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Obama’s Joke About Going To Visit Hugo Chavez Doesn’t Go Over Very Well

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sad obama is sadIt seems that an excess of time zone-shifting may have addled President Obama’s brain after his latest trip to Lisbon. On Twitter, reporters Mark Knoller of CBS and Ed Henry of CNN both wrote that as Air Force One was flying back to Washington on Friday, Obama stopped by the press cabin and joked about having the plane stop in South America so that he could pay a visit to Hugo Chavez.

Here are the tweets in question:

knoller tweet

henry tweet

Obama obviously wasn’t being serious when he made his remark. Even so, it seems that some are taking the comment to mean that Obama really is in the tank with Chavez—or at least that he’s not as serious about Chavez as he should be. The Blaze’s post about the joke has already garnered 285 comments in just over 24 hours, comments like these:

Mr Obama will try to take America down with him and turn us into a Soros communist puppet. I for one will not let her pass into the night without giving my all to keep her free.

Why would the President of the Free World meet with a dictator of the likes of the Apocalyptic dictator such as Ahmadhinejad? What is brewing behind the scenes that compels him to make such a detour? What are they up to?

Who thinks he wasn’t kidding? Sounds like he just wanted to so see his friend and dictator … for some pointers on fixing the next election (if he “allows” it at all) or taking over another private enterprise. WAKE UP America!

So remember, elected officials of America: If you make a joke about a sensitive subject, people are going to take you seriously. Maybe it’s best to save up all your zingers for the Alfred E. Smith Dinner—or just to make sure only to poke fun at your own colleagues.

[h/t The Blaze]

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  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Well to be fair, most of us do want to be around our loved ones for the holidays.

  • Mr B

    Awww, Bammy just misses his soulmate…….

  • Big Eddie

    Obama should stick to his tried and true routines like his hilarious Special Olympics comedy bit .

  • Just4thefax

    Fact: Obama’s Joke About Going To Visit Hugo Chavez Doesn’t Go Over Very Well. I always took him as a comic like Al Franken but the democrats voted in both of them. Who says America doesn’t take jokes well?

  • skyfet

    Chaveze called him an ignoramus, I don’t think he’d appreciate a visit from him.

  • m

    Yet conservatives didn’t say shit when Bush joked about WMD’s in the Oval Office after sending our men and women to the desert to die for a fucking lie.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Hye M, why don’t you write your DEM representatives and vent your anger. They voted for war.

  • RichS

    m said:
    Yet conservatives didn’t say shit when Bush joked about WMD’s in the Oval Office after sending our men and women to the desert to die for a fucking lie.

    Not only did the Democrats vote for the law but they claimed the following mutually exclusive actions:
    1. There were no WMDs and Bush lied.
    2. The troops advanced into Iraq so quickly the the Iraqiis had time to move WMDs into Syria after the troops passed the Iraqii positions.

    So, in effect, the Democrats screamed THERE WERE NO WMDs AND SADDAM WAS GIVEN A CHANCE TO MOVE THEM.

    Neat trick. Of course the media did nothing to point this out.

  • Harry Flashman

    It was a joke?

  • trica

    Love You Mr. President

  • timzank

    skyfet said:
    Chaveze called him an ignoramus, I don’t think he’d appreciate a visit from him.

    You’re kidding right? Hugo would toss Barry’s salad for a visit.

  • timzank

    m said:
    Yet conservatives didn’t say shit when Bush joked about WMD’s in the Oval Office after sending our men and women to the desert to die for a fucking lie.

    Yes they did. He was chastised pretty roundly for the jokes by Repubs and Dems, you just have a short memory and an unnatural and unhealthy obsession with the former president.

    Move on with your life dude, focus on the fuckstick you put in the office, not the past.

  • The Dweller Ysul

    Is there is any question remaining that Beck’s audience is the stupidest on the planet?

  • CosmosDan

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Well to be fair, most of us do want to be around our loved ones for the holidays.

    LOL, gotta admit, that’s a good one.

  • CosmosDan

    m said:
    Yet conservatives didn’t say shit when Bush joked about WMD’s in the Oval Office after sending our men and women to the desert to die for a fucking lie.

    Right. I remember watching that and thinking ” Holy F**k, is that supposed to be funny? People are dieing over there asshole.”

