Posted on 08/02/2007 6:50:16 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Sean Penn Praised by Venezuela's Chavez Aug 2 09:20 AM US/Eastern By IAN JAMES Associated Press Writer CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised Sean Penn for his critical stance against the war in Iraq, saying the two chatted by phone and soon plan to meet in person.
Chavez said Penn traveled to Venezuela this week wanting to learn more about the situation in the country and walked around some of Caracas' poor barrios on his own.
"Welcome to Venezuela, Mr. Penn. What drives him is consciousness, the search for new paths," Chavez said Wednesday in a televised speech. "He's one of the greatest opponents of the Iraq invasion."
Chavez read aloud from a recent open letter by Penn to President Bush in which the actor condemned the Iraq war and called for Bush to be impeached, saying the president along with Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice are "villainously and criminally obscene people."
The socialist president, who shares those views, said he and Penn talked by phone—"with my bad English but we understood each other more or less."
Chavez said the two plan to meet Thursday. He called the actor "well- informed about what is happening in the United States and the world, in spite of being in Hollywood."
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Sean Penn should move there.
CC&E
No property rights= slums.
Why am I not surprised by these 2 birds of a feather fruitcakes.
Sean Penn is an outright traitor. He’ll never get a dime of my money.
That was to this day his greatest role. ;)
I will never understand this “actors are SOOOO SMARRTT and articcculate” thing.
Any two year old can memorize lines, not to mention make a face that will bring tears to your eyes.
Sadly stupid or stupidly sad?
You are known by the company you keep. I’m not sure who this association makes look worse - Penn or Chavez.
The Democrats should be so proud....Sean and Cindy Seehag...
It is things like the support that the wacky leftists give to Chaves and Castro that PROVE that liberalism is a mental disorder. They squall and scream that our rights are being eroded here in the states because of the Patriot Act and yet lend their support to Dictators who kill and jail dissenters of all stripes. WHACK jobs, all.
A typical barrio in the capital city of Caracas. No running water, no sewer, no electricity, tin roofs, dirt floors, built on top of each other with whatever scraps of anything the people can scrounge together.
Hugo and his old girlfriend.
Hugo must have gotten tired of his old girlfriend.
And is looking for a new one.
Yo Sean, Venezuela’s open the door for you. Howbout moving permanently down there?
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