Chavez

I fear Chavez is playing a dangerous game with his blue language attacks on U.S. officials. For the moment, the Administration is bogged down with enough problems to do much to Chavez, & I'm reasonably sure that much of his rhetoric is for domestic (and Latin American) consumption. But he's building a resume that some Democratic President and Administration could use against him to prove that they are tough guys when it comes to perceived threats to U.S. interests, particularly capitalist ones, and particularly when those threats emanate from dadgummed commies and socialists lke Chavez.