Posted by
Cole West on Sunday, April 19, 2009 1:39:03 PM
It is my nature to notice small, inconspicuous and often overlooked things. That trait can sometimes lead to nutty conspiracy theories, however. Maybe that is why I was intrigued by a news report concerning the "Summit of America's." It was reported that, after Daniel Ortega's America-hating diatribe, including the 1961 attempt by the U.S. to oust Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez made the following remark. He commented that President Obama could not be blamed for an event that happened 3 months after he was born. That remark fascinated me. He got a little bit confused in minutia, but how is it that Hugo Chavez knew our President's birthday right off the cuff?
As a result, two thoughts occured to me. Either Hugo Chavez had recently researched the details of our president's birth, or President Obama said these same words to El Presidente while they met together days ago. Maybe both.
Anyone familiar with Communist dictators knows that they keep files on both their enemies and "friends." They all have a version of the KGB, reporting to them on everyone, from their own second in command, down to the drunk asleep under the nearby bus stop bench. That includes both citizens, and any foreigners visiting their country. Dictators often memorize many of the details of these files, such as birth records, and Chavez probably knew both the facts as well as the speculation.
Also rolling around in what my wife calls my empty head, was the probability that these very words were said to Hugo whenever our President and he met together. "I can't be blamed, Hugo, for events and policies of the U.S., 40 years ago or more." Sound familiar?
These lines were repeated often on the campaign trail by the President. Concerning Bill Ayers, noted past domestic terrorist, the candidate stated that he could not be blamed for the actions of his acquaintances that occured when he, Obama, was just a little child. So I can hear him saying the same to the Latin American dictator.
Either way, it makes me wander why Hugo Chavez would so quickly defend this U.S. President, spouting details of his birth, so easily off the cuff.
This Latin American love triangle is comical. Daniel Ortega's actions belie those of a jilted lover, jealous and irrational, besmurching an unwelcomed suitor. The idol of his affections, Hugo Chavez, coldly defends his new suitor, the President of the U.S., after the insulted mistress feigns injury, and tearfully professes an unstained character. Oh, Amore!
Of the three, only one is the true lover, or speaking politically, the true believer. That one is Daniel Ortega. So I name our characters, as if in a Shakespearean drama: The Communist, The Pragmatist, and The Idealist. (You can debate within yourself to whom each name applies. For me, it is Hugo, Barack, and Daniel, respectively.)