Chavez insults for the past 2 days have united members on both sides of the aisle in defending President Bush. Some of the highest ranking Democrats have been quoted as saying:
Charles Rangel: "You don't come into my country, you don't come into my congressional district, and you don't condemn my President."
Senator Charles Schumer: Chavez was "despicable and disgusting"
Former President Clinton: "Obviously, I think he made a mistake."
Reverend Jesse Jackson: [Who was attended the Harlem event] "I urged [Chavez] to stop [his Bush attacks] for his own good."
The NY press has also weighed in on the fray. Today's New York Daily News Front Page headline read "El Loco" and in their page 1 lead told Chavez to ''ZIP IT!'' The New York Post called him a ''JERK!'' and the ''Caracas Crackpot.'' Of
course, the NY Times has simply referred to Chavez as outspoken, minimizing the lengthy barage of insults Chavez has lobbed at our President.
On the other side of the aisle we have:
Governor Pataki: "The best thing he can do is go back to Venezuela and try to provide freedom for his people instead of what he's done here in New York."