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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Chavez might actually be better than our clown.

notagool on April 17, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Could be. Chavez, an alpha male in an alpha world.

Obama, a beta male in his own world.

coldwarrior on April 17, 2009 at 10:48 PM

I got give Hugo credit for finding a bigger communist than himself.

lavell12 on April 17, 2009 at 10:51 PM

Unfortunately, I think they probably have a lot to learn from each other.

Natural allies.

FloatingRock on April 17, 2009 at 10:51 PM

Your headline is incorrect. It’s Chavez and Evil Clown.

Daggett on April 17, 2009 at 10:53 PM

Del Dolemonte on April 17, 2009 at 10:10 PM

I wish you had been here earlier, we had a classic FST opening. Deputy Dan translation would have been required.

thomasaur on April 17, 2009 at 10:55 PM

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.

Ummm, I haven’t seen anything that would suggest that Obama doesn’t agree with Chavez about Bush.

deidre on April 17, 2009 at 11:03 PM

what, no fist bump?

Ghoul aid on April 17, 2009 at 8:00 PM

Doncha’ know – these two soul brothas are old school! Now they can just kick it and share laughs over dat eveel Buush!

Makes you wonder what kind of greeting Iran’s leaders will get….

sarahpalinfan99 on April 17, 2009 at 11:03 PM

Like I’m gonna give up my guns…

riiiigghht.

Saltysam on April 17, 2009 at 11:06 PM

Makes you wonder what kind of greeting Iran’s leaders will get….

sarahpalinfan99 on April 17, 2009 at 11:03 PM

It will involve a bended knee, and kissing something…

coldwarrior on April 17, 2009 at 11:06 PM

elduende on April 17, 2009 at 10:29 PM

Well I’d better brush up on the ACORN Method so I can move force my way up to vassal status. Gotta think fast. Things are changing quickly these days, you know.

Oh, yeah, the topic.

Makin’ nice with commies n’ dictators. I’d be awestruck meeting my heroes, too.

Take it easy, The Genie (at least that’s who my widget says you are).

CO2 Producer on April 17, 2009 at 11:12 PM

Oh, my God, you have GOT to be kidding me. Is this crap really happening?

argos on April 17, 2009 at 11:14 PM

Try this one.

Oldnuke on April 17,2009 at 10:11PM.

Oldnuke: Thanks for that link,it’ll be my late night read!

And,29.2 knots on 2/3 power,is impessive!

On a side note,my grandmother was 2nd Cook on
the Canadian Steamship lines,for twenty years,
traveling the Great Lakes!

My uncle,was on the Anderson,the night the
Fitszgerald was lost!:)

canopfor on April 17, 2009 at 11:21 PM

meeting between the “destructive force” and the “ignoramus”

I give up. Which is which?

moxie_neanderthal on April 17, 2009 at 11:43 PM

Isn’t it great to see that we FINALY have a president who can get down with a hand jive greeting to a two bit dictactor that couldn’t be pulled off, before?

Star20 on April 17, 2009 at 11:51 PM

AP failed to mention assisting jihadists with a hate on for the US.

A House subcommittee report released in October — titled “A Line in the Sand: Confronting the Threat at the Southwest Border” — noted that U.S. military and intelligence officials believe Venezuela is emerging as “a potential hub of terrorism in the Western Hemisphere” because “the Venezuelan government is issuing identity documents that could subsequently be used to obtain a U.S. visa and enter the country.” The theme and tone of the congressional report are similar to those struck by the State Department’s principal deputy coordinator for counterterrorism, Frank Urbancic Jr., who testified before Congress in July on the topic: “Venezuela: Terrorism Hub of South America?”

Source Stratfor: Venezuela: Documenting the Threat

moxie_neanderthal on April 18, 2009 at 12:04 AM

Just like Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers, Chaves hates America. What wouldn’t Obama love about him?

DamnCat on April 18, 2009 at 12:06 AM

Ah, the world LOVES us again.

Ain’t it grand?

omnipotent on April 18, 2009 at 12:09 AM

Getalife—————————–

Huffington could call for the resignation of Obama and she would still be as nutty as ……………..you

Jamson64 on April 18, 2009 at 12:14 AM

I find the guy in the background very creepy. He’s looking at Obama thinking, “You are a fool.” Then the man lets out an evil, sardonic laugh.

