Obama scores a key endorsement… from Hugo Chavez
posted at 1:21 pm on October 1, 2012 by Erika Johnsen
Last week, President Francois Hollande of the French Socialist party gave President Obama an endorsement of the wink-wink variety, knowing that his support wouldn’t likely do much to win President Obama over to any more Americans’ favor; but speaking from Venezuela on Sunday, President Hugo Chavez demonstrated the same level of U.S.-political awareness, minus the even piddling attempt at subtlety.
“I hope this doesn’t harm Obama, but if I was from the United States, I’d vote for Obama,” Chavez said, according to Reuters. …
“Obama is a good guy … I think that if Obama was from Barlovento or some Caracas neighborhood, he’d vote for Chavez,” he told Venezuelan television, according to Reuters.
This attitude to an American president is a far cry from the days of calling President George W. Bush the “devil” and a “drunk.”
To summarize, this guy, who just loves America so darn much, would like to see President Obama reelected. So, there’s that.
Hugo Chavez, by the way, is seeking his third term as Venezuela’s president, with the election scheduled to take place on October 7th. The election process this go-around is ostensibly designed to be free, fair, and private, but something sketchy is definitely up with Venezuela’s polling, and suffice it to say that there are plenty who question the trustworthiness of the infamously corrupt country’s institutions. My hopes for an upset are not high:
Venezuelan polling firms are painting starkly different pictures of the coming presidential election: One group shows President Hugo Chávez comfortably ahead, while another shows a tight race. …
“There is something seriously wrong with the polling in Venezuela,” said Iñaki Sagarzazu, a Venezuelan political scientist who teaches at the University of Glasgow. “Someone is not doing their job well.”
One respected firm, Datanalisis, issued a poll on Tuesday showing Mr. Chávez with a 10-percentage-point lead over Mr. Capriles. The other respected firm, Consultores 21, issued its latest poll on Wednesday showing Mr. Capriles winning 49.9% to 45.7%. That is a 14-point swing between both polls.
The stakes are high for Venezuela, where a victory for Mr. Chávez, a stridently anti-American leader, would deepen his hold on power, while defeat would begin a new, uncertain path for the oil-rich nation.
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Are they authorized to use more than 1 sheet at a time.
RickB on May 22, 2013 at 10:08 PM
at least Sheryl Crow was offering us 2 sheets :)
CoffeeLover on May 22, 2013 at 10:11 PM
Hey brother,can you spare a square.
HumpBot Salvation on May 22, 2013 at 10:12 PM
It’s ‘paradise’…
… except everyone smells like they have to wipe their a%%.
Seven Percent Solution on May 22, 2013 at 10:13 PM
Central planning is a great idea. It worked for the soviets. They had plenty of size 6 woman’s shoes for the left foot in white.
SparkPlug on May 22, 2013 at 10:15 PM
The USSR has problems with a toilet paper shortage as well. As did Romania.
http://pjmedia.com/michaelledeen/2013/05/16/why-do-socialist-paradises-have-so-much-trouble-with-toilet-paper/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-05-17/venezuela-runs-out-toilet-paper?page=1
INC on May 22, 2013 at 10:16 PM
Why do I feel like this is going to be the US in about 6 months?
bitsy on May 22, 2013 at 10:16 PM
can we please have an immigration thread? There is a lot of Kabuki theater going on.
Now, the immigration bill would have passed out of committee anyway given the majority Ds. So there’s that. But obviously there are a lot of prog Rs anxious to get their names emblazoned in history. So they flock to immigration like moths to a flame.
Now, the Kabuki part is that there is a lot of sentiment that there are poisoned pills in the bill which will doom it…and that will make Barry look good…and the left will jump up and down in 2014 about the Racists in the right wing redneck party and win a few House seats.
yeah, maybe…or maybe playing with fire.
http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/05/are-we-distracted-by-scandals-while-democrats-walk-away-with-the-immigration-amnesty-prize/
LI has a good analysis…and the comments are particularly dire.
We have to sober up quick…we have way to many stupid Rs…the wise heads that want to lead America to a new future.
r keller on May 22, 2013 at 10:18 PM
Does Madurp have an IRS to sic on the disloyal opposition party?
PattyJ on May 22, 2013 at 10:20 PM
I remembered that the USSR also had problems with a toilet paper shortage:
Venezuela Runs Out Of Toilet Paper
Add Ceausescu’s Romania to the list.
Why Do Socialist Paradises Have So Much Trouble With Toilet Paper?
INC on May 22, 2013 at 10:20 PM
Does Maduro have an IRS to sic on the disloyal opposition party?
PattyJ on May 22, 2013 at 10:20 PM
Sorry for the double post. I thought the first one was caught and redid the link.
