Hugo Chavez addresses the United Nations General Assembly
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If Hugo Chavez had wanted to repel the American public, he could not have done a better job than this morning, speaking before the United Nations. Waving a Noam Chomsky book like a late-night K-Tel salesman, he found time to hawk Chomsky tomes, which I am sure was effective – given that people will want to know exactly what he filled his head with after a rant like that.
Next, the oily encyclopedia salesman began raving that George Bush was the devil. He yelled about the smell of sulphur and aped signs of the cross, in a perfect blasphemy of the religion of Pope Benedict, repeating the devil talk in about ten forms, over and over. Endearing.
He’s not done selling, yet. Chavez addresses the U.N. some more
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The supposed head of state (is he really a head of state? Are we sure he’s not a late-night parody comedian?) ranted on about how the U.S. thinks it owns the world, and made another sales pitch about representing the third world at the United Nations. Yeah, after that performance I bet a lot of third-world countries would like him as their representative.
Then he started yelling about the Iraq War, ranting on about how the streets of San Diego – San Diego – people were supposedly against the war. Scuse me, Hugo, the U.S. Navy has a presence in that city, and trust me, that city’s residents are willing to support their president. I am amazed he had ever heard of San Diego, actually.
Dignity? That’s something for other people’s presidents
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Then he ranted some more about the United Nations, saying he’d like to move the headquarters of it to the ‘global south.’ He said Caracas would be just perfect, and in the minds of many Americans, the stopped watch had finally reached its accuracy point before time moved on elsewhere. It was an amazing display of lunacy. He made an incredible fool of himself. And now Americans got to see him up close just in case they hadn’t been watching earlier.
The one good thing about this speech, other than the demand to get the U.N. out of New York, is that Hugo Chavez has raised Americans’ appreciation for what Venezuelans have to go through, every day, living with this buffoon, wrecking their country. You can just see it in that speech.
Bozo on his throne
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Drudge has a transcript of the whole gross Chavez speech, in all its glory, here. Don’t miss his front page here, too.
Here’s a breaking story from Reuters: Support for Venezuela’s Chavez weakens, poll says
Here’s another from El Universal: Vicente Fox: Ch????vez is meddling in Mexican affairs
And: US Bolton: Won’t Respond To Chavez’ ‘Comic Strip’ Approach
And a little gift from the market to Hugo: Oil Falls to $60 for First Time Since March
Ace at Ace of Spades reports that the Nutroots of the leftist blogosphere, thought the speech was just dandy in this post here.
Allahpundit at Hot Air has the whole freaky movie of the Thug of Caracas in action here. He also has Bill Clinton’s mealy-mouthed reaction, in this item here.
I LOVE this Lucianne.com thread describing normal viewers’ reactions to the Chavista extravaganza in their faces, here.
Miguel in Caracas, Venezuela, at Devil’s Excrement, is aghast at Chavez’s lunacy in this post here. Check out his traffic too, on the traffic counter, everyone in the whole wide world is googling ‘Chavez’ and ‘Devil’ – which is bringing them to Miguel’s site!
Glenn at Instapundit observes that this Chavista stunt on the U.N. podium is likely to be good for Republicans who are facing a tight congressional race come November. Read it here.
Gustavo Coronel at Venenews has an excellent essay about Chavez’s need for a psychiatrist when he heads for the U.N. – something he wrote on Sept. 14. He really gets it! See for yourself here.
Taranto at OpinionJournal has a hilarious take on the incident, here.
Gabo at El Gabo Gringo has made an amazing discovery. As Chavez was futzing around, shouting and bellowing, all smoke and sulphur, the little UN lady above him in the photo was laughing her head off at him. He got some close ups of her giggling and the effect is unmistakeable. The whole photo sequence is a must-see here!
UPDATE: Now THIS, via Glenn at Instapundit, is really funny!!!!
UPDATE: The New York Post, in its inimitable style, has a fabulous editorial about the Thug-Of-The-Day club, here!
UPDATE: This piece by Frau Budgie at Wizbang, cuts to the quick of the story on the question of honor and Hugo Chavez. It’s kickass, the best thing out there, something I printed a copy of to keep. It’s today’s must-read here.
UPDATE: More kickass blogging here from Academic Elephant at Red State, meticulously bringing up the important point about what The Thug was really saying. It’s surprising – and very disturbing, read the whole thing here.
UPDATE: Investor’s Business Daily has a new editorial about Chavez’s patronage among the U.S. congressmen, in this item here.
UPDATE: Buzz, at Buzz Brockaway takes a good close look at the Citgo issue and lays it all out on this excellent post, here.
Chavez’s pawn, Evo Morales of Bolivia, brandishing a coca leaf, gets his licks in, too.
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