Chávez starts to pay the price for that Bolivar sword replica UPDATED
Not a Bolivar Sword photo, but I love the expression on Hugo's face...
Even longstanding Chávez ball-coddler Nikolas Kozloff is appalled by his chumminess with Ghaddafi…
Update: Now long time friend-of-the-house Al Giordano piles on – taking it out, bizarrely, on Evita Golinger and Telesur.
It’s like these guys’ heads would explode if they even entertained the simple, Occam’s Razorish explanation for all this: that Chávez consistently expresses his admiration, respect, affection, solidarity and deep brotherhood with autocrats because he shares their understanding of power, and of a leader’s role with regard to his own people.
[Hat Tips: Sully + Setty]
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