We. Are. Screwed.

conservative pilgrim on April 18, 2009 at 12:15 AM

Can you imagine what kind of message that photo sends to the Columbians? Why the hell should they fight our drug war if we are sleeping with the enemy? Barry and The Crew aren’t sailing the Titanic into the iceberg, they are the iceberg.

Limerick on April 18, 2009 at 12:27 AM

THese pictures should be simple enough for any Americans with even half a brain to understand. The Precedent is on the other side. Period.

progressoverpeace on April 18, 2009 at 12:35 AM

Limerick on April 18, 2009 at 12:27 AM

Thanks to Obama’s glad-handing, FARC and the drug lords will win.

coldwarrior on April 18, 2009 at 12:36 AM

Jamson64 on April 18, 2009 at 12:14 AM

Grow up.
Cons should be happy.
Cuba is free and Time ended the bush depresion.

carbon_footprint on April 18, 2009 at 12:51 AM

This the Jimmy Carter moment we all have been waiting for.

I can now official say he is not my president.

Did someone say one and done.

Clyde5445 on April 18, 2009 at 1:04 AM

Soulmates.

VanPalin on April 18, 2009 at 1:14 AM

It’s absolutely disgusting. It’s sort of like FDR and “Old Joe” aka Joseph Stalin.

Mojave Mark on April 18, 2009 at 1:16 AM

Two nuts in one shrivelled sac.

Barry and Hugo.

profitsbeard on April 18, 2009 at 1:16 AM

This is just disgusting. Here is the worst part about these photo ops (and you can bet there will be a photo like this with Ahmadinejad too): This photo will lead every newscast and be on the front page of every newspaper in Venezuela.

And any political dissidents or would-be reformers who may have been willing to stick their necks out to oppose the regime will think to themselves “why bother? If Chavez is buddy-buddy with the President of the United States, that supposed beacon of liberty and democracy, we don’t stand a chance.”

If you read Natan Sharansky’s The Case For Democracy, he makes it clear just how important the President of the United States can be in inspiring dissidents to oppose these regimes or demoralizing them into giving up.

Obama has no idea of the powerful propaganda he just handed Chavez. Ahmadinejad, you can bet, can’t wait to get his smiling photo with Obama so he can use it to crush the spirits of any would-be dissidents in his country.

Obama is such an amateur at this stuff. He doesn’t seem to have any understanding of why we have not cozied up to regimes like Cuba, Iran and Venezuela. Insult our allies, embrace our enemies. Right out of the Jimmy Carter playbook.

JohnInCA on April 18, 2009 at 1:19 AM

Chavez: Dude, Have you changed your Constitution yet?

Obama: Next year!

Chavez: I’m President for Life!

Obama: Next Year!

Chavez: Dude!

GunRunner on April 18, 2009 at 1:26 AM

I hope Chavez gave Obama a parrot for his shoulder, too.

Bar-raaa-aack! Pretty baby! Gimme a cracker! Baa-raa-aack!

profitsbeard on April 18, 2009 at 1:29 AM

I got to give Hugo credit for finding a bigger communist assclown than himself.

/fixed

This is sooo unsurprising. I would have expected nothing less.

I’m waiting for the double-cheek Euro kiss coupled by the hug and followed by the fist bump with Ahmadinejad in the near future before I really lose it.

Uncle Obammie is not MY President!

SilverStar830 on April 18, 2009 at 1:30 AM

Obama has no idea of the powerful propaganda he just handed Chavez.

JohnInCA on April 18, 2009 at 1:19 AM

He most certainly does. It is all totally intentional, without any question.

progressoverpeace on April 18, 2009 at 1:36 AM

Obama has no idea of the powerful propaganda he just handed Chavez.

JohnInCA on April 18, 2009 at 1:19 AM

He most certainly does. It is all totally intentional, without any question.

progressoverpeace on April 18, 2009 at 1:36 AM

Good point. I don’t know why I always chalk his idiocy up to naivete. When you spend years listening to Wright, Ayers and Khalidi you know exactly what message you are trying to send to our enemies. I stand corrected.

JohnInCA on April 18, 2009 at 1:44 AM

Good point. I don’t know why I always chalk his idiocy up to naivete.

