Posted on 03/12/2007 8:02:58 PM PDT by Kitten Festival
Latin America: Contrary to forecasts, President Bush's trip to the region is drawing friendly welcomes. Hugo Chavez, by contrast, is making a laughingstock of himself by shadowing Bush's tour. It'll probably cost him.
As TV cameras focus on anti-U.S. street protests, off-camera, Bush seems to be doing fine on his Latin American trip. Chavez, by contrast, is the one making mistakes, ones that work to Bush's favor and will likely reduce Chavez's influence.
Unable to stand Bush's invitations from Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico to visit, Chavez organized a tour of his own, bullying Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Jamaica and Haiti into visits from him on a week's notice.
But in Latin America, Chavez's shadow tour looks less triumphant than desperate, with some saying Chavez resembles a spurned teenage boyfriend still trying to get attention.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibdeditorials.com ...
Or did they mean Horse's Tail Diplomacy....JJ61
If you wanna see the entry for "payaso" (clown) in any Spanish-language dictionary, you'll find his ugly mug in the picture.
Good piece! Wonder what his favorables will be when he runs out of money to give away--which is likely to come soone rather than later at the rate he's blowing it and destroying his country's wealth.
"It got worse when AP reported Bolivians themselves peeking out from their USAID-stamped tents and refusing to greet Chavez, having already gotten the aid — when they needed it — from the U.S."
LOL! (my personal favorite)
The biggest anti-Bush rally in Sao Palo was only 6,000?!!!
Amazing the effort of editing and camerawork the MSM has put in to make it seem as though Dubya has spent the whole trip dodging tomatoes and coughing on tear gas.
He didn't seem at all flustered on Greta.
The problem is that Venezuela still has assests outside of the oil industry.
Asessts that Chavez can still steal, that is the problem with communism "lite", it works in the short term like a bank robbery, but once he money is spent, they have to go rob another bank.
I just checked Daily Kos. Anybody want to guess the number of diaries about Chavez's unpopularity?
Hint: it rhymes with "bero".
Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour
It's been an incredible success
We weren't quite sure, we had a few doubts
Great editorial by IBD. Very encouraging that most of Chavez's commie crowds were anemic in size.
And more good news: Good Chavez amigo Shafik Handal the lebanese Commie head honcho on Nicaragua just died.
Another one bites the dust....
http://www.ms.dk/sw33884.asp
The diplomacy may be "horse-head" but Chavez himself is the horse's ass.
IBD is wrong about one thing. Chavez isn't TRYING to make an ass out of himself. He accomplished that feat a long time ago.
I bet if you googled payaso you'd get his mug, too.
A good report from the President's trip that will NOT be on ABCBSetc at all.
"During his trip, Bush has forged a powerful new ethanol alliance with Brazil, renewed trade talks with Uruguay, encouraged Colombia and talked about immigration with Guatemala and Mexico.
Chavez by contrast has organized loud "gringo go home" rallies.
Even those seem to be a failure. Though South American nations are well known for massive street protests, the biggest anti-Bush rally, in Sao Paulo, drew only 6,000 protesters — not the 30,000 organizers had promised a day earlier.
By the way, in Spain last weekend 2.2 million people hit the streets of Madrid in a march against terrorism. Did you hear about that? And in Caracas, Chavez's own capital, protests of more than 6,000 against Chavez didn't get much coverage — yet they're happening."
My favorite's the Bolivian story. I'm surprised that made print at all.
Hmmmmm. He must be running low on cash already or he coulda payed and bused in more "protesters".
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