Friday, February 20, 2009

OBambi Hearts OChavez

What's more, besides the phenomenal flood of money, Chavez created a pervasive atmosphere of menace as tiny dissident groups were firebombed, beset by red-shirted mobs, and threatened with tanks if their votes didn't go the way Chavez wanted.

With Chavez amassing such power, does anyone believe he'll let himself be voted out of office when his term expires in 2013? In reality, unless he's physically thrown out, he'll be in power for a long, long time. It won't matter if inflation hits 60% in 2009, or the economy collapses, or the country defaults on its debts.

That's nothing to congratulate.
My, how things have changed in the past past few weeks.

--Bush praised political dissidents.
--Obama praises brutal regimes.
Is this the change we've been looking for?
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