The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[scaeagles]

Chavez of Venezuela made an interesting speech at the UN. While I won't go into what I thought of it, I loved our UN ambassador Bolton's comments about it, which was something to the effect of "He can say that about ou President standing in the middle of central park if he wishes, as could anyone. I'd like to remind him that if someone said those things about him in Venezuela they'd be shot.".

Criticize the President all you want. But at least don't use prison and death sentences to silence your own vocal detractors.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Chavez of Venezuela made an interesting speech at the UN. While I won't go into what I thought of it, I loved our UN ambassador Bolton's comments about it, which was something to the effect of "He can say that about ou President standing in the middle of central park if he wishes, as could anyone. I'd like to remind him that if someone said those things about him in Venezuela they'd be shot."

That's actually the premise of an old joke, the punchline of which is, "No, no. Anyone can stand in the middle of Red Square and shout "F*** Reagan."

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Criticize the President all you want. But at least don't use prison and death sentences to silence your own vocal detractors.

One of the scarier moments shortly after 9/11 was Ari Fleischer's press conference where he said that people needed to watch what they do and watch what they say. Fortunately, that hysteria seems to have faded, at least overtly.