Hugo Chavez looking forward to "beautiful" debate with Bush

[medeak]

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he expects a spirited debate this week as he, U.S. President George W. Bush and other leaders meet in Argentina for the Summit of the Americas.

The U.S. government's efforts to revive its proposal for a hemisphere-wide "free trade" zone are doomed to failure, Chavez said Sunday during his weekly television and radio program "Hello President."

Chavez has said he looks forward to sitting at the same table with his archrival Bush during the summit at the seaside resort of Mar del Plata.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBIIPLPFFE.html

[goclark]

1. Go Hugo! Rock it to Him!!! nt

[bigbrother05]

2. Great article

I wonder if Bush will go. I had not heard anything about the summit.

[adigal]

3. I bet Bush backs out due to "security" concerns

or health reasons, or some other excuse.

[medeak]

13. He should be worried about security

sounds like some will be whipped to a frenzy...

As Bush attends the summit Friday and Saturday, a separate "People's Summit" is planned at a nearby stadium, bringing together leftist activists, students, indigenous leaders and union leaders.

"In the streets, there is a Latin American fervor. We'll see each other there to defend our model," Chavez said.

[SpiralHawk]

4. He thinks Bush will actually listen to anyone else?

get a clue, Hugo. Bush will speak, then he will retreat to his private hotel suite to be backslapped and ADMIRED by his inner corps of sycophants & cronies.

Hugo can say whatever he wants. Bush will not even be in the room to listen.

[Greeby]

5. Not exactly on par with moments like this, is it?

[Rose Siding]

6. Has he ever *seen* bush try to debate?

Chavez will be disappointed.

[realFedUp]

7. maybe Bush communicates better in Spanish...

:eyes: Texish.

[BrotherBuzz]

16. "I'm impressed. Que bueno. Now I'm literate in two languages." - Bush

:rofl:

[realFedUp]

17. or illiterate in two languages.

:-)

[sarcasmo]

8. The question is will MR Danger actually show up.

[Lisa]

15. I love the "Mr. Danger" comment!

Let's see how Bush likes being nicknamed!

[sarcasmo]

43. I agree that comment stuck with me much better than calling him Chimperor

or just using the * sign.

[daleo]

9. Chavez would have better luck debating with a sponge

Its I.Q. would far out-strip Bush's.

[cliss]

10. It AIN'T gonna happen.

Bush will never put himself into a position where he actually has to answer to anybody, let alone the "Rogue" Firebrand Hugo Chavez, who he has tried to assassinate.

Chavez is just kidding around. He knows it will never happen. But he loves to tease and mock Bush. I remember last year, Chavez said Bush looked like a "Clown with lipstick". Unbelievable words, but I enjoyed them.

[JokingClown]

14. Cliss, do you live in portland?

I ask because of your avatar. I live in salem. I agree with what you said as well.

[cliss]

23. Hi, JokingClown

Welcome to the DU!:toast:

Yes, Portland it is. The City of Roses. Salem's nice, too.

[yellowcanine]

11. This could be "Hugh" for Hugo! I'm series!

[goforit]

12. This is just too funny!!!...Chavez keeps egging the dumb a** on.

Bush deserves every bit plus more.

[VegasWolf]

18. If Chavez is looking for an intellectually stimulating debate, I'm afraid

he will be in for a bit of a disappointment!

[IndianaGreen]

19. Chavez has a better chance of an intellectually stimulating debate with

Barney than he does with Bush.

[burrowowl]

29. LOL!

I think Chavez would have a better chance with Barney. Barney has more brains than Bu$hie.

[sakabatou]

20. So... you still want to kill me, Mister Bush?

[leesa]

21. I think Bush feels a cold coming on...hack.hack.

[OETKB]

36. Wrong anatomy

It's his feet that are getting cold.

[foflappy]

22. what a joke...freak show...

the idiot and the insane.......

I wonder who he "cured" this week... I really think if bush did what chavez did we would have cows....

has anyone actually heard a chavez show????? Bush spends 45 minutes a week and a few babbling minutes every once in a while but 5-7 hours???? People would freak if bush did that..

