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To: Road Walker who wrote (357963)	11/11/2007 12:01:14 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1576909

King tells Chavez 'shut up' Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez demanded permission to respond yesterday when his microphone was shut off during a heated exchange with Spain's top leaders at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to "shut up" yesterday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal. Mr. Chavez, who called President Bush the "devil" on the floor of the United Nations last year, triggered the exchange by repeatedly referring to former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as a "fascist." Mr. Aznar, a conservative who as prime minister was an ally of Mr. Bush, "is a fascist," Mr. Chavez said in a speech at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. "Fascists are not human. A snake is more human." Spain's current socialist prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, responded during his own allotted time by urging Mr. Chavez to be more diplomatic in his words and to respect other leaders despite political differences. "Former President Aznar was democratically elected by the Spanish people and was a legitimate representative of the Spanish people," he said, eliciting applause from the gathered heads of state. Mr. Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, but his microphone was off. Spanish King Juan Carlos, seated next to Mr. Zapatero, angrily turned to Mr. Chavez and said, "Why don't you shut up?" The Venezuelan leader did not immediately respond, but later used time ceded to him by his close ally Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to respond to Mr. Zapatero's comments. "I do not offend by telling the truth," he said. "The Venezuelan government reserves the right to respond to any aggression, anywhere, in any space and in any manner." Mr. Chavez, 53, faces growing opposition to a package of constitutional amendments that critics say would allow him to remain president until he retires or dies.

To: Road Walker who wrote (357963)	11/11/2007 12:32:50 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576909

Clinton Campaign Accused for the Second Time of Planting a Question at a Public Appearance Saturday, November 10, 2007 By Major Garrett SIOUX CITY, Iowa — For the second time in as many days, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has had to deal with accusations of planting questions during public appearances, FOX News has learned. In a telephone interview Saturday, Geoffrey Mitchell, 32, said he was approached by Clinton campaign worker Chris Hayler to ask a question about how she was standing up to President Bush on the question on funding the Iraq war and a troop withdrawal timeline. The encounter happened before an event hosted by Iowa State Sen. Gene Frais on a farm outside Fort Madison, Iowa. Clinton's Iowa campaign confirmed to Fox News that one of its staff discussed questions with Mitchell before her April 2 event, but denied attempting to plant a pro-Clinton question. Mo Elliethee, spokesman for Clinton's campaign in Iowa, told Fox that Hayler and Mitchell "had a previous relationship" and that a discussion about Clinton arose out of a normal conversation between two people who knew each other well. "They had a previous relationship and were talking before the event and the topic of the senator's position on Iraq came up and Geoffrey said he had some questions," Elliethee said. "Chris suggested Geoffrey ask a question." Mitchell, however, said that he and Hayler did not know each other personally before the event. "I had no previous relationship with him," said Mitchell. "I knew his name and by name only as some who worked for Sen. Evan Bayh. But we didn't know each other and I had never met him before this event." Mitchell told Fox the Clinton campaign wanted to contrast Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama who had recently said the president would probably prevail in the Iraq funding battle with Congress. Mithell said he refused to ask the question. "I told Chris I had other issues I wanted to raise with Sen. Clinton," Mitchell said. Asked what those were, Mitchell said, "I wanted to ask her why she voted for the Iraq war and why she didn't consider that a mistake." Mitchell told FOX News, for that Hayler, the Clinton campaign worker, was unhappy and moved on to others. "I know he tried to have others ask that question," Mitchell said. Asked if the Clinton campaign denied Mitchell's unequivocal assertion that Hayler tried to plant a question about Clinton trying to stand up to Bush on Iraq war funding, Elliethee declined. "I'm not going to comment on what he said," said Elleithee said, referring to Mitchell. "I'm going to discuss what our interpretation is. They had a previous relationship, the subject came up and there's nothing more to it tha that. It's not newsworthy. It's innocent. It's not yesterday." That was a reference to Clinton's campaign admitting, first to FOX News, that it planted a question on global warming at a Newton, Iowa, event on Tuesday. Click here to read a report on the Iowa incident. Ultimately, Clinton took no questions from the crowd at the Fort Madison event that Mitchell attended. Elliethee said the campaign ran out of time to take questions.