Moonbat Meltdown At the UN (Wizbang)

I got the title for this post from the description Jay at Stop the ACLU gave for Hugo Chavez' comments at the UN. Hot Air will have the video.

Money quote:

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez took his verbal battle with the United States to the floor of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, calling President Bush "the devil."

"The devil came here yesterday," Chavez said. "He came here talking as if he were the owner of the world."

This would be pretty darned funny (it reads like an SNL skit character) if this guy didn't control a country and a huge oil supply. The reaction from all will be interesting, and very telling -- none so much though as that of the Democrats in this country.

Update: Bull Dog Pundit is watching for Dem reaction, too, especially from a certain Massachusetts Democrat who likes to drink and watch whales (that is what he said) with Chavez. [Update: ABP has revised the post -- the "whale watching" was not done with Delahunt, but he set up a meeting where Chavez's govt. and their political opposition could, along with other activities. Delahunt had a four hour one-on-one meeting with Chavez].

If you really think about it, how much different is calling Bush a devil than calling him a liar who kills innocent civilians in foreign countries to gain political advantage or to enrich his oil buddies or whatever latest reason is cited?

The Political PIt Bull notes the disturbing reaction from the UN audience and provides links to many others blogging on the subject.

Update II: Be sure to read the transcript at Musing Minds. It could easily appear in the dictionary as the definition of the Loony Left. I guess it would actually be more of an example than a definition. Whatever -- it is deranged. I know I should be disturbed by it, and especially by the reaction the speech received, but it is so far out there that I just have trouble taking it seriously.

Update III: The DUers are loving them some Hugo.

Update IV: Darn. I can't believe I didn't think of this myself -- Chavez has to be a Rove mole.

Update V: Don Surber has a picture of a Democrat tee shirt from 2004 depicting Bush as the devil, and he has reaction to the Chavez speech from John Bolton and others. Go take a look at the picture and read Don's commentary (which still has me laughing). Here is a bit of it:

Meanwhile, Dow Jones report that UN Amassador John Bolton said the U.S. won't respond to Chavez's cartoon remark.

"We're not going to address that kind of comic strip approach to international affairs," Bolton said.

No word yet from the Devil on whether he is offended. He may be too busy making accommodations for Chavez and the entire government of Iran.

Update VI: Flashback...

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(Picture via Reuters.)
I have not heard whether or not Chavez will be visiting Mother Sheehan this trip, but I am sure they are together in spirit.

Update VII: I love James Taranto's line at Best of the Web referring to Hugo Chavez' comment about smelling sulfur at the UN. "He who smelt it..."

NRO's MediaBlog has video Chris Hitchens' comments about the Chavez speech.

I agree completely with Sensible Mom's commentary on Chavez and the reaction to the speech.

Update VIII: Buck Pennington would like to return to the 50's and 60's, at least as far as CIA political assassination policy goes.

Comments (72)

Come December when Chavez r... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by cubanbob | September 20, 2006 12:37 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

cubanbob:

Come December when Chavez rigs the election and does a Castro, I fear there is going to be a violent reaction and a possible civil war.

Posted on September 20, 2006 12:37

Hugo was right! Ahmajinadad... (Below threshold)

2. Posted by 914 | September 20, 2006 1:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

914:

Hugo was right! Ahmajinadad was there yesterday.

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:02

I'm sorry...why is Bush the... (Below threshold)

3. Posted by Heralder | September 20, 2006 1:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Heralder:

I'm sorry...why is Bush the devil? I hear alot of that out of this communist wannabe windbag.

Oh yeah, that's right...everything wrong in his country, and the world is the fault of Bush and American imperialism.

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:03

is saying the Devil was at ... (Below threshold)

4. Posted by nihilistic_disintegration | September 20, 2006 1:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

nihilistic_disintegration:

is saying the Devil was at the UN more or less insane than saying that God told you to invade two countries?

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:05

nihilistic_disintegration,<... (Below threshold)

5. Posted by Heralder | September 20, 2006 1:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

nihilistic_disintegration,

God told who to invade two countries?

