Finally: Obama and Evil Clown grip and grin
posted at 7:55 pm on April 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
You wanted it, America, you got it. Via Tapper, the long-awaited meeting between the “destructive force” and the “ignoramus” hath come to pass. There are already a few photos of the encounter at Yahoo News but you have to go to Facebook for the best one. Check out that thousand-watt grin. Funding FARC, imprisoning dissidents, staging wargames with Russia, and of course consolidating dictatorial power — none of it’s enough to ruin a photo op for The One. I hope this at least convinces El Presidente not to throw that Cuba-themed tantrum at the summit that he’s been planning. We deserve something in return for the free propaganda Barry just handed him.
Here’s the video of Chavez calling Bush the devil at the UN two years ago. There’s some common ground for starting a dialogue, I guess.
Update: The Evil Clown wants to be “friends.”
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Gross. Just gross. Honestly, this sickens me.
Republican on April 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Of course it matters. If you’re native language is not English it would explain why you can’t seem to make a coherent sentence.
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM
One word……COMRADES!
DeathB4Tyranny on April 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM
No way will the White House deny this. In fact, they will celebrate it as a “new day” in relations with our southern neighbors. They are doing the same thing with Cuba.
KickandSwimMom on April 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Grow up and make up your mind.
getalife on April 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM
You know, we’ve sweat and spilled a lot of American blood in Central and South America since the eighties to keep that region Marxism free. God when I think that all that time and effort is being thrown away by a bunch of fools who are pretty much saying, you know these guys aren’t so bad.
Castro is and always has been a murderer.
Che (burning in hell) was a murderer.
Chavez is a murderer. (And he supports the murderous FARC)
Why do liberals love these guys?
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM
In other words, it does not matter silly.
getalife on April 17, 2009 at 8:37 PM
My God. Now I know what it feels like to have a stroke.
We don’t stand a chance with this freak in charge.
anniekc on April 17, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Farc! The socialists unite!
HornetSting on April 17, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Check out the comments on the facebook picture. People are EXCITED about this. WTF???
LeBron on April 17, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Oh, I wish I were an Oscar Myer weiner,
That is what I truly want to be,
’cause if I were an Oscar Myer weiner,
then Hugo would want to take bite of me.
…tingles
OkieDoc on April 17, 2009 at 8:38 PM
If Liberals make peace with the F@#$#%^&&^%##$%^
Lizard People,thats the last straw!
canopfor on April 17, 2009 at 8:38 PM
That explains it.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 8:39 PM
There are two things about AP that rile me up:
1) His distaste for all things Glenn Beck and
2) His disinterest in actually keeping threads from being constantly troll-jacked by these spamming POSs. At some point, why come back to Hot Air? Seriously, every thread is littered with OT textual feces like “The adults are in charge” or “All cubans freed without one shot fired.”
LastRick on April 17, 2009 at 8:40 PM
I am surprised that he did not bow.
Jdripper on April 17, 2009 at 8:40 PM
If I knew – or reasonably believed – that President Obama was saying under his breath while he met Chavez – “Yeah, you sunavabitch, I’ll shake your twisted hand just for show” – this wouldn’t bother me.
I hope I’m wrong.
SteveMG on April 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Aren’t Fellow Travelers all equal to each other?
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 8:41 PM
I hope the King of Spain shows up to tell both BHO & the clown to shut up.
jgapinoy on April 17, 2009 at 8:42 PM
No kidding, lastrick. There is no reason to discuss anything with them, especially getaclue. She is just brain dead.
HornetSting on April 17, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Barack Obama he never met a dictator he didnt like.
William Amos on April 17, 2009 at 8:43 PM
I don’t blame AP, I blame us. If we didn’t engage them they would wither and die. But sometimes it’s just really hard to do. I resist but I’m only human and every now and again I just snap.
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 8:43 PM
LastRick on April 17, 2009 at 8:40 PM
That gets you “riled up”?
Dude.
getalife on April 17, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Try as I may, I do the same thing.
thomasaur on April 17, 2009 at 8:44 PM
We all do.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 8:45 PM
It’s driving me crazy. Where the heck have I seen that grip before?
HadithHarry on April 17, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Obama has undone 233 years of greatness in less than 100 days.
Stunning….and terrifying.
katy on April 17, 2009 at 8:46 PM
He has to make up to these clowns. The Europeans discounted him as a lite weight. IF he can’t get them to follow him, he’ll try down south of the border way where dictators are a way of life. Hail Obama. It is sad though. How we will ever rid ourselves of him I have no idea. I figure being a conservative christian I’ll be in a camp within the next three years and all this will be forgotten in a wave of water boarding as they try to pry the whereabouts of my Bible out of me.
