with chavez's death and ahmedinejad's presidential term almost over, i wonder what clownish foreign leader the conservatives will elevate into the next major nemesis of the u.s.
chavez was a mess of a leader for venezuela. but i never understood why the right paid so much attention to him. there are a ton of bad leaders in the world who say outrageous things to get attention. most don't get it because the rest of the world just isn't interested enough to care what they say. chavez's own delusions of grandeur led him to believe that he was one of the few who could stop american hegemony. why rightwing americans decided to aid and abet his delusion is beyond me.
chavez was a mess of a leader for venezuela. but i never understood why the right paid so much attention to him. there are a ton of bad leaders in the world who say outrageous things to get attention. most don't get it because the rest of the world just isn't interested enough to care what they say. chavez's own delusions of grandeur led him to believe that he was one of the few who could stop american hegemony. why rightwing americans decided to aid and abet his delusion is beyond me.
