Ozzie Guillen says Sean Penn is wrong about Venezuela and Chavez

• Ozzie Guillen on Twitter.

"The outspoken White Sox manager called Penn a "payaso" (clown) and "izquierdista estupido" (stupid leftist) on Twitter Friday for his praise of controversial Venezuela President Hugo Chavez.

• "Oh my God, Sean Penn defended our President Hugo Chavez," Guillen, a Venezuela native, tweeted. "That's easy when you [don't] live in Venezuela and have money. LOL...shame on [you]."

Penn appeared on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" last week and was asked why he continues to defend Chavez.

• "Every day this elected leader is called a dictator here, and we just accept it and accept it," Penn said. "And this is mainstream media, who should -- truly there should be a bar by which they -- one goes to prison for these kinds of lies.""....

from Chicago Tribune, 3/12/10, "Ozzie Guillen has a bone to pick with ...Sean Penn," via Gateway Pundit

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