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:09

Or god told you to chop of ... (Below threshold)

6. Posted by VagaBond | September 20, 2006 1:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

VagaBond:

Or god told you to chop of heads and fly airplanes in buildings?

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:14

I agree with the news analy... (Below threshold)

7. Posted by Scrapiron | September 20, 2006 1:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Scrapiron:

I agree with the news analysist for once. When oil drops to $40 a barrel Chavez will be hanged by his own people. Using the billions that is coming in now to build himself up at the cost of the population. He thinks he's another Castro, he isn't and he won't be able to dominate the population. It's a different world today than when Castro killed his way into office. An 80 cent 30-06 slug will take his head off sooner or later, hopefully sooner.

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:15

So a vote for House Democra... (Below threshold)

8. Posted by Sean Hackbarth | September 20, 2006 1:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Sean Hackbarth:

So a vote for House Democrats is a vote for a Hugo Chavez-backed ousting of President Bush via impeachment. Does anyone expect Rep. John Conyers, potential Chairmen of the Judiciary Committee to denouce Chavez? I'm not holding my breath.

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:26

You sure it wasn't a Democr... (Below threshold)

9. Posted by bill | September 20, 2006 1:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

bill:

You sure it wasn't a Democrat speaking?

When you start sounding like your sworn enemies, you might be doing something wrong. If these people get their way, they want to kill us all. The Donks set this table, and now the world's despots are taking up the call.

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:42

Looks like those DNC talkin... (Below threshold)

10. Posted by Ken Hupp | September 20, 2006 1:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Ken Hupp:

Looks like those DNC talking points are distributed far and wider than we thought. Apparently their fax machine numbers and email addresses are not limited to members and the MSM.

Ken

Posted on September 20, 2006 13:58

No, Mr. Chavez—Bush isn’t t... (Below threshold)

11. Posted by MyPetGloat | September 20, 2006 2:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

MyPetGloat:

No, Mr. Chavez—Bush isn’t the devil. The devil’s work is competent.

Posted on September 20, 2006 14:04

Chavez is a mafia type guy.... (Below threshold)

12. Posted by Florence Schmieg | September 20, 2006 2:11 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Florence Schmieg:

Chavez is a mafia type guy. The Iranian pres is a punk. Chavez is the more dangerous personally. The Iranian pres has the more dangerous country. No matter how you feel about Bush, we have a 2 term limit and checks and balances. Can't say that about these other guys.

Posted on September 20, 2006 14:11

"Oh yeah, that's right...ev... (Below threshold)

13. Posted by Robert | September 20, 2006 2:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Robert:

"Oh yeah, that's right...everything wrong in his country, and the world is the fault of Bush and American imperialism."

Chavez must not have heard of the democratic Party. Sure they have no power in Venezuela, but they have no power in the US either, and that hasn't stopped the Right from throwing the blame.

BTW, Chavez is trying to rally his base.
Bush would NEVER make shit up to do the same. (as far as you know).

Posted on September 20, 2006 14:31

Chavez doesn't need to rall... (Below threshold)

14. Posted by Heralder | September 20, 2006 2:46 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Chavez doesn't need to rally his base, all he needs to do is keep pointing his crooked finger at us. That'll keep the eyes off of him long enough to finish arming his "militia" with Russian weapons; to resist and American invasion he says.
Everyone should realize that no conventional force he could muster would stand against an American invasion. The "militia" is to keep him in power.

He's well on his way to being another Castro and all the UN can do is giggle and clap.

If he smelled sulfur there, it's because he's got his head so far up Ahmadinejad's ass.

Posted on September 20, 2006 14:46

Chavez now anchors/channels... (Below threshold)

15. Posted by Mitchell | September 20, 2006 3:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Mitchell:

Chavez now anchors/channels the looney left in the U.S.!

Hopefully he will do for the Dems. what he has done so far to his economy (it sucks--a recent visitor tells me that normal goods are in short supply, including a competent leader).

Go Chav!

