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| Joke of the Day: NYT-- Chávez sez he’s just misunderstood |
| 2004-03-18 |
| Remarkably disingenuous "story" by NYT "journalist" Christopher Marquis, obviously bucking for the Jayson Blair Chair honoring the Staff Twit, offers this amazing ’we can have it all ways’ take on Chávez... Consider that this got through Editorial Review and into print and you know all you need to know abut the current management of the NYT. EFL and Fair Use A Bitter Chávez Castigates U.S., Saying It Misjudges Him By CHRISTOPHER MARQUIS Hugo Chávez, the president of Venezuela, feels grossly misunderstood. Mr. Chávez, who has been fending off a recall referendum, admits he is baffled that so many people — particularly the Bush administration — seem to dislike him so intensely. Nearly a decade after he left prison, where he was sent for plotting a coup, followed by elections in 1998 that brought him to the presidency and a rewriting of the Constitution, he does not grasp why he has not won a democrat’s credentials. Why, he asks, is the United States, the neighbor and customer that is the cultural touchstone for so many of his people, seeking to drive him from power? He would like to know why the Bush administration is sowing rumors that he is, take your pick: encouraging insurrection in Bolivia, supporting rebels in Colombia, colluding with Fidel Castro and, most distressingly, plotting class warfare and disenfranchising the middle and upper classes of his country. "Unfortunately, there has been no way of talking with this administration," he said in an interview Saturday at the presidential palace. "They don’t respect us. I’m tired of trying to carry out the mandate of Christ, turning the other cheek. I’ve been slapped so many times, my cheeks are purple." ...more... Believe this shit? Classic NYT pandering - this time to the entire spectrum of opinion - everyone can find something to love / hate here. They must be very proud of this joke. Amazing. |
| Posted by:.com |
| #8 To watch Venezuela goings on I tune into a blog named Venezuela News and Views by a resident named Daniel. An analogy for the current situation is the 9th Circuit performing a coup on the Supreme Court during the Florida recount. Its kind of entertaining, but the fact that Venezuela is a mid top 10, world oil exporter is quite chilling. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-18 5:51:14 PM |
| #7 OP, You left out Chavez's pederasty fetish with Iran's mullahs and providing safe haven for Mideast terrorist groups. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-3-18 2:44:01 PM |
| #6 Let us leave Senor Chavez to the mercy of the people he's screwed so intently in Venezuela. I'm sure they'll know just what to do with him. Between his playing games in neighboring Columbia with FARC and ponying up to Jean-Bertrand Ass-in-his-hands, and his luuuuvvvv of Fidel Castro, he has nowhere to go but down. Ignoring him seems to be driving him mad, so maybe that's the best way to continue. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2004-3-18 2:38:27 PM |
| #5 Mr. Chávez, who has been fending off a recall referendum, admits he is baffled that so many people — particularly the Bush administration — seem to dislike him so intensely. Oh, this couldn't have anything to do with Chavez calling Bush an asshole a few weeks ago, could it? |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-3-18 12:43:24 PM |
| #4 Venezuela has oil, and a neo-commie in charge. If Bush ever really noticed Chavez he'd be out in hours. Fact is he's irrelevant and will be tossed out by his own people soon enough so why bother. Its actually kind of pathetic how Chavez keeps crying out for attention. Anything, even a statement of hatred towards him would be something. Something to justify his existance. What's the point of being a communist if you can't get the US pissed off at you for it. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-3-18 12:16:28 PM |
| #3 This blogger explains the situation well. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-18 8:03:12 AM |
| #2 This is how the NYT legitimizes its constant Bush-bashing by subjugating its opinion to interviewees, social commentary, book reviews, etc. I have even seen off handed remarks about US policy in the NYT Magazine's section on recipes!! |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-3-18 7:14:41 AM |
| #1 This is how the NYT legitimizes its constant Bush-bashing by subjugating its opinion to interviewees, social commentary, book reviews, etc. I have even seen off handed remarks about US policy in the NYT Magazine's section on recipes!! |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2004-3-18 7:14:20 AM |