We haven’t had old Hugo around in a while.
Scandal and intrigue in Venezuela, from the Washington Post.
President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday denied that he’s the father of a man claiming to be his illegitimate son. It was the first time Chavez responded publicly to the claims of 31-year-old Salomon Fernandez, who says his mother became pregnant after an encounter with Chavez in the city of Maracay.
The president said he has investigated the matter, including obtaining a birth certificate, but is sure he never knew Fernandez’s mother. He accused Fernandez of seeking publicity and said he has nothing to hide.
“She says we had relations,” Chavez said in a televised speech. “But when Salomon was born I hadn’t arrived to work in Maracay.”
Fernandez and the president share a similar build and facial features. In a photo on his Web site, Fernandez _ who until recently had planned to run for governor of Carabobo state _ wears a bright red button-up shirt similar to those favored by Chavez.
Well, let’s take a look shall we?
Hugo…
Salo…
I don’t know Hugo, when were you in Maracay?
Chavez himself joked about the resemblance, saying his daughter Maria told him after seeing a TV interview with Fernandez: “Papa, he looks a little like you.”
Out of the mouths of babes.
Fernandez, who says he hopes to meet the president, also claims he was blocked from running for governor of Carabobo as the candidate of Chavez’s party last November, for reasons that are unclear.
“Reasons that are unclear”, some kind of technicality, I’m sure-paperwork or something.
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Sans Direction wrote,
The first thought I had:
Popeye: I’m your one and only exspring. See, we got the same bulgy arms.
Poopdeck Pappy: No resemblance.
Popeye: We-we got the same squinky eye.
Poopdeck Pappy: What squinky eye?
Popeye: That’s going to be hard for you to see. Oh, we even got the same pipe, Pap.
Poopdeck Pappy: You idiot, you can’t inherit a pipe! Ooh, I am poppa to no male. Nor no female child. That no court could prove otherwise.
You also can’t inherit a red shirt.
But yeah, Hugo and Salomon got the same squinky eye.
Sans Direction’s last blog post..Happy Birthday, Lester!
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 7:22 am
Kenski wrote,
Erm…
http://www.tbn.org/watch/images/programs/Aaron%20Neville.jpg
Kenski’s last blog post..The Magic Ship Has Landed!
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Pribek wrote,
heh, heh…Poopdeck Pappy-did you ever see the one with Baby Brutus?
Kenski-checking in to whether or not Hugo ever worked the chitlin’ circuit.
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Sans Direction wrote,
No go. Chavez has no facial tattoos.
Where exactly must your head be to say “Y’know? A cross on my cheek. That’s what I need!”
Sans Direction’s last blog post..The Strange Case of Marty Party
Link | June 11th, 2008 at 9:46 am