I'm with Jesse Jackson on this Chavez/Bush debate

[maddezmom]

It was classic Chavez: frank, uncensored and irreverent. Some observers, such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, suggested both Chavez and the Bush administration both ought to calm their rhetoric and avoid name-calling.

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Jackson met with Chavez Thursday night, saying he was concerned by the name-calling and believed both sides need to tone down their rhetoric.

"Of course he feels that the U.S. government is part of trying to pull a coup on him... But my appeal to him is get beyond the anger," Jackson said.

"I think that he should not be calling President Bush 'devil.' President Bush should not be calling him 'evil' or calling him 'tyrant,'" Jackson said. "We must cease these hostilities."

The U.S. government has sought to block Venezuela's bid for a seat on the U.N. Security Council, arguing the Chavez administration would be a disruptive force and backing Guatemala instead. Chavez says the Bush government has a twisted view of democracy, and Venezuela would be "the voice of the Third World" if chosen in a secret-ballot U.N. vote next month.

more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-outspoken-chavez,1,2302383.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines


and a good DU thread here:
Chavez's UN speech: it's about the Security Council seat
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2194595

[bklyncowgirl]

1. Jesse is right as usual--not that it's going to matter.

I doubt though that anyone is going to listen to him. Both get a great deal of political benefit from engaging in an international pissing match.

[maddezmom]

2. sad isn't it

:(

[acmejack]

3. It has to be awfully hard to get beyond the anger.

When a foreign Government has been trying to overthrow you, backing your opposition and advocating against you openly for years. I would be predisposed to rant against their leader given the opportunity, too. Given the response not only in the UN but in Harlem and on the Amazon book list there are more than a few that agree, whether the powers that be care to admit it or not.

As the Republiclown asshole from Texas, Ted Poe, loves to conclude his daily one minute screeds in the House, "That's just the way it is!"

[H2O Man]

4. Jesse is a smart man

who continues to do a lot of good for the people of this country.