President Chavez Calls for Bush to Quit 'Out of Honor' (Tal Cual)

[eppur_se_muova]

"It would be a good way out, not only for the United States, but it would reduce the tremendous tension around the world ... and perhaps this way, Papa Bush won't have to suffer the sight of what his son is about to face."

Translated By Harry Kenneth Echevarria

Accompanied by foreign journalists, President Hugo Chavez today celebrated the rout of the Republican Party at the hands of Democrats in state and federal elections. After learning that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld had resigned, Mr. Chavez said that the President of the country, George W. Bush, should also have to resign.

Donald Rumsfeld resigned his post after voters, aggravated by the campaign in Iraq, handed victory to the Democrats in the legislative elections.

"I believe Bush has fallen, compadre, his government has fallen democratically. Heads have already started to roll. The president should resign out of honor." Mr. Chavez was asked whether the United States should hold a referendum for the people on whether Mr. Bush, who Mr. Chavez has called genocidal and an assassin, should remain in power, as occurred in Venezuela.

Chavez insisted that Mr. Bush should resign and call for new elections. "It would be a good way out, not only for the United States, but it would reduce the tremendous tension around the world ... and perhaps this way, Papa Bush won't have to suffer the sight of what his son is about to face." Chavez has energetically condemned the Iraq invasion and has said that the 74-year-old Rumsfeld should have to go to prison.
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more: http://www.watchingamerica.com/talcual000002.shtml

"Bush" ... "out of honor" ... he's not out, he never had any. Futile to hope.

[lcordero2]

1. F**K THAT

This is one time that I'm going to have to disagree with him.

LET THE INVESTIGATIONS BEGIN!!! :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:

[FoxNewsSucks]

2. Bush?? Honor?????

Yeah, sure. That'll happen. . . . . .

[ixion]

3. the problem with that: * has no honor

none. zip. zich. nada.

[whistle]

4. Only if Bush and Cheney both quite together and then Nancy Pelosi

...becomes president

[kster]

5. Thats what I think is gonna happen....nt

[bobbie]

12. Ohmygod wouldn't that be friggen amazing.

...

[kenny blankenship]

6. Blood from a stone, Hugo!

To paraphrase Aretha Franklin: what you want, he ain't got it.

[badgerpup]

7. Ya know...

...that might not be such a bad idea.

Scenario...background music to indicate daydream...
Bush resigns. Cheney takes ONE LOOK at the impeachment firing squad all loaded up and suddenly no place to fire, and decides that maybe Lynn and Mary need more time with him...
his health ain't all that good, after all.

President pro-tem PELOSI commends both guys on doing the honorable thing, then lets slip the dogs of war investigations on them both. Ooooooh, what a MESS!
Amazing all the stuff you can find when you actually HAVE oversight...:sarcasm:
Time to buy plane tickets for Germany.
First class of course...even whats-his-bucket, who didn't murder JonBenet Ramsey got to fly first class on his way to trial...:evilgrin:

End daydream...

Resignation doesn't mean they get a pass on investigation..at least it DAMN WELL BETTER NOT. Only means that impeachment isn't something on which we have to burn our time and energy.

[Tyo]

8. Gotta love Chavez

I don't think I've ever heard the words "George Bush" and "honor" in the same sentence before.

[justinaforjustice]

9. 2006 Election Was a Referendum on Bush

The Venezuelan Constitution of 2000, drafted and passed with the approval of President Hugo Chavez, provides that if a sufficient percentage of voters sign a petition requesting a referendum to recall the President of Venezuela, such a referendum will be held.

The Bush administration, through grants by USAID to various putative non-governmental organizations like the National Republican Institute, helped to fund the petition drive for a recall referendum on the democratically elected President Hugo Chavez. Then the US again provided funds and technical assistant to support the recall campaign against President Chavez leading up to the referendum vote in 2004.

President Chavez had promised to leave office if the referendum majority voted to recall him.

Despite US efforts, Venezuelan voters by a very substantial majority, refused to recall President Chavez. He remains in office and is running for re-election in the regularly scheduled election this year in December. He is leading the opposition candidates in the polls, again by a substantial majority.

The mid-term election of 2006 was, in fact if not in law, a referendum on the administration of President Bush. President Bush and his Republican Party lost that referendum. It is no wonder that President Chavez expects President Bush to act honorably and resign, as he would have done. But perhaps President Chavez doesn't realize that President Bush lost the 2000 election to former Vice President Al Gore too, but, thanks to Republican Party's members on the U.S. Supreme Court, took office anyway. It is highly unlikely that Bush will now act honorably and resign.

Perhaps we need to add a Recall Referendum provision to our U.S. Constitution, so US voters, like Venezuelan voters, would have the power to remove a president or other top office holder directly.

[Demeter]

10. The Only Kind of Honor Bush Understands:

1)When someone honors him for his unearned and undeserved position,

2) What the Mafia refers to when using "Omerta'",

3) How the tribes treat their disobedient women: honor killings.


There isn't any room in that for anything honorable....

[bobbie]

11. You are so right Prez Chavez, in a sane country Bush would be toast

Your country's lucky to have a great leader. Our's is...not.