Shelia Jackson Lee Seeks To Arm Our Enemy
MichaelW on Feb 22 2007 at 5:22 pm | Filed under: Domestic Politics, Foreign affairs, Hugo Chavez, MichaelW's Page
I wonder what “pas d’ennemi a gauche” sounds like with a Texas drawal? Here’s what it looks like in congressional speak:
A U.S. congresswoman called on the Bush administration Wednesday to reconsider its ban on selling parts for U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to Venezuela, urging improved ties between the two nations.
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, a Texas Democrat, told reporters that she was making the first U.S. congressional visit to Venezuela since President Hugo Chavez’s December re-election with the message: “I want an immediate repairing of the relations between the United States and Venezuela.”
Yes, that’s right. The esteemed congresswoman wants to send arms to our good buddy Hugo Chavez. You know the one. He’s uttered such touching oaths of friendship as this:
“The devil came here [to the UN] yesterday,” Chavez said, referring to Bush, who addressed the world body during its annual meeting Tuesday. “And it smells of sulfur still today.”
and
“As the spokesman of imperialism, he came to share his nostrums to try to preserve the current pattern of domination, exploitation and pillage of the peoples of the world. An Alfred Hitchcock movie could use it as a scenario. I would even propose a title: ‘The Devil’s Recipe.’ ”
Chavez held up a book by Noam Chomsky on imperialism and said it encapsulated his arguments: “The American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its hegemonistic system of domination, and we cannot allow him to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated.”
There’s no doubt, Madam Congresswoman. Hugo LOOOVVVEEEEES him some America!
More from Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee:
Jackson Lee described Venezuela as a friendly nation that the U.S. should cooperate with and said that the F-16 jets, which are built in Texas, was an issue of concern to her constituents in Houston.
Well what’s good for the tax-paying citizens of Texas’ 18th Congressional District (at least the ones who fund her campaign), must be good for the rest of the country.
His name is Hugo Chavez. He is the president of oil-rich Venezuela. Mr. Chavez has decided that America is his enemy, so he is building up his army. He has forged an alliance with Fidel Castro, and many think he is going to make trouble for the United States.
Chavez believes he is in a fight with the devil. But the devil that Chavez fights does not reside in Hell. Chavez believes that the devil resides in Washington.
But he’s really, really friendly, y’all!
Is there no gutter in which you will not crawl for votes, Madam Representative?
Disgusting. Truly disgusting.
(HT: Bryan at Hot Air)
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