  • CosmosDan

    RichS said:
    Not only did the Democrats vote for the law but they claimed the following mutually exclusive actions:
    1. There were no WMDs and Bush lied.
    2. The troops advanced into Iraq so quickly the the Iraqiis had time to move WMDs into Syria after the troops passed the Iraqii positions.

    So, in effect, the Democrats screamed THERE WERE NO WMDs AND SADDAM WAS GIVEN A CHANCE TO MOVE THEM.

    Neat trick. Of course the media did nothing to point this out.

    So, you’re saying both parties are complicit in perpetrating a bloody lie on we the people that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives?

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    The Dweller Ysul says:
    Is there is any question remaining that Beck’s audience is the stupidest on the planet?

    UM, you do realize that article at the blaze was based on a tweet from Ed Henry at CNN, right? WOW, your BDS knows no bounds. Take your meds, dude!

  • beamangrow

    `what the……….. slow day? wtf.get a life.

  • trica

    “Obama should stick to his tried and true routines like his hilarious Special Olympics comedy bit”

    Conservatives should stick to jokes like “Barack the magic negro”, “Halfican Americans” the white half must be “American”. Having their kids call people who don’t see stuff their way “gay”, “faggots” and cursing at them like sailors, saying Hispanics who voted for Obama “can’t pronounce or spell the word vote”. Oh to many jokes to point out. Oh…so sorry not joking, that’s the way Conservatives really feel…be proud.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Hey Trica,
    Barack the magic negro”, originated from a LIB at the LA times. Nice try though!

  • CosmosDan

    timzank said:
    Yes they did. He was chastised pretty roundly for the jokes by Repubs and Dems, you just have a short memory and an unnatural and unhealthy obsession with the former president.

    Move on with your life dude, focus on the fuckstick you put in the office, not the past.

    Well the subject at hand is bad jokes, and I’d say Bush wins by a mile so far. In looking up that incident I don’t find that Bush was roundly criticized by republicans. Are you sure your memory is correct? Looks like the head of the GOP and the WH spokesperson defended it.

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4608166/

    In terms of issues an offhand bad joke by Obama is barely worth mentioning.

  • CosmosDan

    Gee, I wonder if Fox will jump on something this minor and make it into a much greater offense?

  • timzank

    CosmosDan said:
    Gee, I wonder if Fox will jump on something this minor and make it into a much greater offense?

    They haven’t yet, and they’ve had plenty of time to do so. Just this site and CNN, go figure.

  • pakattak

    CosmosDan, you are consistently the most rational poster on this website.

  • The Dweller Ysul

    There goes Seeing 2012 proving my point. Yeah, Dummy, the Blaze referenced the Ed Henry tweet, where he used the word “joke,” and what do countless commenters at the Blaze read? This: “Skree, skree, the Kenyan is friends with Chavez, skree.” Derangement, indeed.

  • skyfet

    @timzank
    Again you are commenting about an issue you have no idea, even your friends at Fox noticed it when Chavez called your biggest enemy an ignoramus.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    I think Mediaite should do a piece on how angry Castro was when the Dem’s lost big in the recent elections. Castro hates the tea-parties!! Classic!

  • More Liberty

    Obama’$ jokes are well…..not very funny. But to be honest his job is not to be the Comedian and chief. He should just stick to stuff he’s good at like increasing the debt and deficit, as well as bailing out the fat cats on Wall Street.

  • More Liberty

    CosmosDan said:
    In terms of issues an offhand bad joke by Obama is barely worth mentioning.

    Good point. We’ve got more important issues like handing over $350 billion each year to the Chinese just for debt interest payments alone. Not to mention high unemployment and a war in Afghanistan.

  • BlackWidow

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    Hye M, why don’t you write your DEM representatives and vent your anger. They voted for war.

    Yes they were lazy and to think that they actually BELIEVED BUSH is just amazing. Who in their right mond ever believed anything Bush/Cheney ever said. Shame on the Dems.

  • BlackWidow

    More Liberty said:
    Good point. We’ve got more important issues like handing over $350 billion each year to the Chinese just for debt interest payments alone. Not to mention high unemployment and a war in Afghanistan.

