CITGO-ING, CITGO-ING, CITGO-NEHugo Chavez, Venezuelan dictator and future chairman of the Democratic National Committee, predicted last week that because of his anti-U.S. speech at the United Nations, he would be targeted for assassination by President Bush.
This is wishful thinking on Chavez's part; he longs to be regarded as a major threat to the United States.
Unfortunately for Chavez, the Bush Administration reacted to his U.N. antics with little more than a diplomatic yawn. The same, however, can't be said for the American people. Aiming to kick Chavez in the financial balls, some Americans are boycotting Venezuelan gas distributor CITGO. And today, 7-Eleven Inc. advanced the cause by announcing that it will drop CITGO as the gas supplier to its 2,100 convenience stores.
The AP quotes a 7-Eleven spokesman:
Regardless of politics, we sympathize with many Americans' concern over derogatory comments about our country and its leadership recently made by Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez.7-Eleven has just picked up a new customer. From now on, I'm buying all my giant slurpees, smoked sausages and lottery tickets at 7-Eleven!
