Chavez and Criticism

July 23rd, 2007

It seems that the socialist thug can dish it out in our country, but can’t take it at home:

President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that foreigners who publicly criticize him or his government while visiting Venezuela will be expelled from the country.

Chavez ordered officials to closely monitor statements made by international figures during their visits to Venezuela — and deport any outspoken critics.

“How long are we going to allow a person — from any country in the world — to come to our own house to say there’s a dictatorship here, that the president is a tyrant, and nobody does anything about it?” Chavez asked during his weekly television and radio program.

The Venezuelan leader’s statements came after Manuel Espino, the president of Mexico’s conservative ruling party, criticized Chavez during a recent pro-democracy forum in Caracas.

Government opponents argue Chavez — a close ally of Cuban leader Fidel Castro — is becoming increasingly authoritarian and cracking down on dissent as he steers oil-rich Venezuela toward what he calls “21st-century socialism.”

If Chavez truly wasn’t a dictator and a tyrant, his government would be more tolerant of free speech — especially when that free speech isn’t always favorable. Also, he wouldn’t go around censoring free expression among native Venezuelans, including shutting down a TV station he doesn’t like.

So the next time Chavez steps on U.S. soil to attack our country and our leaders, I say we tell him to take a Citgo pump nozzle and stick it where the sun doesn’t shine — followed by immediate deportation. What’s good for the goose is also good for the gander.


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One Response to “Chavez and Criticism”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon on July 30, 2007 July 30, 2007 - 3:25 am

    Good idea – I shall bring some sealer, to use after a few gallons are pumped in…

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