. . . offers the same false promise as the tried and failed ideologies of the past.

"According to Al Giordano, Hillary's assassination comments have significantly increased the danger to Senator Obama:

    Everybody - I have long followed the work of Dr. Lloyd deMause and the Institute for Psychohistory, which has, for two decades, studied the psychology of why nations go to war among other sticky societal problems.

    I urge everybody who wants to flap their gums about Senator Clinton's statement today to read his chapter, The Assassination of Leaders

    Messages sent like the one sent today - whether from the mouth of the original person whose fantasy flew out of her mouth - or from those decrying it, are precisely the kinds of signals that set off potential assassins.

Here's all you can ever want to know about Venezuelan political history and Obama's latest gaffe:

Obama Blames The Rise of Chavez on Bush

The arrangement is this: Mr. Chávez's Citgo, owned by the Venezuelan government, is supplying home heating oil to Mr. Kennedy's Citizens Energy Corporation at a 40% discount. Citizens, a nonprofit outfit, passes the savings onto the poor, aiming to help 400,000 homes in 16 states. And there are tv ads!  If you think you qualify,  just dial 1-877-Joe-4-Oil. This arrangement is at least 2.5 years old.

I bet Obama doesn't have a clue but he likes to act as if ..

nothing but empy rhetoric in his status quo speech:

"We have not offered a clear and comprehensive vision, backed up with strong diplomacy. We are failing to join the battle for hearts and minds. For far too long, Washington has engaged in outdated...."

So??? What is the solution, Sir?

Setting up those schools to educate the poor adults of the poor areas, as well as their children? How dare Chavez!?!

Suggest you take what is said with many grains of salt.

I hope and trust that in a day or two when I publish my full vetting of Obama's US-Latin America policy speech, you'll give it as prominent a mention.

best,

I honestly don't believe anything our press tells us. These are the same people that have smeared the Clintons for the past couple of decades so when it comes to their bias towards Chavez, I think you know where I'm going.

Nevertheless, I don't know enough about Venezuelan politics or society to speak competently on this.

of course, i doubt it will help the citizens if he starts a war with the neighbors, as he's repeatedly threatened to. also, god forbid he should be stupid enough to actually engage the US militarily, just to show what a macho, macho man he is; how many innocents is he willing to kill, to show the world that he's not going to take any guff from us?

that we have a truly pathetic administration doesn't help matters any, their constant missteps give a patina of legitimacy to chavez's claims of a conspiracy by us against him.

in the final analysis, chavez is essentially a two-bit thug, masquerading as a politician.

of course, so is the "leader" of North Korea, and we're constantly attempting to engage them in talks. just because you meet with someone doesn't automatically mean you condone their actions. the two aren't, by definition, mutually inclusive.

I am an American, and unlike you, I accept the truth: We have no moral right to try to tell Latin America how to govern itself.

Venezuela can't benefit from "free markets"(at least the poor cant') and the only "elections" this country accepts down there are the ones rigged in favor of the right(like Nicaragua in '90).

If Chavez falls, the rich take over again.  That's the only other possibility.  Why does Obama want the rich to steal Venezuela back(especially since "free market" Latin American countries are always anti-black, and why do you agree with him?