Obama DOESNT call Hugo Chavez Enemy Of U.S. NOR does he Urge Sanctions Against Venezuela! !!

[mckeown1128]

But amazingly because some two bit reporter wanted to invent a "flip flop" story instead of actually do real journalistic work...it's being reported as such. And interestingly enough... people on DU are "concerned" with this non existent move to the center... Some are just "outraged" by this non move by the Obama campaign.

Let's keep right wing smears out of DU... closet PUMAs please try to at least provide proof benind your fauxrage.

[Faygo Kid]

1. Yeah, I wondered about that post. It didn't pass the smell test.

Amazing that some here at DU would buy it hook, line and sinker.

There are many agendas here, my dear Skinner.

[marmar]

2. I thought that post was kinda suspect.....

It had that Bill O'Reilly "Some say...." feel to it. Thanks for setting the record straight.

[DevonRex]

3. Hear Hear!! Just the usual suspects doing the usual things. AGAIN. nt

[TooBigaTent]

4. Agree that we need to be sure before we react. But, why is a criticism about Obama

going to the right a RIGHT-WING smear?

They are too busy painting him as a Panther-ish bomb-thrower.

[mckeown1128]

5. The republicans are waging two fronts in smearing....

the Panther-ish bomb thrower is to keep republicans voting and the "he's a big flip flopping elitist" smear is to confuse the ignorant, uninformed, pay-attention-for-one-week-every-for-years, independent voters.


They are saying that Obama is a covert commie-muslim who is "pretending" to move to the center...thus making him an flip flopping terrorist black separatist.

[damntexdem]

10. But never forget that when they say 'elitist,' they mean 'uppity.'

For them, that justifies any and all smears.

[mckeown1128]

12. Uppity is exaclty what they mean...

it's amazing that people can hide racism so easily...and get away with it.

[irislake]

6. Well that's

a big fat relief!

[MasonJar]

7. Did Not Obama include Chavez in a list (of 3) dictators a couple of days

ago?

[mckeown1128]

8. quote and context please?

or are you going to just post and run?

[wyldwolf]

9. no, he calls him an authoritarian demagogue of tried and failed ideologies

[mckeown1128]

11. That sounds like a spot on interpretation of Chavez. nt

[uponit7771]

13. link and quote? thx

[anonymous171]

14. His economic/domestic policies are good, but Chavez uses America like Bush uses "Terra"

[Larkspur]

15. Chavez's feud is with Bush not America

It is Chavez who sold oil at wholesale cost to one of the Kennedy's charities to help the poor in New England with their heating oil needs.

Obama favors neo-liberal economics. That's why he favors free trade. Chavez opposed the bankrupt free trade policies that have hurt Central and Latin American companies along with the USA. It's Obama who chooses to ignore the corrupt policies of free trade.

[mckeown1128]

17. neo-liberal economics...is free trade -job, environment, and worker rights..protection...

Obama hasn't ignored corrupt policies of free trade and the fact that you say such nonsense shows your either not paying attention or just trying to smear him. Please get over yourself.

[Radical Activist]

25. And you know that because of some guilt by association artricle

about who his advisers are, right? :eyes:

[Larkspur]

29. Obama's economic advisors are neo-liberals

and favor free trade and corporate needs over labor. Robert Rubin was the mentor to most of Obama's economic advisors and Rubin still is a major advocate for free trade.

The progressive movement is going to have to keep the pressure on President Obama to gut free trade and create a fair trade system.

[Political Heretic]

32. That is very true. And thank you for saying it without unecessary hysterics

domestic and international economic issues are an are where we will always have to keep pressuring any democratic candidate because they will always have advisers whispering in their ear for the desires of the privileged elite. The real test of leadership will not be whether or not Obama has any such advisers around him, but whether or not he has the strength of character to listen equally to the voice of working people, and the ability to tell them where the line is drawn, rather than have them control him - that will be the real question.

[Radical Activist]

50. Well, that's solid proof.

No need to look at his record or public statements with evidence like that.
I realize we need to keep pressure on Obama after the election on many issues but the guilt by association games and innuendo are tiring.

[Political Heretic]

30. Which, is fairly close to accurate.

[SidneyCarton]

36. Chavez is a demagogue, and his ideologies are tired.

Why is this controversial? Chavez is no saint.

[judasdisney]

47. Alvaro Uribe has Death Squads & Mass Graves. Chavez doesn't. Where's the balance?

Why isn't it obvious that demonizing Chavez is a lie? Haven't you seen the video footage of the coup against Chavez in "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"? Chavez's opponents are flat-out murderers and fascists. Chavez reads the culprits their Miranda Rights when they're caught -- not the act of a tyrant.

Get some facts.

[SidneyCarton]

49. Your righteous indignation is amusing

Uribe is a bastard too. Please stop making St. Hugo out to be the second coming of the Latin American Left.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

16. You Better Believe It!

I call BS on the poster that continues to post manufactured hyper-critical OPs.

