Hummer Sales Booming in Venezuela Despite Nutcase Hugo Chavez
The HUMMER truck is flying off the showroom in Venezuela despite the fact that the country’s President, the always out-of-this-world fruit job Hugo Chavez telling everyone to stop buying them. The South American wannabe dictator wants to start a “revolution” to curb drinking and material commercialism, saying, “What kind of revolution is this? The Whisky Revolution? The Hummer Revolution? No, this is a real revolution!” And the response from his citizens? Sales of both premium whiskey and Hummers are booming! Ha!
More from the AP:
All of his sermonizing about vices and virtues might make Chavez seem like a prudish sourpuss to some, but he also likes to party — in his own clean way.
He says he unwinds with pickup baseball games or outdoor bowling matches known as “bolas criollas.” And during marathon speeches he breaks into song frequently — so often, in fact, that one aide compiled recordings of him singing on an “All Time Hits” CD, which has yet to be released to the public.
“There I am singing, but it’s terrible,” Chavez said.
As a former tank squadron leader, Chavez also enjoys getting behind the wheel of a Venezuelan-made Tiuna jeep, which he did in August with Hollywood star Sean Penn in tow. But he says he has no interest in Hummers or other material belongings.
Andres Medina, a 39-year-old browsing at the car show, said he agrees with Chavez, but that old habits die hard.
“Society would benefit from socialist values,” he said. “But it’s very difficult to change this culture.”
Buy those Hummers, boys. Don’t listen to that whack job.