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:09

chavez only won 2 elections... (Below threshold)

16. Posted by dubya | September 20, 2006 3:15 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

dubya:

chavez only won 2 elections and survived a no-confidence referendum. he'll never be a champion of democracy and human rights like my good friend king abdullah or those peace loving emirs

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:15

and who does he think he is... (Below threshold)

17. Posted by dubya | September 20, 2006 3:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

and who does he think he is, giving discounted heating oil to americans. hey hugo, those americans would rather freeze to death than benefit from your largesse (damn, my prep-school vocabulary's showing again!)

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:16

Looney TunesAvaila... (Below threshold)

18. Posted by Neo | September 20, 2006 3:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Neo:

Looney Tunes

Available now: screensavers featuring Presidents Hugo Chavez and Ah-mad-in-ejad.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:18

So your opinions of who is ... (Below threshold)

19. Posted by madmatt | September 20, 2006 3:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

madmatt:

So your opinions of who is evil is correct, but nobody elses....seems most of the planet agrees with chavez.
As somebody who has actually been to venezuala pre-chavez and seen the hell the common people lived in I am not surprised that the people of venezuala love him more than the plutocrats/corporations who had stolen 95% of the country and kept the people as slaves in all but name.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:19

another thing. there's only... (Below threshold)

20. Posted by dubya | September 20, 2006 3:26 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

another thing. there's only one explicitly anti-chavez TV network in venezuela. not like the freewheeling commentary you find among my brothers in saudi arabia.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:26

Think Chubby Chavez will be... (Below threshold)

21. Posted by VagaBond | September 20, 2006 3:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Think Chubby Chavez will be a guest on "The (Slanted) View"?

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:31

dubya:and... (Below threshold)

22. Posted by Heralder | September 20, 2006 3:40 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

and who does he think he is, giving discounted heating oil to americans. hey hugo, those americans would rather freeze to death than benefit from your largesse

That was nothing but a publicity stunt...which worked I guess...obviously it won you right over. You think Chavez cares about some poor people in the Northeast US when he's got so many in his own country starving to death? Do you think those people would have frozen to death?

So your opinions of who is evil is correct, but nobody elses....seems most of the planet agrees with chavez.

Yes, some people in the UN clapped which naturally equals most of the planet.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:40

My God, it's Hitler (Ahmadi... (Below threshold)

23. Posted by Peter F. | September 20, 2006 3:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Peter F.:

My God, it's Hitler (Ahmadinejad) and Mussolini (Chavez) all over again. And again, a large majority of those in the West do not honor or even see the threat.

Insanity.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:41

heralder is correct. democr... (Below threshold)

24. Posted by king abdullah | September 20, 2006 3:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

king abdullah:

heralder is correct. democracy good! fundamentalism bad! tell your wives and children.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:47

The members of The Bush Cri... (Below threshold)

25. Posted by tommo | September 20, 2006 3:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

tommo:

The members of The Bush Crime Family belong in prison, if not executed for the damage they have done our beloved nation. That's not moon-battery.

Bush may not be the devil, but he will have a special place in hell. I should think being water-boarded for all eternity. Then beaten, short of organ failure.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:55

Wow, I just popped over to ... (Below threshold)

26. Posted by jack oneil | September 20, 2006 3:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

jack oneil:

Wow, I just popped over to the DU and those people are nuts! They are already setting themselves up as outsiders to whatever the Dems eventually do because they are NUTS! Nothing will ever please them, nothing.

Peter F., my thoughts exactly. Lucky for us neither has the balls that Hitler did. They don't even have Sadaams balls.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:56

Hey Tommo, you are nuts! So... (Below threshold)

27. Posted by jack oneil | September 20, 2006 3:59 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Hey Tommo, you are nuts! So, I guess you plan on killing the more than 1/2 the country that voted for the people in power now too huh? Why don't you try seceding from the country or just move out.

If they were as evil as you say, you would be dead right now. Also, I bet if they asked for volunteers there would be no shortage.

Instead of proving you're and idiot, why don't you get out there and do something positive to prove you are better than the rest of us. Why don't you run for office and astound us with your foreign policy. Oh right, you're an idiot.