    OMG to think the man has a sense of humor is just so disgusting. Oh my goodness. Hey I loved Bush at the dinner when he was joking and looking for the WMD’S. I guess that is a good example of his sense of humor.

  • BlackWidow

    pakattak said:
    CosmosDan, you are consistently the most rational poster on this website.

    Yes he is. He never loses his cool addressing all the morans on here.

  • BlackWidow

    Seeing 2012 From My Window said:
    I think Mediaite should do a piece on how angry Castro was when the Dem’s lost big in the recent elections. Castro hates the tea-parties!! Classic!

    So now you are reading someones mind. Michele did you know that people get paid for that service. You have a new calling.

  • Seeing 2012 From My Window

    Black Widow says:

    So now you are reading someones mind.

    Who’s mind am I reading? If you looked at any news beyond the Daily Kos, you would know it’s true.

  • More Liberty

    BlackWidow said:
    OMG to think the man has a sense of humor is just so disgusting. Oh my goodness. Hey I loved Bush at the dinner when he was joking and looking for the WMD’S. I guess that is a good example of his sense of humor.

    Actually I don’t think it was. Sorry to have to bust your little bubble dude but I’m not partisan hack. I didn’t care for Bu$h, nor do I care at all for Obama. Both are corporatist crooks, and nothing has much changed as Obama claimed it would. Obama is continuing Bush’s policies for the most part.

    Gitmo – Still Open
    Patriot Act – Obama signed it again
    Debt – Going up, just as it did under Bush
    Deficit – Continues to increase, actually 3 times more than Bush
    Lobbyists – yep still in the government, just as it was under Bush (Obama just signs waivers)

    So sorry “BlackWidow” but your Obama is just another incompetent fool/crook.

  • http://sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/ GlennBeckReview

    Hilary, you do realize that people who post comments on TheBlaze are 2 digit IQ Beckerheads who actually believe the nonsense that comes out of Beck’s mouth, right? (Psssst, they don’t believe in science, much less anything this President has to day.) Their brains have been programmed to believe stupid crap like, “Bammy just misses his soulmate…….”

  • C.Moore

    Even though i’m a supporter of Obama, even i know he bit himself with this moment of a “joke” of his. I know it was a joke, but a stupid joke it was. Mr. President, i say this with respect for you. Please be quiet about things you don’t know.

  • More Liberty

    GlennBeckReview said:
    Hilary, you do realize that people who post comments on TheBlaze are 2 digit IQ Beckerheads who actually believe the nonsense that comes out of Beck’s mouth, right? (Psssst, they don’t believe in science, much less anything this President has to day.) Their brains have been programmed to believe stupid crap like, “Bammy just misses his soulmate…….”

    Do you ever post anything that is not based on personal attacks? Or are you just trying to get people to go to your website. You’re obviously a very angry person – possibly very lonely. I’m sorry things have not worked out for you. A person that is so focused on hating one person, Glenn Beck in your case, can’t be very happy.

    I’m sorry.

  • DrFunke

    The fact that some would take this comment seriously shows how pathetic the right-wing has gotten with needing material for Obama

    I am not sure a single person outside the idiotic right-wing base sees this joke and thinks anything other than it being humerous

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dronetek-Bulk-Vanderhuge/100000918732763 Dronetek

    “It seems that an excess of time zone-shifting may have addled President Obama’s brain”

    Had Bush said it, you would be wringing your hands about how dumb this president is. Since Obama, you libs have all kinds of excuses for when your guys says something retarded.

  • RichS

    CosmosDan said:
    So, you’re saying both parties are complicit in perpetrating a bloody lie on we the people that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives?

    What body cavity did you pull that from?

  • RichS

    DrFunke said:
    The fact that some would take this comment seriously shows how pathetic the right-wing has gotten with needing material for Obama I am not sure a single person outside the idiotic right-wing base sees this joke and thinks anything other than it being humerous

    I have no idea how you think this remark is humerous.

  • ImRubberYoureGlue

    trica said:
    Love You Mr. President

    Good God. Yuck.

  • tatboy

    CosmosDan said:
    Well the subject at hand is bad jokes, and I’d say Bush wins by a mile so far. In looking up that incident I don’t find that Bush was roundly criticized by republicans. Are you sure your memory is correct? Looks like the head of the GOP and the WH spokesperson defended it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4608166/ In terms of issues an offhand bad joke by Obama is barely worth mentioning.

