http://mediamatters.org/items/200801220009?f=h_latestOn the January 22 edition of ABC Radio Networks' Imus in the Morning, while discussing presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) with fellow radio host Jay Severin, host Don Imus asked, "Well, why do we think that we -- I mean, why don't we just select
Hugo Chavez, then, if we want some rabid nut? I mean, why do we think that that's a face we want to put on America?" Severin answered: "I think you've got that, that's pretty much it. With Hillary Clinton you've got Hugo Chavez in a dress, and about the same size."
On the January 22 edition of MSNBC's Tucker, while discussing Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' performance in the Nevada caucus, host Tucker Carlson asserted, "It turns out that Hugo Chavez and his ideas are still not that popular in this country, liberal as it's become. That's the lesson I take away."
As Media Matters for America has noted, conservative media figures continue to invoke Chavez to smear Democratic presidential candidates and their respective policies. Carlson has previously referred to Chavez as an "enem of America."
During the same episode of the January 22 edition of Imus in the Morning, Imus asked, "What is it that the Clintons would not do? Can you think of anything?" Severin responded, "No, there isn't anything. They would kidnap their own child."...
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