Hugo Chavez: Obama is ‘a Clown’ and ‘an Embarrassment’
- Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:44pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez slammed President Barack Obama in an inteview with state television Monday. (AP File Photo)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reportedly called President Barack Obama “a clown” and “an embarrassment” Monday, following strong comments from Obama in a written interview with Caracas newspaper El Universal, the Guardian reported.
“Focus on governing your country, which you’ve turned into a disaster,” Chavez told state television Monday, in reference to Obama.
In the interview with El Universal, Obama said he is concerned about actions the Venezuelan government has taken that have “restricted the universal rights of the Venezuelan people, threatened basic democratic values and failed to contribute to the security in the region,” according to the Guardian’s report on the Spanish language interview.
He also criticized Venezuela’s relationship with Iran and Cuba, saying, “it seems to me that the ties between Venezuela’s government and Iran and Cuba have not served the interests of Venezuela and its people.”
Referring to Iran, Obama said: “Sooner or later, Venezuela’s people will have to decide what possible advantage there is in having relations with a country that violates fundamental human rights and is isolated from most of the world.”
“Mr. Obama decided to attack us,” Chavez said in response to Obama’s words, according to the Guardian. “Now you want to win votes by attacking Venezuela. Don’t be irresponsible. You are a clown, a clown. Leave us in peace….Go after your votes by fulfilling that which you promised your people.”
Chavez‘s remarks show he’s apparently had change of heart with regard to Obama: A year ago, he invited him to Venezuela to “sit down to talk, to eat socialist arepas,” a popular corn-based pancake.
This is not the first time Chavez has spoken in insulting terms about a U.S. president: In 2006, he referred to then-President George W. Bush as “the devil” during a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.
“The devil came here yesterday,” Chavez said when he addressed the U.N., referring to Bush, who had spoken the day before. “And it smells of sulfur still today.”
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Comments (142)
Mickeyd
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:41pmthe one time Hugo Chavez and I agree?
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 1:48amBHO = NWO….so Chavez, guess what, your not in the club. Keep takling smack and they’ll make sure your dealt with like Mummar and others. Maybe your cancer is engineered by NWO agents?
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 2:17amHuffington Post does not seem to be carrying this story. What a surprise!
Report Post »Kaoscontrol
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 3:03am…and he called George Bush the Devil? At least the Devil is scary and fearful… Hugo had enough respect for the ‘Devil’ to not try to cross him. A clown is something he just mocks and laughs at.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 5:15amShane on Hugo for insulting cjowns!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:30amI knew there had to be a reason why clowns scare me half to death……
Report Post »grudgywoof
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:12amI’m very afraid…..I agree with Chavez on Obama and Boxer on NDAA. Hell has frozen over.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:24ambarack has even failed at impressing his fellow dictators.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:38amOK, I woke up this morning and the world really is upside down, he makes sense.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:50amMr. Obama decided to attack us,” Chavez said in response to Obama’s words, according to the Guardian. “Now you want to win votes by attacking Venezuela. Don’t be irresponsible. You are a clown, a clown. <<<<< This is exactly what I thought while reading this story and well, half way down Chavez said it for me. This is what magicians call, a slip of the hand.
Report Post »super redhawk
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:51amHugo thinks Blobama is not implementing enough socialist policies.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 10:12amPot, meet kettle.
Report Post »yougottabekidding
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:18amEven a broken clock is right twice a day
Report Post »Who would conceive of saying Hugo baby you got it? Sorry forgot about the idiot Penn!
Ruler4You
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 11:56amObama is ‘a Clown’ and ‘an Embarrassment
DUH
Report Post »AlmostaCowboy
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:34pmDitto.
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 6:15pmWhich clown? Freddie the Freeloader? Bozo? Ronald McD.? and who was the rodeo clown? nah, obama hasn’t got the guts to be good clown.
He’s just another idiot.
Report Post »proudinfidel54
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 2:12pmYes this is truley a “RED” letter day…lol
Report Post »proudinfidel54
Posted on December 22, 2011 at 2:14pmMaybe Obama needs to hand Baby Huey a book let’s say “BEING GEORGE WASHINGTON” for instance.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:41pmand to think Hugo Chavez and I agree on something .
Report Post »Restored One
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:51pmHugo is afraid that Obama is going to upstage him in the Socialist Standings. No clown wants another clown to steal his stage.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:57pmbarry’s in trouble. hugo’s trying to hep out.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:16amDrattastic — first time for crazy things to happen for all of us at some point; maybe he is furious with Mr Obama due to his (Obama’s) failure to annhilate the US already into a banana dictatorship.
