Posted on 04/17/2009 4:48:26 PM PDT by KansasGirl
President Obama shook hands with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Friday at the opening of the Summit of the Americas being held this weekend in Trinidad and Tobago.
It wasn't immediately clear Friday evening what words were exchanged between the two leaders, but photos released by the Venezuelan government show Obama clasping Chavez's hand and smiling broadly.
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What’s the big deal? Nixon did the same thing (and more!) with the greatest mass murderer of the twentieth century: Mao.
One interesting giveaway is that the farc notebook comments about obama vis a vis FARC clearly expected him to win, yet this was before the primaries and at that time, Clinton appeared the front-runner.
From this one could conclude that the powers that groomed obama for the past several years not only are transnational (thus this information) but organized beyond anything our media lets us see.
This editorial may explain the warmness of the greeting.
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=289786626246641
The SILENCE from the GOP over all these issues speaks VOLUMES. Instead of attacking Obama they are PLEADING with Conservatives not to align with a 3rd party, or telling us we need to give up our religious beliefs or we’ll “lose again” (where have I heard that before — but we NEED a RINO/Centrist to win! How did THAT work?).
SERIOUSLY — is there ANYONE among our elected officials currently in power in Washington — ANYONE with enough STATESMANSHIP to say ANYTHING anymore? It’s like a big game to them... I don’t care what letter they have behind their name at this point — show me ONE PERSON (no, not Dr. Paul because unfortunately he’s already been vilified by Conservatives AND Liberals) — show me ONE PERSON who has CONSISTENTLY, and LOUDLY stood up against these actions of the last few months no matter WHAT it may mean to their political career!
The current Republican Party is equivalent to the "start and park" participants at NASCAR. They (the Republicans) get they posh offices, large salaries, perks, travel, and lifetime full pay pensions, whether they perform or not. It doesn't matter to them what happens to the rest of us as long as "they" are taken care of. They just need to get elected and sit on their butts (or kiss Pelosi's) until the next election, where they will promtply lie and deceive the voters, who will buy it and re-elect them.
As long as more than 50% of the American electorate receive gubmint goodies (Social Security, Gubmint jobs, Welfare, un-Earned Income Credits, Union payoffs, Community dis-Organizers, etc.) no one who advocates a return to the Republic form of government our country was founded on will succeed. The days of using our vote to stop the charge to socialism are over. Our political process is permanently broken. The elections of 2010 will prove it.
If I am wrong, I will praise the Lord, since it will be only through Him that we pass through this era in our history without another Civil War.
Nixon had a compelling reason: To divide the Communist alliance and make the US more secure.
Obama, on the other hand, has no real geopolitical prize to gain from fistbumping Hugo Chavez. It’s not as if Venezuela is a major international power.
Separated at Birth?
The difference was, at least we were trying to use Mao and the ChiComs against the Soviets, so at least there was some "strategery" involved there.
Millions of people are going to die because if this moron we have as president....
I don’t see the point of getting into a min-cold war with Venezuela. Do you? If not, what do you want?
The New World Order on display.
AMEN. NEVER be ashamed to be an American. DO be ashamed at our current government.....who are trying to drive this great country straight to hell. It’s time for a BIG change. 2010. Keep up the heat. Hold them accountable.
0bama snubs the Prime Minister and constitional Monarch of a country that has bled with us all over the globe in the name of freedom and bows to a medeval despot and fist-bumps a dictator.
It’s not the handshake, it’s the grins on their faces like they’re old frat buddies.
Chavez called on obama to go all the way to socialism in a WSJ article. obama also wants some pointers on being able to run for his lifetime if he chooses from hugo.
But simply chavez wants some of the wealth redistribution obama is handing around. never a better time to be a friend of a marxist than when you are a socialist dictator and the marxist is doling out money that is not his to give to all countries. especially when the price of oil is down and chavez wants money.
They all want a piece of the pie.
Joe McCarthy— a wonderul patriot!
Where will we find another like him for our times?
Right!
This is just the courtship phase!!!
Geez! At least Bill Clinton was a sure-enuff American citizen.
Thanks for giving us a view of what the foreign press is saying.
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