Actually he said “Por que no te callas!
Allright! I defended Sarkozy when he had his outburst/meltdown/temper tentrum on CBS’s 60 Minutes 2 weeks ago about his divorce. The argument was that he is a president and should act a certain way no matter what’s thrown at him, which I totally disagreed with. Private is private, and holding a public office does not give anyone the right to scrutinize public life like we do for celebrities. Like I said, during elections all is fair in love and war, coz we want to know who we are electing, but that does not hold true (at least to a certain degree, MonicaGate and else does not apply to the rule!) after being in office.
Now, last week, “controversial/Name Calling/I speak the truth” Chavez from Venezuela, was asked during the Ibero-American Summitt to shut up. That by no other than the King of Spade, King of Spain, King Juan Carlos. It is one thing to loose your temper and walk away. It is another to be vulgar, especially at that high diplomatic level. Though I understand how Chavez can be obnoxious interrupting and louder than anyone else, but I really find it out of line to ask a fellow president to shut up (especially knowing the King of Spain is just like the Queen of England: irrelevant if for no other purpose than parading).
Unfortunately for Chavez, Spain is not the US and a diplomatic incident with Spain will not gain popular sentiment with anybody in or outside Venezuela (whereas Anti americanism is the easiest sentiment to raise around the world these days).
See below article from BBC News about a ringtone reenacting the outburst, making mucho dineros to some cies.
(How about those punk a$$ Students downloading the ringtone in Venezuela. So, THAT’s your revolution? And how is that even considered news BBC? How relevant can it be that a bunch (maybe 2 or 3, we dunno!) downloaded the ringtone. Maybe Ahmadinejad downloaded it! AND??… Unbelievable how US Media will just report on anything negative about ennemy regimes.) What about your president!
‘Shut up’ Chavez is ringtone hit
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The king of Spain’s recent undiplomatic outburst at the Venezuelan president has become a ringtone hit across Spain.An estimated 500,000 people have downloaded the insult featuring the words “Why don’t you shut up?”, generating a reported 1.5m euros ($2m). King Juan Carlos asked Hugo Chavez to “shut up” at a summit in Chile last week after the president said Spain’s ex-PM Jose Maria Aznar was a “fascist”. Branded mugs, t-shirts and websites featuring the row are also profitable. In Venezuela, a group of students who oppose Mr Chavez’s government have also been downloading the ringtone, a US newspaper reported. “It’s a form of protest,” a 21-year-old student in Caracas told the Miami Herald. “It’s something that a lot of people would like to tell the president.” Companies selling the ringtones have avoided legal problems concerning breach of the king’s image rights by using an actor to voice the line. ‘No crisis’ The spat began at the Ibero-American Summit in Chile’s capital, Santiago, last Saturday when Mr Chavez called former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, a close ally of US President George W Bush, a fascist, adding “fascists are not human. A snake is more human.”
When Mr Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, the king leaned forward and said: “Why don’t you shut up?”. The row escalated when Mr Chavez said the king was “imprudent” and asked if he knew in advance of the 2002 coup against him. President Chavez later accused the king of “arrogance” but said he did not want a political crisis with Spain – only that Venezuela’s head of state be respected. Spain has said it hopes for a swift return to normal diplomatic relations. CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? Spanish is the language of love. Tchuss, M. |
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