Young Turks: Obama Has First Fight - Find Out Against Who?

[CherylK]

Run time: 03:46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O18bkPX3zpg   Posted on YouTube: January 20, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: January 20, 2009 By DU Member: CherylK Views on DU: 1491

 
Why am I not surprised?

[ihavenobias]

1. Well

It had to happen sooner or later, right?

[Voice for Peace]

2. I think it's going to be ok with Hugo & Obama. nt

[cooolandrew]

3. Exactly how I feel, I suppose he does have reason to be suspicious but now is the time of diplomacy>

amen to that.

[OhioChick]

4. K&R

:kick:

[ejbr]

5. K & R n/t

[formercia]

6. Throw the right-wingers their bone

Let them go chew on it for the next 4 years.

[pleah]

7. Yes the guy is nuttier than peanut butter.

I loved his speech about bushit and the smell of sulfur.:rofl:

[bertman]

8. Great comments by Cenk. However, it's not far-fetched for Chavez to be worried

about Obama being a tool of the military-industrial-complex. All American presidents are, wittingly or unwittingly.

Obama used Chavez as a straw man in several of the debates during the primaries and the election campaign. Maybe that's why Hugo is being belligerent.

[tomp]

9. cenk is doing a media job on chavez from "the left".

his characterization of chavez and obama are both overly simplistic. obama =sober, reasonable. chavez = hot-headed, terrorist (not on our side).

his take is complete bullshit, and if you buy it you're just plain naive. until we recognize the real existence of u.s. imperialism and its central place in the problems of the world, we are going to get nowhere. obama is sugar-coating it, even outright denying its existence. to him, we are the good guys, end of story. the people of the world will not go along with that. he will get nowhere.

chavez has every right to fear the united states. cenk is a jerk (on this one, at least).

[DutchLiberal]

10. Obama showing his true colors...

Chavez has lead Venezuela in the wrong direction? Really? What have you been smoking, Barack?

I really thought at least Cenk wouldn't participate in the Chavez-bashing that goes on in the corporate media all the time.

[ihavenobias]

11. Cenk said the following in this clip: "Hugo Chavez also does some good"

What more do you want from him? He wasn't "Chavez bashing", he was fair. Chavez is not a devil OR a saint, so his position is correct.