Report Post »USAMEDIC3008
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:20amI never thought I could agree With a socialist-commie
Report Post »on anything,but this time I AGREE.
However Hugo you should see your M.D.
you may have had a C.V.A.
Timotheous51
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 1:08amObama & Chavez have the same ideology. One is able to do what he wants in governing and one is hoping for 4 more years to put himself in that position. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Report Post »408 CheyTac
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 1:16amI can hardly believe it… a socialist-progressive actually CAN tell the truth, and this is proof!
Go hugo!
Report Post »D_DATSALLFOLKS
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:40pmWow the drama, the world is listening to socialist clown 1 and socialist clown 2 on the world stage, giving each other advice, I see a reality tv show a brewing…
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:03amTwo omplefe Socialist, Marxist , ASSCLOWNS !!!
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:06amThats a good one.
Report Post »TH30PH1LUS
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:50amWe could call it:
(a) Smear Factor
Report Post »(b) Survivor: Utopia
(c) Big Brother
(d) Top Tyrant
(e) Liberty Busters
(f) Commie’s Got Talent
(g) Pimp My 3rd World Nation
(h) The Biggest Loser
(i) Constitution Overhaulin’
Gypsy123
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:38pmAnd Chavez is? A clown’s apprentice.
Report Post »Realist4U
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:58amAnd Penn is?
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 7:35am@realist4u:
Report Post »is “clown dingleberry” a real term?
wisehiney
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:38pmThis time the enemy of my enemy is not my friend.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:54pmYes Sir, You certainly can have two enemies.
Report Post »Depressed_American
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:38pmOh no Comrade Hugo, say it ain’t so…… You think Comrade Obama is a clown and an embarrassment… YOU ACTUALLY AGREE WITH MOST AMERICANS!!!! You ain’t coming over to the American way of thinking are you????
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 2:33amDo you think his statements are trutthful or is it another ploy that somehow Obama will use to convince the American people that he sincerely cares about this country? Is Chavez playing the progressive game hoping Obama will get re-elected and then the progressive world take-over can be successful? Sort of like the dems that spoke out against Pelosie in the last election to gain votes but kissed her tail after the results were in? I remember something that she said that made me think that all of the negative comments and lack of support didn’t bother her at the time. The progressives are willing to do or say anything to push their agenda.
Report Post »ropati
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:32pmSo much for Obama’s charm initiative. I hope the US voters have as much sense next year as Hugo Chavez has now. I hope the RNC will use this in an ad.
Report Post »obuma nog nog
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:12amYou know there is no way in h$!! that obluga bumer is gonna lose, for one thing 98 percent of his peps will vote for him on clolr (funny how some people want to be judged on character and not color while now it is all about feeling sorry for the po black). and they another 60 to 65 percent of the other minorities will vote for the duech and then many whities that are afraid of being called racist will jump on his bandwagon again in order to absolve them of their guilt for being white
Report Post »GUNNSUP
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:33amSomeone must sieze the moment on this…BTW Hugo is right, I agree with him….
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 8:59amobuma nog nog.. White guilt happened the first time around and what did they get for it ? Everytime they questioned his polities they were called a racist.. Nah !! Whites wont go for this again, trust me.. In fact There will NEVER be another black president elected until whites become the minority in this country.. On the other hand Obama will get a second term but from cheating at the voting booth with black panthers and union thugs ect. ect.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:28pmHis momentary honest assessment of his buddy is hilarious in its hair graying potential.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:27pmActually Clowns are hard working, dedicated to their craft, people. Barry has never had a real job, until the Takers in this country got together to raid the pantry. I do admit he is an embarrassment.
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:23pmAll smoke and mirrors. Throw the peasants off the trail of Frankenstien by telling them he’s something other than the beast. Left hand right hand. If you know Chavez is a Dictator, LIAR and a corrupt leader, why would you believe what he says now, just because he’s saying what you believe? Remember, Obama will say one thing while doing the opposite. No difference, just a fatter socilaist then what currently occupies the white house. Don’t you think Obama would relish the idea of being an american Chavez?
Report Post »tzion
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:28amSmoke and mirrors? Possibly. Another possibility is that Obama hasn’t done enough in his eyes to make America communist and as a result he is a failure and a traitor to the cause.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:10pmI can not say that I ever thought that Chavez and I might agree about anything, thus I am surprised. I do have to say that I find myself unhappy that the President of The U.S should be so insulted by a tin horn despot, but truth is difficult to reject. Weirdly, I almost feel sorry for Obama, but he is, by his own choice of behavior, in over his head by a large margin.
