Chavez calls Bush the loser of summit

[sabra]

http://www.insidebayarea.com/dailyreview/news/ci_3197531

Chavez calls Bush the loser of summit
Critics say Venezuela's president may be hasty in declaring victory

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proclaimed a "knockout" victory in the Summit of the Americas after helping thwart a U.S.-backed free trade zone, strengthening his position as Latin America's most vocal rival of President Bush and as a maverick unafraid of irritating his neighbors.

The fiery leader was buoyed by the emergence of a five-nation bloc opposed to the trade pact and was cheered by thousands of anti-Bush protesters at the summit in Argentina.

But some say it's too soon for Chavez to declare victory, and that while he has begun to deliver on promises to share Venezuela's oil wealth with the poor at home and abroad, his heavy spending on handout programs could leave him overextended.

"Bush lost by total knockout," Chavez said after the summit in Mar del Plata, calling the U.S.-proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas a "fallacy" designed to allow richer nations to exploit poorer ones.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

1. That's pretty obvious.

Bush is n match for Hugo and the South American people.

[Straight Shooter]

2. Chavez could never overextend to the extent bush overextends.

Go for it, Hugo. At least you care about the common people. bush takes all the citizens' money and redirects it to the privileged few.

[IntravenousDemilo]

3. Chavez is being a little too specific.

Bush isn't merely the loser of the Mar del Plata summit, but a loser, period.

[AzDar]

4. You know, if he were the LEGITIMATE President of the U.S., I'd

be really pissed about someone saying that about the leader of our great nation. But it's Bush, and it's true, and I cackle heartily. Viva Chavez!!

[cliss]

5. Chavez was certainly triumphant.

The article said that "Bush left with his tail between his legs", and "the sweet honey of success".

I wonder about Chavez's bluster. He should not underestimate Bush's ability to bounce back. Also, he should be aware that Bush and his cronies still have TONS OF POWER, and they're not afraid to use it.

We should not assume that Washington is simply going to lay down over Chavez's insults.

Expect the worst, Hugo.

[thebigidea]

8. I think he's well aquainted with the Bushies and their tactics

there's a pretty damn short list of leaders who have survived Bush-sponsored coups.

[Say_What]

6. Brazil didn't think much of him either...

<clips>

One hour with George W Bush

...His opening remark, very correctly made, was that he did not mean to lecture other people’s governments. Then he proceeded to do so, with three main points.

The first was to emphasise that religious organisations should be able to compete for public funds with official, social agencies; Bush used the word “compassion” a lot in advocating this idea.

The second was to recommend that “a good politician does not care about polls and public demonstrations. They are products of a democratic political life”.

The third was to declare that while the United States had no "missionary zeal" to spread democracy in the world, it did possess “a deep desire to help others assume a democracy that conforms to their traditions and their customs … because the world has seen that democracies do not fight each other."

The president went on to say that Brazilians should start thinking seriously about an education system. We should deliver, test it and make it work. When elected governor of Texas, Bush said that reform of the state’s education system was his priority. The pragmatic attitude he forged then continued in his next role:

“I think that it is why I have been re-elected as a president. I see a problem, I make a plan to handle it. I talk to people clearly about it and about my suggestion to solve it. I get elected and I put the plan into practice. People know who I am, what I do and what I will do”.

http://www.opendemocracy.net/globalization-institutions_government/bush_3004.jsp

[madmark]

7. Only bush could elevate a third world leader to the role of a one

upping peer.

[gulfcoastliberal]

9. Good for Chavez. Kick the bastards when they're down!

Seems like, maybe, oh please, our Dems are starting to play hardball rather than the roll over mode of the last 4 years. Harry Reid called out Cheney. HUGH!!!11111