Amazing Grace on April 17, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Socialist soul mates, together at last.
How precious.
cruadin on April 17, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I am just glad Obama didn’t get on his knees. At least in front of the cameras.
__________
RJGatorEsq. on April 17, 2009 at 8:46 PM
There aren’t that many, really. The ones here are perfect stereotypes of incoherent, slavish leftism…I actually enjoy batting them around the room…plus, they are so unfocused, it’s really easy to ignore them if you don’t like slapping them around. But I would vote to keep them…really cathartic.
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Yeah, I mean Chavez is ever so much shorter . . well at least as short as the Saudi King/Prince/Thing
- The Cat
MirCat on April 17, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I remember where I saw that grip now.
HadithHarry on April 17, 2009 at 8:46 PM
No doubt now. We are in the grip of socialists and fellow travelers. God help us all!
MCPO Airdale on April 17, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Oldnuke on April 17,2009 at 8:30PM.
Oldnuke: Typical Liberals and lefty trolls,they never
answer a questions,they deflect,rearrange,and
ask you a question!
And on..and on..and on..!
Thats the reason why the right,cannot have a
reasonable dialogue with Lefty’s!
Its a game,for them!!
Think,Panette,Paul Bagala,and the other Democrat
operatives,round and round we go!!:):)
canopfor on April 17, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Chavez is the guy whos trying to have his opposition assassinated. This is the guy who is trying to cut off supplies to regions that wont vote for him. Isnt it nice for petty tyrants to spend quality time together.
canditaylor68 on April 17, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Chavez Likens Obama’s ‘Stench’ to Bush’s
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/19/chavez-likens-obamas-stench-bushs/
Chavez Calls Obama ‘Ignorant’
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510080,00.html
VIDEO: Hugo Chavez “Obama Go Wipe Your Ass!”
http://conservativexpress.blogspot.com/2009/03/video-hugo-chavez-obama-go-wipe-your.html
FreeThinkerNYC on April 17, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Obama and HugoNeil and BobCaper29 on April 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Dude, way out of line. We don’t need that here.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Are you still in? What flavor airdale?
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Chavez gets a handshake, we get the finger.
29Victor on April 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM
Yeah, I should go so this will be an echo chamber to attack our President.
No.
getalife on April 17, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Socialist, Communist, America bashing-Fascist … Obama. Any questions?
kregg on April 17, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Over and over again!
anniekc on April 17, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Without even going into shaking hands with a P.O.S. dictator like Chavez, you think that’s a dignified handshake for any world leader to be giving?
HadithHarry on April 17, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Folks, wait until you see the hugs, kisses and handshakes with Amadinnerjacket. It will come – bank on it.
KickandSwimMom on April 17, 2009 at 8:52 PM
:-) I know, I know. It’s also why their media outlets are such miserable failures. Do you guys have an equivalent of our NPR or PBS?
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 8:52 PM
son unos come mierdas socialistas hijos de puta los dos. pronto llegara el momento.
elduende on April 17, 2009 at 8:52 PM
And Hugo’s opponents are saying… hey…this is the guy who was best friends with a domestic terrorist and sat in a church listening to a preacher who hated and spit on his own country and bought a house with a loan from a convicted felon and voted to kill babies that survived an abortion and…..
katy on April 17, 2009 at 8:53 PM
I got the gist of it from a google translation…well said, friend!
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 8:54 PM
katy on April 17, 2009 at 8:22 PM
The Tea Party protests are a very good signal that Americans are seeing this horror movie and recognizing who the leading actors are. In a matter of a few months, Obama has apologized to several countries for the horrible behavior of the country he now leads. If fact, Obama was in Mexico today and he actually apologized to the Mexican President for the behavior of America, while blaming the drug cartel problem Mexico has been having for the past 100 years minimum, on American citizens who provide a demand mechanism for the drug lords.
America is watching, as this past Wednesday’s protests put on display for the entire world. The American MSM failed with it’s duties once again (shock), but the press from dozens of other countries are reporting on this development to their citizens.
The Democrat Party, the print news industry, prime time television news outlets, the music industry, & Hollywood are all going to lose big time with this historic power grab and move towards Socialism.
The revolution has begun. The Obama administration is on it, we must give them credit for that. By using the Dept. of Homeland Security, the CIA, and the FBI to target all opposition, this administration is taking fast & aggressive moves to counter all protests. This government stinks of Dictatorship, Censorship, and thuggery the likes of which we have never seen before.