JohnInCA on April 18, 2009 at 1:44 AM

This is one time when I pray that he was only being naive and silly.

progressoverpeace on April 18, 2009 at 1:50 AM

I’d still trade Al Frankenstein for Chavez in the Senate any day of the week.

Grafted on April 18, 2009 at 2:58 AM

my fellow Americans…true Americans….

do not be disheartened
these are but two flys circling
a socialist pile of shit.

obama is nothing but a trained monkey…
yes i’ve said it. he was plucked from
Chicago and bought and paid for…he has
been brainwashed and indoctrinated with
hate.

there is nothing but pain and heartache
in the gulag, no matter how they paint it
it is a horrible grey ghoulish dark hole
of death.

look up to liberty.

you can polish a turd but its still a turd.

i am like many of you so angry i could spit
bullets….but the sleeping giant is awakening….
we must join together with our eye on our brilliantly
conceived Constitution and eradicate the vermin

falderal on April 18, 2009 at 3:20 AM

Obama’s foreign policy adventures are going to make Jimmy Carters look wise, measured, and judicious.

The man is an empty suit and an amateur.

Can’t wait to see him kissing cheeks with Kim Jong Il

Ares on April 18, 2009 at 3:51 AM

Better headline: “Evil Clown Tests Joy-Buzzer on Stupid Clown”

TMK on April 18, 2009 at 4:36 AM

JohnInCA on April 18, 2009 at 1:19 AM

Excellent analysis. All I would add is that these photos will be all over every newspaper in the world ridiculing this moronic commie tool and laughing at Americans for electing him.

csdeven on April 18, 2009 at 6:46 AM

Does this count as fulfilling Obama’s promise to meet the worst dictators of the world without preconditions? This is such a sad day for freedom, giving aid and cover to the Castros and Chavez’ of the world, Lady Liberty is crying.

eaglewingz08 on April 18, 2009 at 7:06 AM

Remember, Bill Ayers was in Venezuela for an “education conference” not too long ago. He also had his knee pads on for Hugo. What a trio.

ex-Democrat on April 18, 2009 at 7:21 AM

Makes me sick.

becki51758 on April 18, 2009 at 7:27 AM

Looks like the Dark Knight and the Joker are trying to put their animosities to rest. Where’s Joe “Robin” Biden. “Holy hair plugs, Batman!”

jimmy2shoes on April 18, 2009 at 7:48 AM

Del Dolemonte on April 17, 2009 at 10:05 PM

Getalife not lefty enough for you? How can you people not implode?

Squiggy on April 18, 2009 at 7:49 AM

So much for “isolating” supporters of the FARC. Where’s his photo-op with Uribe?

Golden Boy on April 18, 2009 at 8:41 AM

Obama: “Nice to finally meet you, buddy! Billy Ayers has told me so much about you!Thanks for the “hopeandchange” tip. That bullsh&t worked wonders on the voters here, too!
Oh, and how’s about we hold the next Sao Paulo Forum meeting at the White House?”

Golden Boy on April 18, 2009 at 9:22 AM

hey obama you gorgot to bow to chavez,i thought all you socialists were bro’s

wade underhile on April 18, 2009 at 10:13 AM

Makes me sick.

becki51758 on April 18, 2009 at 7:27 AM

Ditto.

T J Green on April 18, 2009 at 10:14 AM

shhhh don’t rebel. easy now.

johnnyU on April 18, 2009 at 10:17 AM

I can already anticipate the tools in the MSM reacting to this “brilliant ability to reach out and make an ally out of an enemy.” Gag me.

anniekc on April 18, 2009 at 10:45 AM

I wish you had been here earlier, we had a classic FST opening. Deputy Dan translation would have been required.

thomasaur on April 17, 2009 at 10:55 PM

Shameless plug department: all 4 original Firesign Theatre members will reunite for a rare live performance April 24th in Monterey CA; this is in honor of the 40th anniversay of “Nick Danger, Third Eye”.

Rumor has it that this will be their farewell live performance.

Del Dolemonte on April 18, 2009 at 10:53 AM

Gee, when Nixon flew to China did all you conservatives go crazy with rage? The gop doesn’t make the rules anymore. Elections have consequences. The Dems control everything now, you neo-cons had absolute power for 8 years, and all you did was run the country into a ditch. That means you lost the moral authority to critique what Obama does. When you start to win elections again, then you can destroy the country again. But for now, when you bellyache, all I hear is blah, blah blah, have a great day.

athensboy on April 18, 2009 at 10:55 AM

Who is this athensprick?