Posted on September 20, 2006 15:59

jack oneil:I do no... (Below threshold)

28. Posted by Peter F. | September 20, 2006 4:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

I do not share your faith as far as "balls" go, especially when it comes to Ahmadinejad. His and his country's support for the likes of Hezbollah whom Iran directly supplies arms to, and other terrorist proxy armies they support, show he has the balls. Big, calculating balls.

Posted on September 20, 2006 16:03

tommo:The... (Below threshold)

29. Posted by Heralder | September 20, 2006 4:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

The members of The Bush Crime Family belong in prison, if not executed for the damage they have done our beloved nation.

What the hell are you talking about?...where do you guys get this stuff?

You are clearly insane.

Posted on September 20, 2006 16:04

IF THERE WERE JUSTICE, the ... (Below threshold)

30. Posted by tommo | September 20, 2006 4:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

IF THERE WERE JUSTICE, the torture and slughter of thousands of innocents, in order to keep cheap gas flowing to cronies and the American public, would be a capital offense.

And I bet a lot of you hypocrites think you are Christ-like. You're the nut-jobs.

Posted on September 20, 2006 16:31

Bush as the devil...?... (Below threshold)

31. Posted by Pita | September 20, 2006 4:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Pita:

Bush as the devil...?

You guys have a problem with that? I mean...hello?

Posted on September 20, 2006 16:33

maybe the "devil" rhetoric ... (Below threshold)

32. Posted by jan van flac | September 20, 2006 5:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

jan van flac:

maybe the "devil" rhetoric is over the top, but no politician is as hated and feared, worldwide, as Bush. That's the truth. And although "only" 55-60% of Americans dislike him, most that do dislike him with an intensity never before seen in American politics.

That's the truth which you all need to face up to.

In my view, he has earned this hatred and then some.

Posted on September 20, 2006 17:02

...earned hatred...<... (Below threshold)

33. Posted by Peter F. | September 20, 2006 5:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

...earned hatred...

Spoken like a humanity-loving and tolerant liberal.

WhoTF "earns" hatred? A man who helps free 50 million people from tyrnany and oppression, combats or the man who calls for wiping Israel "off the map", condones the raping and torturing of women for not wearing their burhkas correctly (Ahmadinejad), fills mass graves of his opponents (Saddam) and performs and conducts atrocities across the globe in the name of his God (OBL).

It's not even effing close, pal.

Again, insanity.

Posted on September 20, 2006 17:16

Silly Hugo. Bush isn't the ... (Below threshold)

34. Posted by John Gillnitz | September 20, 2006 5:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

John Gillnitz:

Silly Hugo. Bush isn't the devil. Cheney is. Bush is just a minor minion.

Posted on September 20, 2006 17:18

What's wrong with you guys?... (Below threshold)

35. Posted by ME | September 20, 2006 5:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

ME:

What's wrong with you guys? Bush IS the devil...OUR devil.

I mean, we need to be ruthless with the Islamocommufascists, who will absolutely make us all wear Burkas if we don't take a stand equivalent to the next world war! No one is more ruthless than the Devil!

Seriously though, If someone attempted a coup against you (as Bush did against Chavez in 02 (I think it was 02)), wouldn't you call them the devil too?

Posted on September 20, 2006 17:19

Looks like DU people and or... (Below threshold)

36. Posted by Mitchell | September 20, 2006 5:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

Looks like DU people and or their sock puppets have decided to come over here with their delusions.

If you think Venezuela was bad pre-Chavez, you ain't seen nothing yet.

He stole the last election per several credible analyses. Now that he has power, he's stuffed the courts, govt, businesses with his leftist Castroite boys, and the country is getting run down.

If you seriously hold him out as your authority on things in the world, you really have ended up in a sad place for yourself.

We didn't use to joke about the Hitlers and Mussolinis of the world during WWII, much less accuse our President of being worse.

Wow. Think about that for a minute.

36. Posted by Mitchell | September 20, 2006 5:34 PM | Score:

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