I’m so thankful for the bloggers who continue to stand up for the people and our Constitution rights. I’m so thankful for Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Michelle Malkin, Mark Levin, and all others who stand up for us at the risks that are becoming more obvious with each day. I have become a Fox News fan once again, following a lengthy break from any and all TV news.
Keemo on April 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM
thanks brother. just got back from Colombia where the Venezuelan middle class has found a modicum of refuge from Chavez….
elduende on April 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Obama and Chavez: Brothers in Armageddon
Stickeehands on April 17, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Looking to get banned are you?
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Bows to Saudis
Hobnobs with commies
What’s next? Turning America into a fascist state
Kini on April 17, 2009 at 8:57 PM
Best wishes to you and our good friends in Columbia…sickening how the socialist Democrats in this country have treated Columbia and the Venezuelan middle class, BTW. I hope we can fix this huge mistake of a President and Congress in 4 years…keep the faith.
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM
You realize that is Ted Striker from Airplane, correct?
HadithHarry on April 17, 2009 at 8:59 PM
It smells, in the words of another tyrannt… like sulfur.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Friend of mine is from Venezuela. She got out,her sister didnt. We sent them a generator as rolling blackouts and lack of supplies are pretty common there. Chavez and Obama are reading from the same books.
canditaylor68 on April 17, 2009 at 9:00 PM
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Obama is just getting started on our “friends” the Colombians. Everyone is nervous down there although the media is slobbering over him even as the FARC attacks are increasing and getting more brazen…
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Banned for what brother?
elduende on April 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Embarassing.
therightwinger on April 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
The “Rumsfeld meets Saddam” of the Obama Administration.
Dilophos on April 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
DHS report.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I’m sick to my stomach. This is our Commander and Chief. Everyday I think, it can’t get worse, but it always does. Oh God, help us please.
SoldiersMom on April 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Nice idea, but it doesn’t work that way. What you call “slapping them around” just ends up being a waste of time and bandwidth. Hot Air has a lot of things going for it. It allows commenting when some other great sites (like Instapundit) don’t; Hot Air has the talent (MM, AP, EM) that other sites don’t; and most importantly Hot Air has an active, knowledgeable user base that’s eager to discuss a range of topics, compare that to the lack of posting at other good sites like NewsBusters or Red State.
That said, this site could still be better. Every thread eventually gets derailed by the same handful of trolls. Heck, some threads seem to be off-topic from the beginning. Now, I’m not saying that banning the trolls would solve the near 2/3rds drop in readership that happened earlier this year, but the honest truth is, hits are down and cleaning up some of the crap around here certainly couldn’t hurt.
LastRick on April 17, 2009 at 9:01 PM
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Daggett on April 17, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Do you guys have an equivalent of our NPR-PBS?
Oldnuke on April 17,2009 at 8:52PM.
Oldnuke:
Yup,PublicBroadcasting Ontario,same Liberal slant as NPR,
and PBS!
Public Broadcasting Ont.=PBS
NPR=CBC!
I do like the Nova series though,as long as its not a global warming type shows!:)
canopfor on April 17, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Well, it’s not much consolation, but we are nervous about it too. We’re working on it, but it will take several years. I hope Colombians and the persecuted Venezuelan refugees know that there are still Americans around who are fighting.
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Remember trolls are just like Obama,who needs comprehension!
They are also,as ARTICULATE!!
canopfor on April 17, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Given that I suspect this will get virtually no play in the American media, I’ve just sent images and links to everyone in my address book. I recommend everyone else do the same.
RightWinged on April 17, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Yeah, I know the movie, but after the last couple weeks, someone is going to look at that as racist.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 9:06 PM
My Spanish is about high school level. At first it just looked like a profane rant and a veiled threat. After re reading it I get a different slant. Still a little raw…or am I mis translating? Haven’t checked it out with a translator yet, don’t trust those online things.
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Had to take a second look myself before I placed it. Don’t know how far your drive-in days go back but it is reminiscent of a classic XXX-er.
ericdijon on April 17, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Looks like love at first sight. Two hearts that beat as one.
Urban Infidel on April 17, 2009 at 9:08 PM
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 9:04 PM
4 years is a long time. 3 months in and its worse than anybody, except people like us who have lived and seen the socialist playbook in action, could have expected. lets call it 2 years to change congress and blunt him that way.
elduende on April 17, 2009 at 9:08 PM
I cannot believe that picture. Disgusting.
pugwriter on April 17, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Just when I’ve thought that this clown (the “POTUS”) can’t embarrass this country anymore than he already has – he proves me wrong!