[thebigidea]

24. yeah we'd have SUCH cows if Bush helped the poor

boy, we'd really hate that. Oh, how awful. Terrible!

[The_Casual_Observer]

25. I didn't see Hugo invading and colonizing another country.

However, I did see Hugo spending oil money on the citizens.

[Judi Lynn]

26. I found an article about the show from the Boston Globe

Channeling his energies
Venezuelans riveted by president's TV show
By Indira A. R. Lakshmanan, Globe Staff | July 27, 2005

MATURIN, Venezuela -- Love him or hate him, Venezuelans are obsessed with their president. And never more so than on Sundays, when the voluble leftist-populist holds forth in a live, unscripted television marathon that's part folk sermon, part revolutionary diatribe, part homespun entertainment -- and wholly Hugo Chavez.

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Sign up for: Globe Headlines e-mail | Breaking News Alerts One of the highest-rated Sunday programs on Venezuelan television, ''Alo, Presidente!" (Hello, President) -- a rambling and unpredictable monologue/call-in show -- is watched as intently by some of Chavez's frustrated opponents as by his dedicated loyalists.

''Millions are watching to know how to follow him, and millions of others are watching to try to destroy him," said Zenndy Berrios, the show's executive producer.

A mass-market soapbox for the policies and musings of the wildly popular, controversial, and potentially the most influential leader in Latin America today, ''Alo, Presidente"-- like Chavez himself -- still mesmerizes, delights, and infuriates a polarized public after more than six years on the air. In many ways, the program mirrors Chavez's leadership style: whimsical, polemical, and highly personalized. And its message is deeply threatening to the Bush administration's vision of politics in its backyard.
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From page #3:

''I've seen people fainting when they see him or touch him, he's like a rock star," gushed Berrios. ''I don't know anywhere else in the world where a president would spend at least five hours every Sunday listening to his people . . . It is a giant ear to the people."
(snip/...)

http://www.boston.com/news/world/latinamerica/articles/2005/07/27/channeling_his_energies/?page=1

Thanks for mentioning his show!

[foflappy]

39. and thank you for

for helping me make my point! :)

[JohnnyCougar]

27. I'm STILL wondering where to get my Hugo Chavez gear.

I want a t-shirt, dammit!

[leftchick]

34. here ya go Johnny....

http://www.cafepress.com/scarebaby.30406746

:hi:

[Solon]

30. That's because Bush is a puppet and an idiot...

at least Chavez makes sense, and is very intelligent. Can you imagine Bush, or any head of state saying this after being VIOLENTLY deposed by the Military and Oligarchy: "If you oppose me, oppose me, but don't oppose the Constitution." That is precisely what Chavez said, that tells me two things about the man, one, he actually values democratic government, and two, that he is probably, if not the most intelligent, the shrewdest politician on the planet.

[David__77]

32. If Bush did what Chavez has done...

...he would be leading a great progressive movement, and I would support him.

[NYC Liberal]

28. If it gets too tough, Lil' Georgie will just pass a note to Condi

asking for a bathroom break.

[dogfacedboy]

31. Is that Bar and Poppy,

watching in horror as the Houston Astros were beaten in 4 straight by the World Champion CHICAGO WHITE SOX? Why, I think it is!

[0007]

33. Stick it to the great uniter Mr. Chavez. George W. Bush that brought

honor, dignity with a dose of truth back to the White House after Clinton dirtied the presidency.

I love it!!

[Skittles]

35. UM.........PRESIDENT CHAVEZ???

DID YOU......*SEE* THOSE THREE DEBATES ????? :O

[Renew Deal]

45. Chavez will talk.

I don't think Bush will listen. I also doubt that it's a debate format.

[bitchkitty]

37. Chimpy won't go - mark my words.

He's a coward.

[Solly Mack]

38. oh, to be a fly on the wall

[JohnyCanuck]

40. That's not fair, Chavez will be taking on a dis-armed oponent. n/t

[NVMojo]

41. Nominated! Go Hugo!!

[mitchum]

42. Give him hell, Hugo!

[Renew Deal]

44. This should be entertaining

I'm always up for a good debate.