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Every government has its share of idiots, and each idiot is his own special idiot as no two idiots are alike. (In fact, I move that we replace the term, “No two snowflakes are alike” with “No two idiots are alike,” given this news.) Knowing this, let me say that most governmental stupidity in America tends to fall into the, Dumb Legislation category or Financial Mismanagement, like laws forbidding you from waking a bear to shoot it (although shooting it, itself, is no crime — and speaking of Bears, I heard they’re going to be out en masse en Miami this year…) or grand government grants aimed at the study of fly sex. But, all in all, idiotic politicians rarely make their name in America by saying idiotic things or doing them, with Dan Quayle and George Bush (see here, and here) and Bill Richardson (here, and that is one you’ve got to see, because he is creepy).

But all in all, nobody is quite like Hugo Idiot, whose latest comments blow my mind.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called the U.S. secretary of state “my little girl” and told Washington to “go to hell” after it questioned his plan to seek special powers to legislate by decree. Chavez, a Cuba ally re-elected by a landslide in December, this month launched a campaign to consolidate power by nationalizing key industries, seeking expanded executive powers and pushing for unlimited presidential re-election. A State Department spokesman on Friday described Chavez’s proposal to allow presidents to rule by decree as “a bit odd” in a democracy.

“That is a sacrosanct legal authority of Venezuela. Go to hell, gringos! Go home! Go home!” Chavez said during his weekly Sunday broadcast. “We’re free here, and every day we’ll be more free.” Chavez also took on U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who has described Chavez as a “negative force” in the region. “Hi Condoleezza, how are you? You’ve forgotten about me, my little girl,” said Chavez, who last year called President George W. Bush “the devil” during a U.N. speech. Venezuela’s legislature this week is expected to give its final approval to the Enabling Law that would grant Chavez 18 months to decree legislation.

I like one Venezuelan loudmouth, but not this guy. How anybody can think him fit for command is beyond me. Which, of course, makes him a lot like the one man he hates above all others.

This entry was posted on Monday, January 22nd, 2007 at 1:09 pm and is filed under Outside Retort (Current Affairs).