Anytime you can mix up a beloved Mexican-American labor icon with the current controversial president of Venezuela, it’s not exactly your best day. That’s what more than a few people did on Monday as President Obama designated Cesar Chavez’s former home a national monument.
Can you believe this crap???!…Obama to designate Hugo Chavez home as a National Monument!wfaa.com/news/national/… #tcot #ccot #LNYHBT — Chip Woods (@chipwoods) October 2, 2012
Obama is in California dedicating a monument to Hugo Chavez. How the duck do people support him? #NOBAMA — sellers elliott (@sellers795) October 8, 2012
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— Gü(\)Z (@305Gunz) October 9, 2012
One person even wrote in Spanish, “In what part of the movie did I fall asleep?”
EN QUE PARTE DE LA PELICULA ME DORMI.. Wtf..OBAMA.. MONUMENT… CHAVEZ…. lockerz.com/s/251453606 — Isabel Gouveia (@IsaPolar) October 8, 2012
Though Hugo Chavez was in the news because of his re-election, the notion that a U.S. president would designate anything in his name, is very misguided.
At the event for Cesar Chavez, Obama called Chavez a hero who brought hope to millions of poor, disenfranchised farm workers who otherwise might have remained ‘‘invisible’’ to much of the nation.
“Today, we celebrate Cesar Chavez,’’ Obama said at a ceremony at La Paz, the California farmhouse where Chavez lived and worked for more than two decades.
‘‘Our world is a better place because Cesar Chavez decided to change it.’’
Interestingly, a few called the Hugo/Cesar confusion ahead of time.
Can’t wait for some dingbat to attack Obama for dedicating a monument to “Hugo” Chavez.
— jeremy scahill (@jeremyscahill) October 8, 2012
