Glad to See Venezuelans Checking Chavez’s Power. Can We Do That Too, Please?
December 3, 2007
Hugo Chavez’s power grabs in Venezuela have worried me for some time now. So I’m glad to see the Venezuelan people checking Chavez’s power to run for re-election indefinitely. Term limits help keep presidents from becoming kings.
Hugo Chavez is a lot more like President Bush than he’d care to admit. Like Bush, he wants to get as much power and authority for himself as possible. And like Bush, he will continue to work the system as much as he can. But at least he knows there are limits. At least the Venezuelan people have shown him that they will not tolerate endless abuses of office.
If only the American people would do the same.
I thought when we elected a Dem. congress we were sending a message (referendum on the war). The administration not only doesn’t get (or care) the message but the people we elected don’t seem to know they WERE a message.