Comments on: Obama and Chavez: the handshake

By: EscapeVelocity (nwo)

EscapeVelocity (nwo) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:00:02 +0000

BTW, Lula said it best.

When I was a political activist, I blamed the government. When I became the political opposition, I blamed the government. When I became the government, I blamed the US and The West.

By: EscapeVelocity (nwo)

EscapeVelocity (nwo) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:58:10 +0000

What is the deeper communication going on with the non standard handshake?

By: Hot Dog Stands on the Moon

Hot Dog Stands on the Moon — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:36:33 +0000

But in the meantime, Chavez evil midget mutant sidekick, Evo Morales says the US apparently has to take the blame for everything in the world and he’s vewy vewy angwy at Obama.

By: hasan prishtina

hasan prishtina — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:20:50 +0000

In his support of the native peoples’ rights? Well, his support in theory, even if it doesn't translate into practice.

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:49:34 +0000

And that makes him NOT a fascist how, exactly?

By “ultra-rightwing” he means “often critical of Chavez”.

By: elixelx

elixelx — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:14:03 +0000

While they were shaking…Where was Cesar’s LEFT hand? Where was Barry’s?
The Spanish have a lovely saying, “No me toque las pelotas” —figurative meaning “Don’t mess with me!”—literal meaning “Don’t touch my balls!”.
Soul brothers giving each other complicated handshakes with the right hand while playing with the brother’s fly with the left…! Tch!Typical…!
So that’s what “the right doesn’t know what the left is doing” really means….Who knew?

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:10:11 +0000

Its seems Gene’s crush on Obama is even stronger than his dislike of Chavez.

By: Alan Ji

Alan Ji — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:03:05 +0000

If comparisons of Obama and Carter are going to recur, now long before some calls themselves “Peanut Farms in Chicago”?

By: Someone

Someone — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:56:43 +0000

“In his allowing the ultra-rightwing El Universal to continue to be published?”

And that makes him NOT a fascist how, exactly?

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:25:05 +0000

I thought the Jimmy Cater comparisons had been blown out of the water (so to speak!) by the successful end to the recent pirate hostage crisis?

I don’t see how Obama can be given credit for the Navy SEALs’ success. It’s not hard to authorize military force to release hostages; if you recall, Carter did so with respect to the American hostages held in Iran. They weren’t successful, so Carter withdrew forces and looked even weaker. It’s possible that Obama’s image would suffer if the Navy operation was bungled, but that is a relations game more than a factual matter.

There’s a better argument to be made with respect to Afghanistan, and a much more measured tone on Iraq than he had in the past. The problem is he has yet to indicate how he expects to have the slightest success with Iran, Syria, Hamas, Hezbollah, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, or Sudan by shaking hands and smiling.