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Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper
November 24, 2008
WAR: Troubles For Hugo
Hugo Chavez: not that popular. Of course, Venezuela's entire economy rests on the price of oil, and like other oil producers, he's going to be a lot shorter of money in the near future. Chavez, of course, has used the combination of oil money with brutality and chicanery towards the opposition and electoral processes to stay atop Venezuela. With the money that supplies the carrot less plentiful, expect more of the stick. Comments
Yeah, whatever. Given the mixed results of the election, an equally accurate description would be, 'Hugo Chavez, still popular' (and a helluvalot more popular in his country than Bush is with his citizenry). Nevertheless, the electoral success of the political opposition should (but won't, of course) put to rest any notion of Chavez as totalitarian dictator. rs, it says volumes that you defend Chavez and prefer him to Reagan or Bush. Posted by: The Crank at November 25, 2008 11:35 PMYou forgot Bush I or Clinton. I prefer him to them, too. Of course, it speaks volumes about you that you don't. Posted by: rs at November 26, 2008 7:53 AMGood God - if I preferred a communist despot over a generation of American presidents, I think I'd bolt for that guy's country. Writing from Caracas, are we? Posted by: tsmonk at November 26, 2008 1:10 PMRight, he's a "communist despot", and Obama's a socialist, too. Cough.
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November 28, 2008 9:36 PM
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