Does he believe what he writes, or just c/p from TPM?

amkun on April 18, 2009 at 10:56 AM

Who is this athensjerk?

Does he believe what he writes, or just c/p from TPM?

amkun on April 18, 2009 at 10:58 AM

How well did Chavez receive Obama’s merci beau coup?

“It’s nothing.”

Chavez responds de nada to the presumptive self appointed global Napoleon. Winner take all.

maverick muse on April 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM

What do the political prisoners there think about this?

marklmail on April 18, 2009 at 11:36 AM

Uhhhbama is learning. He got burned when he bowed to that other thug, you won’t catch him doing THAT again.

darwin-t on April 18, 2009 at 11:37 AM

I don’t know if it’s been mentioned on this thread yet, but did you see the book gift Chavez gave to Obama? The title reads “Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent.” Apparently, it is a book that assails the US for exploiting latin america. According to Jake Tapper of ABC, Obama took the book nicely and posed for a picture. WE HAVE TO GET THIS IDGIT OUT OF THE COUNTRY’S WHITE HOUSE!!!! He is not fit to lead. He despises his own country for God’s sake.

KickandSwimMom on April 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM

Does anyone remember that the terrorist and Obama mentor Bill Ayers visited Chavez and swooned over him and his commie educational system?

And let’s not be mean. Obama is only doing what he has been trained to do. That is, “Be a good little commie, bring down the US, and we’ll let you continue your delusion that we’ll reward you by crowning you king of the new world order. Oh, wait, your useful idiot shelf life has expired.
You’ll be leaving the world stage in 3…2…1…”

tigerlily on April 18, 2009 at 11:50 AM

Barry Soetoro, you are scum. I wouldn’t spit on you if your administration were on fire.

Western_Civ on April 18, 2009 at 11:51 AM

Well, the good news is that O just handed our team the PERFECT campaign picture. Our hapless hack givin the jive handshake to another socialist, a true brother in arms! Let the caption contest start now…

johnboy on April 18, 2009 at 11:53 AM

I’ve been reading some of the other blogs about this handshake, and I can see that as of this morning they are all being invaded by Obama’s internet goons to do damage control. Obama has a MASSIVE paid internet force that deflects and lies about everything he is doing. We’ve got to take back this country from this scum.

KickandSwimMom on April 18, 2009 at 11:55 AM

Sean Penn is delighted.

We’ll know him [Obama] by the company he keeps.

BuckeyeSam on April 18, 2009 at 12:06 PM

WE HAVE TO GET THIS IDGIT OUT OF THE COUNTRY’S WHITE HOUSE!!!! He is not fit to lead. He despises his own country for God’s sake.

KickandSwimMom on April 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM

Obama HATES what America stands for. Think about this. He isn’t anchored to America. African father; radical socialist mother. Socialist Frank Marshall Davis his mentor as a youth in Hawaii. Obama has basically infiltrated our society in an effort to dramatically change it to suit his socialist world view. This guy is the single most dangerous figure in the history of this nation. I’m not kidding.

marklmail on April 18, 2009 at 12:09 PM

marklmail on April 18, 2009 at 12:09 PM

I agree with this post completely. The only thing I would add is that he didn’t get to where he is by himself. This was a well-planned (years in the making) effort funded by Soros and other foreign interests.

KickandSwimMom on April 18, 2009 at 12:14 PM

DISGRACEFUL. But hey, the Leftards in the Press and elsewhere LOVE this. They always hated America and admired those who thumb their commie noses at us. It has ALWAYS been fashionable to want THEM to like us. Get out your Che t-shirts everyone!

worlok on April 18, 2009 at 12:20 PM

Oh just WAIT until the photo ops with Fidel and Raul. It’s coming.

If the GOP can’t field a winning candidate next time around, all is lost.

worlok on April 18, 2009 at 12:21 PM

Teacher’s pet!

Dhuka on April 18, 2009 at 12:21 PM

They deserve each other. We deserve neither.

