U.S. Envoy Urges Venezuela to End Insults

[Minstrel Boy]

U.S. Envoy Urges Venezuela to End Insults

Staff and agencies
29 March, 2006

By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER, 31 minutes ago

CARACAS, Venezuela - The U.S. ambassador to Venezuela said Wednesday he hopes to see more constructive dialogue and less name-calling rhetoric from President Hugo Chavez.

Chavez often calls President Bush "Mr. Danger," and also has labeled him a "madman" and a "drunkard."

"Hopefully, in the future we can express our differences and discrepancies in a manner that doesn‘t include rhetoric like — I don‘t know — donkey, drunkard, murderer, demented person, terrorist," Brownfield told the Venezuelan television station Televen.

The U.S. has accused Chavez of trying to export his socialist "revolution" to neighboring countries, saying he is a destabilizing force in the region. Chavez has responded furiously that he poses no threat, saying the U.S. is the one with a history of invading countries from Iraq to Panama.

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[K-W]

1. And we can expect to see fewer coup attempts from the US? EOM

[kevinbgoode]

2. Obviously, we need to send Ann Coulter in to replace Brownfield

I'd love to see her try to suggest that Chavez stop namecalling. . .hahahahahahaha

[Johnyawl]

3. I guess it would be too much to ask that we lead by example..

...and quite trying to demonize Chavez. Has it not occured to Brownfield, Rice and Bush that if perhaps WE turned down the rhetoric a notch, Chavez might follow?

[anotherdrew]

4. well, maybe it takes two to tango mr. ambASSador

[cliss]

5. Isn't that funny!!! Notice how Mr. Brownfield

repeats all the insults Mr. Chavez has used to insult Bush with (all deserved, in my opinion). Notice? Donkey, drunkard, demented person....

There is some kind of Freudian term for this. I actually heard the same thing on the radio last week! A reporter was questioning Rumsfailed. He said, "So.....the word is that you are no longer effective in the Pentagon, Mr. Rumsfeld. Rumour has it that you're considered to be AN OLD UNCLE who gets left out of the decision making".

Rumsfailed, of course, took the bait. He attacked the reporter.

[Supersedeas]

17. and the corporate media can't see the irony here...yea, but

[ugarte]

6. Didn't Rumsfeld recently compare Chavez to Hitler?...nt

[arewenotdemo]

15. of course

He projected his own Nazi philosophy onto Chavez, of all people.

[Zorra]

7. Republicans just can't stand to hear the plain and simple truth. n/t

[leftchick]

8. send mama hughes

I am sure she can smooth this over.

[salin]

9. a case of Kettle calling?

granted Chavez's insults are more low-brow and colorful - but Rice and others have referred to him in very hostile ways - and are implicated in involvement in the 2002 staged (and unsuccessful) coup detat. Throw in friend of the admin Pat Robertson's comments - and it seems a case of kettle calling to me.

[antonialee839]

10. Chavez calls em as he sees em.

[mom cat]

11. Maybe if WE tone down our subversive actions against him , then he

might turn down his retoric.

[gratuitous]

12. Use the old GOP stand-by: File a lawsuit against him

I'm not sure what the cause of action would be in the complaint. "Definition of character" maybe?

[madmark]

13. at least the bushco envoy did not repeat,"President of Vacation",

Chavez' funniest line.

[EFerrari]

14. donkey, drunkard, murderer, demented person, terrorist,

The truth hurts!

:rofl:

[bemildred]

16. Hmm, Brownfield sounds "dictatorial" and "increasingly authoritarian". nt