INC on May 22, 2013 at 10:22 PM
What’s wrong with this? Government solved the problem. In the US, those obstructionist Republicans would have stopped funding for this until they banned late term abortions, or something. /s
notropis on May 22, 2013 at 10:22 PM
I can solve Venezuela’s sticky problem. Roll up Lois Lerner and 100,000 IRS co-workers and ship them C.O.D.
MaiDee on May 22, 2013 at 10:32 PM
To the left, shortages are a feature, not a bug. It just means they get to pick and choose who gets the goodies.
rightmind on May 22, 2013 at 11:01 PM
Boy howdy did you just send a chill up my spine. And I can’t think of a single thing to say to refute that.
MelonCollie on May 22, 2013 at 11:02 PM
Meh, people not having money to BUY potty paper is not far-fetched. But TP is one of the few things we still make by the shipload. Venezuela, by comparison, is several leagues below us for manufacturing capability.
MelonCollie on May 23, 2013 at 12:01 AM
The sheets have finally hit the fan…
viking01 on May 23, 2013 at 12:02 AM
President Barack Obama, who won a narrow majority in November’s presidential elections, maintains that the country’s periodic shortages of basic goods are the result of a conspiracy by the opposition and rich sectors of society.
TallDave on May 23, 2013 at 12:03 AM
The problem with Socialism is… you eventually run out of other peoples’ toilet paper.
monkeyboy on May 23, 2013 at 12:13 AM
Oh. snap!
Del Dolemonte on May 23, 2013 at 12:15 AM
Maybe they should use both sides of the TP before flushing?
dirtseller on May 23, 2013 at 12:44 AM
I might mention that I was talking to a Peruvian recently. They, Peruvians, think this is seriously funny. Because the fool Chavez closed down the paper mills to prevent news papers, etc. LOL.
Now we know Chavez and Obama have the same IQ range. In the toilet. LOL.
pat on May 23, 2013 at 2:22 AM
Well played.
John the Libertarian on May 23, 2013 at 2:30 AM
Hows that COMMUNISIM working for you down there venezuela? If you guys were ARMED, you could have long ago killed your leaders and freed yourselves from and oppressive, criminal government system.
This is why the US constitutional system is so powerful for freedom, and why socialists here want it changed.
TX-96 on May 23, 2013 at 6:05 AM
Guns? Check.
Ammo? Check.
Food? Check.
Two years supply of TP? Check.
Molon Labe
ajacksonian on May 23, 2013 at 6:24 AM
Obama would gladly use a toilet paper shortage if he could.
How envious he must be.
Sherman1864 on May 23, 2013 at 7:16 AM
Hey! Where’s Hugo’s best pal Joe Kennedy now?
Happy Nomad on May 23, 2013 at 7:31 AM
These filthy rich capitalist pigs use MORE THAN ONE SHEET!!!!!
Will the hoard give the filthy pigs the meat cleaver Muslim Jihadi treatment???
Alluah Maduro!!!!
PappyD61 on May 23, 2013 at 7:34 AM
Big difference between the US and this banana republic.
If this was the US then the president, congress, the unions and the welfare types would get the top of the line Charmin.
The greedy private sector capitalists would get tree bark, newspapers and leftover insulation.
Kind of like the “sepate but equal” healtcare, pensions, exemption from laws and regulations etc that they currently enjoy.
acyl72 on May 23, 2013 at 7:59 AM
Coming to a neighborhood near you…….soon.
Pardonme on May 23, 2013 at 8:02 AM
Toilet paper workers of the world unite?
Will this be covered under obamacare? Turmoiled tummies want to know.
Don L on May 23, 2013 at 8:34 AM
That’s some very nice work there Erika :)
antipc on May 23, 2013 at 8:47 AM
If only Venezuela had a precious commodity, say oil, to sell. Then they could make lots of money.
rbj on May 23, 2013 at 10:06 AM
Real environmentalists socialists would decree using only on side and leaving sheets on the floor or stuck on walls and etc. for comrades.
IlikedAUH2O on May 23, 2013 at 10:22 AM
Just one ply? No we’re wiped out.
jake49 on May 23, 2013 at 11:02 AM
I’m old enough to remember when Fidel Castro took over Cuba and there was a joke going around at that time in which Fidel gave a speech to his people and did the bad news/good news thing saying:
“The bad news is all we have to eat is horse manure, but the good news is there’s plenty to go around.”
Wyatt Wingfoot on May 23, 2013 at 11:03 AM
Toilet paper for oil sounds like a good trade.
Klem Kadiddlehopper on May 23, 2013 at 11:10 AM
The next socialist decree from one of those govts that the people all belong to:
“Drink less water! Your Leader needs you to become constipated for the good the collective!”
DrDeano on May 23, 2013 at 11:25 AM
Diaper rash — this is what socialism looks like in Venezuela.
scrubjay on May 23, 2013 at 5:36 PM
Somehow I doubt that toilet paper is the biggest problem in Venezuela.
virgo on May 24, 2013 at 2:32 AM