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Chavez Supporters Can't Take Moore's Joke

Filmmaker's Jimmy Kimmel interview irks Chavistas

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(Newser) – So Michael Moore and Hugo Chavez walk into a hotel, split a bottle and a half of tequila, and ... what's the punchline? There isn't one for Chavistas torqued over the filmmaker's joke to Jimmy Kimmel that the two partied down at the Venice Film Festival, and Moore's claim that he wrote the Venezuelan president’s UN speech for him, the New York Times reports.

One widely circulated essay denounced Moore as “a most unfortunate coward,” and many have called for him to apologize—while one anti-Chavez group used Moore’s description of Chavez’s hard-partying hotel suite as an example of the president’s wasteful spending.  Still, at least one Chavez supporter seemed to get the joke, calling it “tremendous” and wondering, “What happened to irony?”

In this July 28, 2009 image, actor/director Michael Moore addresses a theater at the Traverse City Film Festival, in Traverse City, Mich.
In this July 28, 2009 image, actor/director Michael Moore addresses a theater at the Traverse City Film Festival, in Traverse City, Mich.   (AP Photo/John L. Russell)
In this July 31, 2009 image, actor/director Michael Moore blows bubbles at the Olde Town Playhouse in Traverse City during the Traverse City Film Festival.
In this July 31, 2009 image, actor/director Michael Moore blows bubbles at the Olde Town Playhouse in Traverse City during the Traverse City Film Festival.   (AP photo/John L. Russell)
Michael Moore arrives at a screening of the film at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.
Michael Moore arrives at a screening of the film at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009.
Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the VII ALBA Summit in Cochabamba, Bolivia, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's supporters aren't laughing over Michael Moore's joke that the two split a bottle and a half of tequila.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's supporters aren't laughing over Michael Moore's joke that the two split a bottle and a half of tequila.   (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Hugo Chavez and Michael Moore are shown in a YouTube screenshot.
Hugo Chavez and Michael Moore are shown in a YouTube screenshot.   (YouTube)
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vwright1
Oct 26, 09 9:19 AM CDT
:) Reply
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dontlikeyou
Oct 26, 09 9:23 AM CDT
Kook liberals on display for all to see.
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DarkFrancis
Oct 26, 09 2:51 PM CDT
Holy crap. If the liberals are 'kooks'...you need thorazine.
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Jayster999
Oct 26, 09 3:41 PM CDT
Moore is more than a kook and more than a liberal. He is far-left, commie-loving, America-hating disgrace.
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bewilderbeast
Oct 27, 09 8:52 AM CDT
Jayster, you hate more Americans than Michael Moore ever will be able to. Why you are so in love with being screwed (unless of course, you own Blackwater or Pfizer and you're DOING the screwing) I just don't know.
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