tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post7847151422090761473..comments2023-12-24T06:13:49.857-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Closet Republican: Hugo Chavez: Me, Tyrant? You, go home!Incognitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-27843444942354069112007-07-31T23:33:00.000-04:002007-07-31T23:33:00.000-04:00I'm glad to see Chavez if for the fairness doctrin...I'm glad to see Chavez if for the fairness doctrine.Danny Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15006024707303951009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-5499762277016124842007-07-30T00:17:00.000-04:002007-07-30T00:17:00.000-04:00Hi Kate...He's essentially trying to buy favors an...Hi Kate...<BR/>He's essentially trying to buy favors and popularity at the expense of his own people. <BR/><BR/>He's sick, in my opinion. Paranoid and power hungry. I too am not Venezuelan, but have some distant relatives there. Haven't had a chance to talk to them, though.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-42556114691630396322007-07-29T00:49:00.000-04:002007-07-29T00:49:00.000-04:00Well said, incognito. Chávez is indeed a threat no...Well said, incognito. Chávez is indeed a threat not only to his own people, but also to those of the rest of the region, as his actions threaten to disrupt the semblance of balance which remains. <BR/><BR/>I often wonder why he does what he does. I think what angers me most is his spending outside of Venezuela. He throws out money to poor Londoners and poor Connecticutians, among others, in the form of subsidized oil, yet he can't take care of his own people. (I am not Venezuelan, but I do have family in Caracas.) One would think with the vast oil windfall he would be able to build real infrastructure and create a somewhat functional economy, but no. He spends his time yammering on the radio and TV for six hours in those awful cadenas, calling everyone who disagrees with him a lackey of the Empire. Unbelievable.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00106573949166442798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-56597094640279621972007-07-28T23:10:00.000-04:002007-07-28T23:10:00.000-04:00KAREN: I had no idea until I read this, that we h...KAREN: I had no idea until I read this, that we had done that.<BR/><BR/>I think he is too, but hoping it's just a bunch of bluster from a puerile twit. Though he is def. dangerous for his people. He's going to drag that country down a big, black hole. <BR/>I know some people who live there. Not chavistas, but haven't really spoken to them. It's still livable but who knows for how long. I also lived there for a year when I was a child, so have no memories. other than swallowing a key.<BR/><BR/>LAW&ORDER: Yeah. Funny, huh?! Where is the MSM ever.<BR/><BR/>JUSTIN: Nah.. maybe I should offer to give him some acting lessons. I think he often gives long speeches. Doesn't Ahmadinejad do that as well? Could be wrong.<BR/><BR/>PAT: Yup. Whoever gets to the White House will inherit Chavez and all the insane ones of the world. Who would want that?! Not I!<BR/><BR/>PAN: Uh... behaving themselves.<BR/><BR/>FRASYPOO: Yeah.. I can't even sit through our debates etc, as short as they are. It is sad when people like that survive, but there's a reason for everything.<BR/><BR/>ROBERTB: Hi Robert, thank visiting my humble abode. Yeah, that's what's so ridiculously funny. It is insane. Partic. because they don't see the inaninty of it all.<BR/><BR/>WOMAN: Mess... yup. <BR/><BR/>STRAWB: It is so odd how people like that get to be in power. Who would want a 3 year old (as you put it) governing your country? They will, but they voted him in, or at least a large majority did. Their choice. The people I feel sorry for the most are those who didn't, the lovers of freedom.Incognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09692949516037191969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-3573339976014387552007-07-28T22:03:00.000-04:002007-07-28T22:03:00.000-04:00Child Tyrant is certainly a good characterization....Child Tyrant is certainly a good characterization. Unfortunately - he is a grown man in a position of power acting like a 3 year old! The comment about the people of Venezuela is so true - they will be the ones to suffer!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the post, Incog! Great as always! :)Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018768293766814480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-69904995922149720362007-07-28T21:55:00.000-04:002007-07-28T21:55:00.000-04:00your diagnosis is spot on girl! what a mess eh!your diagnosis is spot on girl! what a mess eh!WomanHonorThyselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211851365273181636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-87154212493233122712007-07-28T21:18:00.000-04:002007-07-28T21:18:00.000-04:00So by proving he is not a tyrant, he is throwing p...So by proving he is not a tyrant, he is throwing people out like a tyrant for speaking against him?<BR/><BR/>Yeah that seems logical...<BR/><BR/><BR/>That's like Muslims claiming to be the religion of peace, and than set things on fire.<BR/><BR/>A little insane? No?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-52470038744066562662007-07-28T11:12:00.000-04:002007-07-28T11:12:00.000-04:006 hours !!! What a snoozefest!The sad part is that...6 hours !!! What a snoozefest!<BR/>The sad part is that people like this flourish like poison ivy and good people die of cancer.Frasierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11855104479614125294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-42637911906146338322007-07-28T08:58:00.000-04:002007-07-28T08:58:00.000-04:00Where are the CIA hit teams when you need them???Where are the CIA hit teams when you need them???Chris McClure aka Panhandle Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276465051258888541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-14858934085991804652007-07-28T08:25:00.000-04:002007-07-28T08:25:00.000-04:00good post incog. chavez is definately setting hims...good post incog. chavez is definately setting himself up as being the "thorn in the side" of future administrations. it will be intersting to see how one may handle his antagonisim. he should be as much apart of this election "discusion" as any ill intended leader. but most importantly i feel for the venzuelan people. they will suffer most.Pat Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18142174423986806144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-54127653141192320892007-07-28T02:33:00.000-04:002007-07-28T02:33:00.000-04:00Good lord, a six hour speech? The guy is not exac...Good lord, a six hour speech? The guy is not exactly a scintillating speaker either!Justinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023125641719686613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-42189229516638001282007-07-28T00:47:00.000-04:002007-07-28T00:47:00.000-04:00I will kick you out! Where is the MSM now. The age...I will kick you out! Where is the MSM now. The agenda, the agenda, the agenda. That is most important.Law and Order Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11069306257334186404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133856.post-91072998455472163952007-07-27T22:28:00.000-04:002007-07-27T22:28:00.000-04:00I am still so angry with the Dems from the northea...I am still so angry with the Dems from the northeast that accepted Chavez's cheap heating oil, I could scream. <BR/><BR/>Chavez is truly dangerous. It's not clear exactly how dangerous yet but it's not good. <BR/><BR/>We lived in Venezuela for my husband's work in the early 90's, briefly, and it was not much fun then, I can only imagine how uncomfortable it is now. We lived the good life compared to average Venezueleans while we were there. Still.<BR/><BR/>Chavez is a willing protege of Castro. Hours of rambling speeches, paranoia, illusions of grandeur, the whole gambit.Karen Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692791436106987353noreply@blogger.com