Thanks, mckeown1128. K & R

[Danger Mouse]

18. Some people will use anything to smear Obama. They're not concerned with 'facts'

[Better Believe It]

19. Here's The Facts On What Obama Said And You're Calling Them Lies?

Here's what Obama told Walter Pacheco of the Orlando Sentinel on May 22nd:

"One of the obvious high priorities in my talks with President Hugo Chavez would be the fermentation of anti-American sentiment in Latin America, his support of (Marxist narco-terrorists) FARC in Colombia, and other issues he would want to talk about,"

And in a speech delivered before the right-wing Cuban-American National Foundation on May 23rd Obama said:

""We will shine a light on any support for the FARC that comes from neighboring governments. This behavior must be exposed to international condemnation, regional isolation, and -- if need be -- strong sanctions. It must not stand."

Obama continued, "We have to hold Venezuela accountable if, in fact, it is trying to ferment terrorist activities in other borders. If Venezuela has violated those rules, we should mobilize all the countries to sanction Venezuela and let them know that that's not acceptable behavior."

Obama knows for a fact that Venezuela and Chavez are not fermenting "terrorist activities" so why did he even suggest this might be happening to a meeting of the right-wing Cuban-American National Foundation?

And Obama surely knows that Hugo Chavez called upon FARC to release all of their hostages and to end their armed activities in Columbia, so his claim that Chavez's "supports FARC in Columbia" is simply not the truth.

Does the lead poster think the above is some sort of right-wing smear?

I hope not.

I just don't like Obama repeating the right-wing smears directed against Hugo Chavez and Venezuela!

And you condone that sort of thing?

[Danger Mouse]

21. Your OP was a blatant lie.

[Kaleko]

28. You need to back up your citations with links to the articles.

That's how it works on DU.

[Better Believe It]

40. No Problem: Here's The Link

That's exactly what I asked for in my lead post when I wrote:

"Is this true?

I really hope not.

We don't need anymore movements toward "the center" by Obama.

If any has more information on Obama's statement please provide it with a link."

Didn't read that, did ya?

And in response, another poster provided this link:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6510561&mesg_id=6510603

[RoyGBiv]

41. Okay, now you're being annoying ...

You've posted these I dunno how many times now, and they still say the same thing as they did when they were given to you in the first place.

And what they say, Mr. Poster Boy for the Comprehension Disabled, is *not* what the subject of your thread claims he said.

[NatBurner]

20. kick

i just like to see this post on top of that other post on my browser

[scarletwoman]

22. k&r -- thanks for posting this. Hope people will keep this on the top of the page. (nt)

[Prophet 451]

23. Good for him

Chavez is a complex man with some complex policies. He's done a lot of good and some bad, as most politicians have. Naturally, he should be watched like a hawk for abuse of power (as should every single politician) but talking to the man or his representatives is simply sensible.

[Radical Activist]

24. More evidence that he's moving to the center!!!!

Oops. Or just more bullshit.

[vaberella]

26. Some people on DU are dumb. A lot I think are PUMA or Repubs in disguise.

I've come to terms with this. I'm not expecting to be surprised by a lot of the actions here. I even said that article needed to be reported to the smear campaign thing for Obama.

[glitch]

27. K & R since that other post just made the greatest page. nt

[scarletwoman]

31. I'd like to know who the hell are the posters recommending that p.o.s. post!

I swear, some DUers will fall for ANYTHING! :banghead:

sw

[scarletwoman]

33. Kicking this again, since that other post keeps creeping back up the page, like a floating turd. nt

[DevonRex]

34. kick

[scarletwoman]

35. Another kick -- everytime I see that other p.o.s. go up, I'm kicking this one.

[iconicgnom]

37. Thanks for fixing the record.

I don't think it's amazing that many here are fooled by these fake stories. If others are like me, we're a tad shellshocked and are busy reassessing - which often requires rethinking complex matters.

[scarletwoman]

38. Back up with you...

[World Citizen]

39. the more desperate they become...

the more the lies sprout up. It's a good sign actually. I am impressed by how quickly these people are flushed out. There are a few I have seen flying right below the radar though.

[scarletwoman]

42. I'd be happier about them being "flushed out" if they were actually tombstoned immediately afterward

That particular one has been stinking up the place even before the primaries.

sw

[ZombieHorde]

43. Let's keep right wing smears out of DU

I disagree. I believe that we should post them and discuss them. The more we know about what they are saying the better off we are.

Personally, I know that I can be gullible, and it is better for me to hear the RW lies here first.

[Better Believe It]

44. I Agree: I've Grown Tired Of The Right-Wing Smears Against Chavez And Venezuela

Let's not fall into the trap of repeating and believing all of the nonsense about Chavez and Venezuela being supporters of terrorism that the MSM and corporate media spread around the clock.

[RoyGBiv]

45. Not even a little clever ...

Not even a tiny bit.

[mckeown1128]

46. kick...because that smear post is STILL at the top of the page... nt

[uponit7771]

48. K & R