Report Post »db321
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:16pmChavez we don’t need you to tell us what we already know. You might want to be careful, you might end up having a sudden heart attack like your buddy Kim Jang IL.
Report Post »noland
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:10pmmaybe barry can go tell chavez he“s sorry he did”nt mean it them damn Replicans made him do it they just don”t like compromise!!!
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:09pmI don’t care for Hugo Chavez or the thing he has stuck up his butt (Sean Penn) but I have to agree with him about Obama. It’s still not his place to criticize our president. He should worry about HIS own country as well.
Report Post »Goodgriefgeezlouise
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:06pmSorry Hugo..Obama doesn’t have enough experience to be a true clown..He’s working hard at it though..On the other hand, you Hugo, are right there in the center ring…
Interesting how our Pres. wants to cozy up to these guys and they give him the boot first chance they get..He is right though..Obama has done nothing but campaign since he got elected….he did get an A+ in clown school for that class..In fact wasn’t he the clown professor at Harvard clown school?
Report Post »DaveOregon
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:24pmTotally agree. ‘Course, I don’t give a rats tuccus for what Chavez thinks and hope the cancer rides down quick! His people needs their “clown” gone like yesterday, but he’s right about Obummer boy. I love it when socialists call other socialists names. Best laugh all day!
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:05pmI heard Obama replied with “So I’m a clown, I amuse you, how do I amuse you?” He called Hugo and said if he doesn’t appologize, he won‘t wear that red lipstick Hugo likes when he flies down there to kiss Chavez’s butt, and we won’t buy his oil. Chavez said something about Obama kissing his Richard with gusto and open mouth.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:12pmAs one clown to another, the only other way Chavez could have really insulted Obama was to squeeze Barry’s red nose, then throw a cream pie in his face.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:51pmListen here DARMOK and whatever, our CIC does not wear lipstick. He wears ChapStick to Smooche them butts.
Report Post »auntmoxie.com
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:00pmChavez is the clown, and anything that does not go his way will result in 4th-grade insults, whether to Obama or Bush.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:06pmWell, when two clowns come to town can it smell of sulfur when someone is around?
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:41pmWhen two clowns come to town , does it smell smell of sulfur when THOSE two come around?
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:59pmThis is a Call-to-Arms for the American Left. It is time for the “Draft Sean Penn for President” movement to take control! Occupy the DNC and, ultimately, the White House!!
Report Post »korbin
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:19pmThe left? arms? hah, soft skinned pale pusssies, more like weed pipe.
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:25pmYou must be a Historian. After all, Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Mao and the rest of their Leftist ilk were all cowardly, unarmed pacifists. Lol.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:29pmSuspend the elections folks. We can’t have elections when we have such chaos. P.S. ya doin a great job,OWS. barry.
Report Post »Depressed_American
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:44pmOne little problem there BROKER0101…. The left believe in gun control, so a call to arms is a little on the right wing side of things. You aren’t moving to the right too, like Chavez, are you?????
Report Post »Banter
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:59pm“Focus on governing your country, which you’ve turned into a disaster,” Chavez told state television Monday, in reference to Obama.
Oh man, it must suck to hear that “you are a disaster” phrase spreading outside our shores. And I’m guessing Hugo got the clown and embarrassment references from The Blaze comment forums.
Report Post »ZeroOff4impact
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:57pmDamn CLOWNED by Hugo . , now that is the most Epic Smack Down Ever…..
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:56pmYikes! I agree with Hugo Chavez…..
Report Post »Depressed_American
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:49pmKind of scary isn’t it!
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:02amThey done played right into your hands, REPUBLICORP.
Report Post »MonkeyBeagle
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:56pmlol!
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:56pmTakes one to KNOW one………..
Report Post »justangry
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 11:04pmWas going to say the same thing
Report Post »floridacockleburr
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:16amI was going to say the pot, kettle, black thing, but not sure which order they go in on this one.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 21, 2011 at 12:20amI was looking for this comment! AGREE!
TEA!
Report Post »broker0101
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:55pmWhat a blow to Obama’s base! As always, the Left will ignore that which does not fit the template.
Report Post »singleparent
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:50pmYep Hugo your right…Take’s a clown to know a clown huh lol..
Report Post »SevenTrumpets42
Posted on December 20, 2011 at 10:48pmThe truest words Chavez has spoken!
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