Obama to Chavez: Pound sand (Obama kicks Venezuelan Ambassador out of the US)

Hotair ^ | 12/30/2010 | Ed Morrisey

[Scanian]

“Maybe the November elections might have somthing to do with this.”

You know they did!

Obama is doing some political posturing as a follow-up to his “bipartisan” tax compromise.

There is no political figure in the Western Hemisphere that is loved and admired more by Obama and his WH czars than Hugo Chavez.

[Scanian]

Interest in re-election?

Regular dog and pony show; don’t fall for it.

[Scanian]

Interest in re-election?

Regular dog and pony show; don’t fall for it.

[Scanian]

No, but I did say “dog and pony show.”

I think that’s about the same, isn’t it?

[Scanian]

Did you notice him doing that for any leader who 1)is a major oil producer or 2)we owe big money to?

I can’t think of any.

[agrace]

Not sure what’s funnier - the pissing match or the fact that Chavez uses Twitter.

[J40000]

But...but... I thought obama said Hugo was a GREAT guy! After all, didn’t Chavez give him his book that obama just cherished??

I’m so confused!!! ;-)

[Tupelo]

I have to say: GOOD on you President Obama.
I think this may be the first time he has stood up to someone that is not an avowed friend of the USA.

[usconservative]

Doubtful. More likely there is something bigger in play here that we're not privy to. Watch and see.....

You mean like Russia's recent commitment to help Venezuela develop nuclear power?

And by the way which enemy of America is supplying Venezuela with missiles capable of reaching our southern-most states? I think that was IRAN, who also has an un-holy alliance with Russia, along with Venezuela.

So now that we have this new triangle of terror that some shlub like me was able to identify from his computer terminal using nothing more than a few google searches to connect those dots, when will the State Department get smart and order the Russian's to abandon their embassy here in the U.S. too?

I think a poster above got it exactly right when he made the statement referring to one socialist ax'ing another to get ahead (or something like that....)

[usconservative]

Some of the nastiest fights in history have been between competing socialist factions.

DING! Winner!!!

[usconservative]

I have to say: GOOD on you President Obama. I think this may be the first time he has stood up to someone that is not an avowed friend of the USA.

It's called eliminating one's competition. Obama did it for his own nefarious purposes. Just keep watching, he'll out himself soon enough.

[exit82]

Call me when Zero stops the Iranian missiles from reaching Venezuela.

Unitl then, this is just kabuki theater performed by fellow travelers.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I would like to see the internal documents from State on this.

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Where is Julian Assange when you need him ? :)

[Godwin1]

It is not true, as the story suggests, that the expulsion leaves the nations “without representation” in the others’ capitals. The US Embassy remains in Caracas and the Venezualan Embassy remains in Washington. In both cases the embassies will be led by the second highest ranking official, who assumes the diplomatic title “charge d’affaires.”