    Ok Cosmos a couple of points… So you were OUTRAGED by Bush’s joke? But not Obamas… right? OK got it. Fake outrage for one, none for another… got it. Kinda like Gibbs saying “Imagine Nazi signs five years ago”… right. Fein outrage and then re-write history, I think I’ve got the playbook the left is playing from now.

    And you were wondering if FOX would be over-reporting or blowing up this story but using an MSNBC link… right??? Really man, seriously? That is beyond a joke.

    And YES, I thought Bush’s joke was totally crappy at the time. I was ALSO offended with his line… “Now watch this drive”. Not cool. I was outraged then AND now. How about YOU??? Being a bit selective aren’t we??? Just like your accusing us on the right of being. Being a little do as I say not as I do aren’t we???

  • ImRubberYoureGlue

    BlackWidow said:
    Yes they were lazy and to think that they actually BELIEVED BUSH is just amazing. Who in their right mond ever believed anything Bush/Cheney ever said. Shame on the Dems.

    You’re so fucking forgiving and sweet to people who murder, lie, exploit dead babies for votes…..aren’t you just fucking NEATO, bitch?

    But why foist your gutter standards on me? I didn’t vote for either of the turds you obviously cherish–obama and bush.

    And you obviously only have problems with bush’s ‘party,’ because you apparently support his policies.

    You’re a self-hating, war-loving, woman-hating TWAT…and all for the love of the dnc who, BTW, HATES YOUR FUCKING GUTS, dumbass.

  • tracim813

    CosmosDan said:
    CosmosDan said:
    So, you’re saying both parties are complicit in perpetrating a bloody lie on we the people that has cost hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives?

    Yes, that’s exactly what I believe – they were all responsible. It’s time this stops being touted as all George Bush’s fault? When is someone going to stand up and start taking some responsibility for something? Sheesh.

  • WHarropson

    What do they say about things said in jest? No one is surprised. No one.

  • Penguin60

    BlackWidow said:
    Who in their right mind ever believed anything barry ever said. Shame on the everyone.

    That’s more like it.

  • timzank

    tracim813 said:
    Yes, that’s exactly what I believe – they were all responsible. It’s time this stops being touted as all George Bush’s fault? When is someone going to stand up and start taking some responsibility for something? Sheesh.

    Uhhh, Dems and responsibility can’t be accomplished. Never the twain shall shall meet.

  • Padfoot

    The Dweller Ysul said:
    Is there is any question remaining that Beck’s audience is the stupidest on the planet?

    was there ever?

    CosmosDan said:
    Right. I remember watching that and thinking ” Holy F**k, is that supposed to be funny? People are dieing over there asshole.”

    where were these people when Bush made those comments (jokes :S)… were they as angry as they are now?

  • Georgia999

    Why do so many of these comments turn into insults toward the Right and then more toward the Left? Not interesting reading. Keeping with the article, I would have loved to see the expression on the faces of the Press when BigO said that !!!

  • http://none pyrope

    trica said:
    Conservatives should stick to jokes like “Barack the magic negro

    Are you saying the LA Slimes is “conservative?” THAT is where the “magic negro” thing first appeared.

  • http://none pyrope

    So, -0bama made a joke. The sad part is -0bama is a total joke and the joke is on the poor schlubs who voted for him.

  • Snidely

    Fraudian Slip? That’s the path he hopes to take the US down. Banana republic.

  • http://Mediaite.com uggugg

    I think Obama is the best thing for the economy that has come around for a long time. Still these people surrounding him are his employees. Like the hard core Republicans and Businesses, I would say; don’t get friendly with the employees they may have issues of their own. Keep things on a business level. Use solemn, friendly, courteous, generous but firm relations. This is not the way life should be but from an old man it works better than anything else. Save your jokes and happy moments for when you get home with you wife. Remember the good book says; if you have but one true friend, you are wealthy. I say; if you do, it is probably you wife.

  • toyotabedzrock

    I think he was joking with the reporters because they seem to have a stick up their asses.
    Telling how quickly they acted like tween girls gossiping that their dad isn’t taking them where they want to go right now.

  • trica

    ImRubberYoureGlue said:
    Good God. Yuck
    Ain’t it coll

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