nightline starting now - Hugo Chavez his guest

[morgan2]

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[FreedomAngel82]

3. Malloy gave a snippette about it

So does he really have proof that they're trying to kill him? It wouldn't surprise me (see Saddam Hussein).

[Alizaryn]

26. Here's a good link in regards to it.

http://66.218.71.231/language/translation/translatedPage.php?tt=url&text=http%3a//colombia.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/28118.php&lp=es_en&.intl=us&fr=FP-tab-web-t

[scarletwoman]

2. Whoo Hooo!

"Freely elected" Decent start...

[morgan2]

4. decent start?

they've been villifying him, saying he's not a tyrant "somewhat."

[scarletwoman]

6. I guess my expectations are so low, that just the fact that they made the

point that Chavez is the ELECTED president, was in my mind a major improvement over the general corporate media line of b.s. about Chavez.

I expect the SCLM to distort and lie and shovel snark and disinfo about him. They have not disappointed so far, but they AT LEAST made the point that Chavez has won two elections as president.

sw

[Imperialism Inc.]

28. "Not a dictator,

exactly."

Implied that he is just like Castro.

Yes. The hit piece has begun.

[scarletwoman]

5. First MAJOR distortion: "Venezuelan army ousted him in 2002 coup"

BULLSHIT! The regular army protected him and brought him back. The white elites and *some* officers fomented the coup.

[Alizaryn]

7. At least they showed the PEOPLE in the street

calling for his return.

[JesterCS]

9. see below

bleh

[peacetalksforall]

19. The coup was all supported and funded by the U.S.

White elite meet white elite.

[gumby]

8. The setup compared Chavez to Castro

and called him the "Leftist Strongman."

For those who don't remember, Noiega's middle name was "Strongman." Been there, done that. Same language from the same tools.

[FreedomAngel82]

31. Of course I'm sure

they made sure to mention he was a leftist. :eyes:

[scarletwoman]

10. Pat Robertson = "private citizen" AARRRGGGGGHHHH!

Ted Koppel, you f**king corporate whore!

Meanwhile, I just gotta say, I LOVE Chavez! He's sharp, for sure!

[WarNoMore]

I know.

Wasn't Robertson *foolish*.

[WarNoMore]

13. I know.

Wasn't Robertson *foolish*.




Sorry- hit twice.

[JesterCS]

11. He said

the United States is harboring terrorism by not arresting Pat Robertson and Venezualans in Miami.


Go Hugo Go!

[FreedomAngel82]

32. He is right

Robertson threatned his life. Didn't Rumsfeld even say that was illegal?

[dweller]

12. Plan Balboa

you'll have to google it.

dp

[lildreamer316]

14. man I am SO scared that after this

there is going to be 1) a SERIOUS SERIOUS attempt on his life
and 2) a RW boycott of Citgo.

[Alizaryn]

17. Its the ONLY gas I buy.

[Qibing Zero]

15. Ugh, the voiceover...

It's horrible, and it makes him seem weak. Why couldn't they just add subtitles and let him articulate and show his passion?

By the way, is Koppel sweating? =P

[Alizaryn]

16. Whoa....

Can we get to Chavez and suggest he send the "Plan" to someone other then Nightline...Like maybe Olbermann or Brian Wilson?

[WarNoMore]

18. I've not been one to jump on the

Chavez bandwagon, but I was pretty impressed.

[Alizaryn]

20. He has done A LOT for his people.

[Melodybe]

23. He is the most powerful leftist leader in the world

and when I say leftist, I mean all the good things.

[dweller]

21. Ted Hairpiece confirms it

paraphrasing ...

if the US does not attack Venuzeula, will you continue to provide oil for our greedy appetite?

reminds me of Koppel's comments to Kucinich during the debates.. 'why are you here?"

as often as ted shoots his own feet, i'm suprised he even walks anymore.

dp

[scarletwoman]

29. Yeah, truly... "All that revolution stuff aside, do we still get the OIL?"

We are such sick f**king country... :banghead:

[scarletwoman]

22. Well, at least Nightline gave Chavez a platform.

Goddess knows how heavily edited this interview was, of course. But it was really a treat to see Chavez on TV -- I especially love how he chuckled about the ridiculous "harboring Al Qaeda" horseshit.

He gave an excellent, imho, explanation of "revolution" too. I really admire his mind.

sw

[Mika]

24. ABC edited Hugo's last comments

KOPPEL: Mr. President, on that happy note, let me thank you. You've been most generous with your time and it's been a pleasure talking to you.

Thank you very much indeed.

CHAVEZ (THROUGH TRANSLATOR):Let me thank you.

I would like to greet you, and I hope you can come to Venezuela. Let me invite you and let us greet the entire people of the United States.

Tomorrow I'm going to take a walk through some of the neighborhoods of New York. We're going to a church to see Jesse Jackson (inaudible). And then I'm going to play a baseball game on the field with some Yankees (ph).

We love the people of the United States, and our desire is to have a world of brothers in peace. God grant that that be the case.

Thank you.

KOPPEL: Thank you, sir.

END

Full transcript here..

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/print?id=1134098

[1932]

27. Chavez wanted to play professional baseball.

IIRC, he joined the army because it would pay for him to go to a school where he thought he could play baseball and then go pro.

I might have that story mixed up. It's in the book that's available at Amazon.com.

[scarletwoman]

30. Thanks for posting that!

The local station here cut it off right after Koppel said thank you -- no coverage of Chavez' reply -- before they went to a commercial. They didn't even cut back for the final announcement about upcoming shows.

sw

[ellie]

33. They cut it off here in Toledo, too

[jayfish]

25. Self Delete

Jay