VHeadline.com commentarist Mary MacElveen writes: The above statement, referring
to
In
"US
campaign to ring Chavez alarm fails to resonate" an unidentified
congressional aide (who did not want to be named because he was relating a
private conversation) said "a bipartisan delegation of US legislators met
Condoleezza Rice before she became Secretary of State to urge her to reach out
to Chavez."
So ... this is how we base
our foreign policy towards another country?
That phrase in itself sounds as if it could come from Bush
himself...
The
other day, someone emailed me (referring to Chavez) stating "he has no
idea how a Head of State should behave in public, and his call for the
destruction of
First of all, he is not
calling for the destruction of
Second, could it be that he reacts as he does especially
when such brilliant words are said of him by someone close to the president?
As
Larry Birns of the
Oh I am not that sure, Mr. Birns ... there are those within
our country who will still blindly follow this president without fully knowing
the facts.
It
seems evidence does not
mean anything in this country (
Well we intellectuals tried to tell these suckers concerning
the lies that lead to our invasion of
Bernardo
Alvarez Herrera, the Venezuelan Ambassador to the
Oh I believe that they are afraid.
We
are all seeing how poorly the right is leading us through many of their failed
policies both foreign and domestic. So, they have to point the finger of blame
at someone. They can't blame their
president ... so why not enrage the
Excuse me? But, who is the
threat to our country?
The
threat to our country resides in our White House ... or in
- If President Chavez was truly calling for the
destruction of
Winter
is fast approaching, and if something is not done by this administration to
deal with this problem, I fear for the poor ... even as a middle class mother
of two, I too fear how high the cost will be to heat my home. I am almost
afraid to call my oil company to come fill up my oil tank. I have already told
my children we will be wearing heavy sweaters around the house this winter.
At
least President Chavez is aware how high our oil bills are and wants to help.
His compassionate plan sure does not
sound like a threat to me. What it clearly shows is that he understands those
that are not within the top
one percent. Americans should be demanding of every elected official to
let him supply this discounted oil.
President
Chavez said “there's a lot of poverty in the
Finally there is a President out there ... albeit not ours
... who understands what is going on in this country. Lately our esteemed
president has been traveling the country to sell a war since his approval ratings are down and the
approval ratings of his war are sinking. President Chavez then went on to say:
“we could have an impact on seven to eight million persons!”
Well that is 7-8 million more that could be done that has not
been done by the Bush administration.
Chavez also wants to
provide free eye operations to poor communities in the United States and as
millions go without health care, is that an act of a dictator?
His
plan calls for
When
our poor and uninsured Americans cannot get these operations here, why not in
What has Bush done for
these people to help repair their sight?
The
plan to provide operations on such conditions as cataracts, myopia, pigmentary
retinosis and many others is called "Mission Miracle." It sounds far
better than Bush's "Mission Accomplished" ... it enhances life and
does not end it.
In light of Pat
This is how a true
man of faith reacts.
I
can tell you that those who do not
support Bush and his agenda say of him:
"We just don't like him!"
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Mary
MacElveen
xmjmac@optonline.net
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