Captain America on April 18, 2009 at 12:47 PM

I’d rather that Comrade Obama admire and emulate Chavez rather than Castro. Hugo hasn’t really killed that many people yet, while Fidel has murdered thousands. The litmus test on Obama will be how many Americans die during his rule.

I hope it won’t be too many.

lonesomecharlie on April 18, 2009 at 1:04 PM

Squiggy on April 18, 2009 at 7:49 AM

Mortal minds would implode at the sheer amount of doublethink required to maintain this mode of thought.

I call ‘em zombies, mostly because of the fact that they act like ‘em.

Chaz706 on April 18, 2009 at 1:58 PM

I could think of a few Special Olimpics references.

Aristotle on April 18, 2009 at 2:06 PM

*Olympics -sorry

Aristotle on April 18, 2009 at 2:07 PM

In every picture of Uhhhbama and some thug dictator, the thug will always have a huge smile. They will have won the lottery of life. Uhhhbama has already shown himself to be so weak that all they have to do is act impressed and happy to see him and they can do whatever they like. Already North Korea is returning to full bore nuclear weapon development, Iran is assured that they can do likewise. There will be no requirement for them to stop. Cuba is seeing sanctions removed. One can only wonder what Chavez is expecting from us now. When the Big O meets that tinpot dictator of NK, Uhhhbama will have to bow down bend over in order to give him a wet sloppy kiss, right on the mouth.

In “The Jerk”, didn’t Steve Martin’s character get a lot of new “friends” when he got rich? And he was too stupid to see how fake their friendship was? Uhhhbama reminds me of that except he only lost his money and friends. Uhhhbama may get us all killed.

darwin-t on April 18, 2009 at 2:24 PM

Oh, my God, you have GOT to be kidding me. Is this crap really happening? argos on April 17, 2009 at 11:14 PM

Where you been?

Akzed on April 18, 2009 at 2:28 PM

darwin-t on April 18, 2009 at 2:24 PM

“He hates cans!”

Akzed on April 18, 2009 at 2:29 PM

Chavez is a commie. So just what is Obama that Obama would be grinning and engaged in some kind of brotherly handshake with Chvez?

Phil Byler on April 18, 2009 at 2:39 PM

Finally: Obama, the and Evil Clown and like minded dictator grip and grin

Basilsbest on April 18, 2009 at 2:42 PM

Remember when the mainstream media was telling us that Obama’s relationship with American terrorist Billy Ayers was insignificant?

Well, it turns out that Billy Ayers and left wing dictator Hugo Chavez are just as close as Ayers and Obama, so the friendly handshakes between Obama and Chavez are a tell.

Anti-American terrorist Billy Ayers is a member of Hugo Chavez’ Miranda International Center think tank, and this is his bio at their website:

Bill Ayers
USA
bayers@uic.edu
212-576-8274

William Ayers was the leader of the revolutionary and anti-imperialist group The Weather Underground which initiated armed struggle against the government of the USA during most of the 10 years from inside the empire.

Now, he’s a professor of education and executive investigator of the University of Illinois in Chicago. He’s developed courses around the urban reform of schools, problems of capitalist education, and investigation. He is the author or editor of more than 11 books, including a memoir titled Fugitive Days on the struggle against the government of the United States.

OxyCon on April 18, 2009 at 2:53 PM

I’m interested to see if this is going to be enough to wake up Camille Paglia, open her eyes and get her to stop making excuses for Obama and go after him for this.

Can’t blame this on his aides and advisers.

INC on April 18, 2009 at 3:17 PM

Someone wake up the Republican Party, besides Sarah Palin, who can’t win, because most of America’s voting women hate her, and say something about Obama and Chavez. Come on Bobby J, what about tearing up a poster-sized image of Chavez and Obama, and shouting out you will never embrace a dictator? Where is the Republican leadership?

Mister Ghost on April 18, 2009 at 4:41 PM

From my apartment window in DC, I can now see Caracas and smell the stench of Havana.

Oh my gosh, that look of love …

Dhuka on April 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM

OK, OK, I’ll make a hole with my thumb and finger, there, now that’s my @ss, and you stick your thumb in there, way deep like we do it in Chicago, goooood!

AZCON on April 18, 2009 at 5:03 PM

At least Obama did not bow down to him…..yet.

albill on April 18, 2009 at 5:48 PM

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