just played it on The Stephanie Miller Show.

[oc2002]

3. it figures, I now have lost all respect for Pelosi. She is just another

DINO

[Phredicles]

4. Wipe the chimp jizz off your chin, Nancy.

Has she ever condemned our own thuggish regime, which lacks the legitimacy of Chavez', in such strong terms?

[Warren Stupidity]

5. "all he is an everyday thug"

that is pretty damn clear to me. At least the Chavez was legitimately elected to his position unlike the thug occupying the white house. Fuck Pelosi and fuck the Democratic 'leadership' for falling into this trap, yet again, headfirst and with enthusiasm.

[mtnsnake]

6. Methinks Pelosi is bitterly jealous that Chavez beat her & all Dems to

the punch. She and any other Democrats who attack Chavez are probably upset that they know deep inside that they can only fantasize about doing what Chavez actually did.