I fear for our Great Republic.
Corky on April 17, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Hey Keemo,
I went to the Tea party here in Denver. We had over 5,000 people. It was great!
I have the luxury of listening to consevative radio all day long uninterrupted. I have a great group of conservative friends and I understand the battle from the ground up on a daily basis and follow every story that from all the best sources. There are days that I feel encouraged and days I feel an incredible despair.
Thank you for your post.
It is alway good to have a steady hand nearby.
Montana is lucky state…
katy on April 17, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Well, we disagree…and the 2/3rds drop was a typical post election slump…HA is doing about twice the traffic it did a year ago at this time. Almost a million page views a day now…not too bad. Trends are up big time…check the site meter link below.
Again, trolls only take over a thread when other people take them seriously…or the troll is more interesting than the origianal topic…it happens.
Do what I do, if you think a troll is taking over a thread and starting to get on everybodies nerves, which happens sometimes…just gently remind people that trolls really just love attention…honestly, what do we have to fear from a troll?
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 9:07 PM
heh. those pesky online translators are so glitchy Old Nuke who knows what nonsense they return. you an ex-seadog? Old nuke sounds like a Navy handle.
elduende on April 17, 2009 at 9:11 PM
If you didn’t mean it like I thought then you have my sincere apology.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Daily Obamateurism?
Nah.
Daily Outrage is more like it.
Urban Infidel on April 17, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Seriously. What’s the problem with the “moderators”? Yesterday I was moderated twice, and it wasn’t even for anything remotely offensive. I’m fine with being moderated when I get really ugly, but these trolls are something else.
anniekc on April 17, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Again, you and I agree..the mid-terms are the first step. And don’t think most people here didn’t know it would be this bad. Lot’s of tears were shed on November 5, 2008. We knew it was coming. So, yes..let’s keep working together…and please remind your friends not to give up hope. It’s hard now, but can get this entire thing turned around.
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Yeah, ex navy nuke. Long time ago, my last ship was the U.S.S. Bainbridge. The present Bainbridge is the successor to the name and the tradition.
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 9:14 PM
AUINSC on April 17, 2009 at 9:13 PM
Amen.
elduende on April 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM
I am supposed to respect this person that sits in the Oval Office? He isn’t leading America anywhere. He’s pushing it off a cliff.
Limerick on April 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM
This photo is begging for a caption.
Urban Infidel on April 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM
+1
I’m thinking the only royalty that BHO would actually listen to is the King of the Camels
Speaking of which… At least Barry didn’t get all wobbly at the knees.
Chavez should be POed that he didn’t get the Best of Friends…
Upstater85 on April 17, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Whats Next?
Kini on April 17,2009 at 8:57PM.
Kini:Probably allowing the Lizard people to vote for
Liberals only!
Btw,Kini,disregard my Hawaiian shirt comment on
Will’s wearing jeans thread!!hehe:)
canopfor on April 17, 2009 at 9:16 PM
“Hillary, is it OK to make eye contact?”
Upstater85 on April 17, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Aww but which despot owns GM? And which one controls the world banking system? And which one will replace the dollar so all the world can “play on an even field”.
One is a despot one is truly dangerous and is putting out the shinning light on the hill.
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Oldnuke on April 17, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Hail brother. Was Naval Officer a decade ago during the Clinton regime.
elduende on April 17, 2009 at 9:17 PM
Striker was such a fool, so self-absorbed, and so culturally ignorant that I thought it apropos. Esp. considering that was a flashback of he and Elaine in the Peace Corps.
Oh well.
HadithHarry on April 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Unfortunatley we will soon be seeing the same kind garbage here. The difference is the American people born after the end of the depression have never known real despair and overal poverty of that magnitude.
It will not go well for a people who have been so blessed to drop to 3rd world status in such a rapid time frame. Who will send us generators?…..
Where will we escape to?
katy on April 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM
How about “Give me another toke, Hugo.”
petunia on April 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Hey Bro, Did you get that Oz. of Peruvian Flake I ordered?
thomasaur on April 17, 2009 at 9:18 PM
I didn’t. Thank you.
HadithHarry on April 17, 2009 at 9:19 PM
I read more into it than I should have.
hawkdriver on April 17, 2009 at 9:19 PM
dark day in American history
jp on April 17, 2009 at 9:20 PM
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