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| Chavez: If anything happens to me, blame Bush |
| 2005-08-27 |
| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says US President George W Bush will be to blame if anything happens to him. He was speaking after US TV evangelist Pat Robertson called for his assassination in comments the US State Department said were "inappropriate". Mr Robertson later apologised saying he was frustrated at Mr Chavez's constant accusations against Washington. A senior representative of America's evangelical Christians says he is trying to meet Mr Chavez to apologise. Mr Chavez said on Friday that Pat Robertson "was expressing the wishes of the US elite". "If anything happens to me then the man responsible will be George W Bush. He will be the assassin," the Venezuelan president said at a public event. "This is pure terrorism." Earlier, the Rev Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, said he was seeking a meeting with Mr Chavez to distance US Christians from the remarks. He is in Mexico, where he is meeting a friend of Mr Chavez, and if all goes well he will travel on to Caracas for an encounter that Mr Haggard says he wants to secure assurances from Mr Chavez about the safety of American The Venezuelan government temporarily suspended permits for foreign missionaries on Friday so regulations for preachers in the country could be tightened. "We were already working on this, but these declarations have made us speed things up," said chief of the Justice Ministry's religious affairs unit, Carlos Gonzalez. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #7 Caracas: Sept. 2005 Minion: El Presidente! A box from a admirer in Washington, DC. Chavev: Well open it. Minion: It's a sack of 200 White Castles with cheese. And onion rings. And nachos with that fake cheese stuff. Chavez: Ummm! How thoughtful! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-08-28 00:01 |
| #6 I hope you're right, Frank. I fear he has enough of the Latin American Idiots to support him as long as he can loot someone to buy them off. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-08-27 19:53 |
| #5 Same old, same old. Chávez is basically Palpatine without the midi-chlorians. |
| Posted by: Korora 2005-08-27 18:35 |
| #4 I'd say he'll have done well to make it to 2008. He's not making friends, and he has no agenda other than pro-Fidel anti-americanism in a state that has tremendous trade with the evil U.S. Will be interesting to see what happens when he cuddles up to the Iranians (kill him then) or Chinese.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-27 17:34 |
| #3 So if he should die of natural causes say in 2019, blame Bush, right? |
| Posted by: The Angry Fliegerabwehrkanonen 2005-08-27 17:11 |
| #2 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says US President George W Bush will be to blame if anything happens to him. That, or the six-man fireteam who bags him. |
| Posted by: badanov 2005-08-27 16:58 |
| #1 "Mr Chavez said on Friday that Pat Robertson "was expressing the wishes of the US elite". I think he meant, US majority. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-27 14:56 |