I wonder what kind of talking points the right will issue to its teabagging Greek chorus regarding Jimmy Carter’s claim that the US was involved in the short-lived 2002 Venezuelan coup. Chavez has been sold as the Western Hemisphere’s Ahmadinejad to people who have no idea why the Venezuelans would elect a dark-skinned mixed blood ex-coup leader over the traditional light-skinned political aristocracy. To them this is the man who called Bush the devil and shut down media outlets that didn’t agree with him.* (Even my liberal friends get their panties in a bunch over this one.)
Why would they not applaud a U.S. backed coup in Venezuela [correction on re-edit]? Which they cannot – because they cannot be seen agreeing with Jimmy Carter even on what is a matter of fact. (OF COURSE the U.S. was complicit in that event. Venezuela has oil, remember?) So the meme would have to involve some sort of denial (“There you go again Jimmy") with sympathy for the brave people of Venezuela who sought to liberate themselves from an insane dictator (the devil himself!). The conversation would need to shift from the actual charge (what we did) to calling for sanctions against Venezuela (what they did). Socialism will be mentioned. Communism will be mentioned. Imperialism, probably not.
*Should any US media outlet openly and brazenly aid and abet a coup against the US government, it would be shut down immediately and the owners held on treason charges – something those who decry Chavez for being anti free speech should keep in mind. GWB continuously used religious references, (Crusades, evil doers) before destroying the nation of Iraq without cause.
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