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By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Video: Hugo Chavez unhinged, slings profanity on Venezuelan national TV

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:50:53 +0000

[...] just a few days past Venezuela’s historic vote to keep Hugo Chavez from becoming the country’s president for life, with sweeping powers to [...]

By: Jaibones

Jaibones — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 01:09:47 +0000

I’ll write this one off as a rookie fascist dictator mistake.

fogw on December 3, 2007 at 12:46 PM

Heh. Putz.

By: A Big Sigh of Relief… « Provide for the Common Defense

A Big Sigh of Relief… « Provide for the Common Defense — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:05:51 +0000

[...] isn’t quite ready to don the mantle of supreme leader and his countrymen have said so… Official: Chavez loses referendum vote via Hot Air. They have handed him a serious defeat in front of the whole world. But he has until [...]

By: DavePa

DavePa — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:41:00 +0000

fogw, that’s a good capsule summary.
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Hugo hasn’t quite gotten the “Ein Reich, Ein Volk, Ein Fuhrer” schtick down pat yet. Maybe some more mentoring from Fidel, and maybe a spiritualist channeling to Adolf for some constructive critique, would be helpful.
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An atta-boy from Jimmy Carter is probably forthcoming, commending Hugo’s deep attachment to democracy and free elections.

By: fogw

fogw — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:46:33 +0000

Next time around he’ll make sure all of the ballot boxes are stuffed beforehand.

I’ll write this one off as a rookie fascist dictator mistake.

By: Blog-o-Fascists

Blog-o-Fascists — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:30:09 +0000

Venezuela votes no…

Power Line

Hugo Chavez’s bid to amend the Venezuelan constitution so that he could become president for life and assume related dictatorial powers was narrowly defeated yesterday. The somewhat surreal AP story quotes Chavez. “From this moment on, …

By: Chevez (looser) looses.

Chevez (looser) looses. — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:42:31 +0000

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By: thuja

thuja — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 16:26:57 +0000

There are good reasons to think positive change will come in Venezuela. Hugo Chavez has been defeated in referendum. He may get a few points for honesty, but the defeat will mean he is vulnerable. (If Chavez had tried to cheat and claim that the referendum had just barely passed, Chavez would have been in even deeper trouble as he admitted himself–”a pyrric victory”.) And there is the tendency of regimes to become more unpopular with age. Anyone think George W could win in 2008, if he were allowed to run? Let’s rejoice.

By: Blaise

Blaise — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:55:01 +0000

I was able to watch this last night on Globovision, which is the only remaining independent broadcaster in Venezuela. The body language of the announcers was interesting. No broadcaster (including international ones) were allowed to broadcast exit polls until after the first official bulletin was announced from the Electoral Commission. This expalains the absence of information from CNN/BBC etc. The problem was that the first bulletin was also the only one, and it came at about 12:10 (1:10 Venezuelan time).

So the announcers had to fill in time. The thing was that at one point they were upbeat but, as time passed, they became more subdued. It really looked as though they thought that the “yes” side had passed. Then, around 11:00 or so, their attitude changed. This was after the Venezuelan VP reported that the election was close. A guy from the “No” side came out and told everyone to relax.

At that point, it seemed that things might be okay…it took another two hours, though, to confirm it.

By: RightOFLeft

RightOFLeft — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:51:57 +0000

What a great day for Venezuela! 51% of Venezuelans rejected Chavez’s bid for lifetime-rule, in spite of his considerable enticements. Chavez will try again, of course, before his term expires in 2012(yr?). His concession, and the closeness of the vote, only makes it easier for him to manipulate the results the next time he tries. Get ready to hear a few months of bluster from Chavez about the superiority of Venezuelan democracy, too, hot off the state controlled-presses.

By: conservnut

conservnut — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:43:49 +0000

Ol Hugo overestimated his popularity, he won’t make that mistake again.

He is probably planning his trip to Russia now to attend Putey-Poots school on fixing elections.

By: peacenprosperity

peacenprosperity — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:31:22 +0000

There will be hanging chads in venezuela this week and hanging, Juans, Ernestos and Marias, also.

By: Buy Danish

Buy Danish — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:18:41 +0000

Note how Christian leaders responded to a threat of Totalitarian rule: Foes of the reform effort - including Roman Catholic leaders, media freedom groups, human rights groups and prominent business leaders - said it would have granted Chavez unchecked power and imperiled basic rights. Compare and contrast to how Mullahs would have behaved under similar circumstances. This is not a matter of speculation, but of the historical record.

By: Coronagold

Coronagold — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:09:28 +0000

One thing ya gotta give credit to Chavez for: he conceded at least 2 months before AlGore ever did.

By: mojo

mojo — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:08:20 +0000

Hugo: “Can I be Dictator for Life? Pretty please?”
Venezuela: “Ahhhh…No.”

By: Right Angles » Blog Archive » To the Left, “power grab” means “reform”

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:02:16 +0000

[...] Those “reforms” have been defeated. Good for the Venezuelan people. Now it will be interesting to see how Hugo reacts. Early stories [...]

By: flutejpl

flutejpl — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:18:54 +0000

Thank God. A hair-splitting majority of Venezuelans have common sense. Here’s hoping that somehow that 50.7% can somehow keep this goon’s ego in check until 2013.

What’s the over/under on a martial law declaration and a civil war?

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Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:50:26 +0000

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By: BohicaTwentyTwo

BohicaTwentyTwo — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:38:15 +0000

Truth to power.

I am suprised that Chavez has conceded considering he already had pre-blamed the CIA for his defeat with the Operation Pliers/Pincers memo.

By: Gwillie

Gwillie — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:33:50 +0000

rbb on December 3, 2007 at 6:29 AM That only works for mail in ballots, they tend to get found in hallways and storerooms.

By: drjohn

drjohn — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:24:24 +0000

It goes to show you that you have kill enough of the right people to win.

By: JammieWearingFool

JammieWearingFool — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:16:30 +0000

Say Goodbye to Venezuela (UPDATE) Chavez Loses!…

Well, things changed after we retired for the evening….

By: LtE126

LtE126 — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:51:20 +0000

He should have called some members of the Cook Co Hispanic Democratic Org. down there, they would have brought in all the south and west side churches too, and he would have won hands down. No problemo.

Anyway, I’ve got some drywalling work for him if he’s interested. 36 bucks a sheet? Hung, taped & sanded, right?

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:00:37 +0000

Jummi Carter is onboard a gulf stream en route to Caracas.
His mission is to invalidate the election.

By: TheSitRep

TheSitRep — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:53:23 +0000

It aint over ‘til the fat man bleeds.