If there was any doubt in anyone's minds that Venezuela was a democracy with a bad leader, here's your proof.
Chavez says he will respect the voice of the people. I have my doubts he'll go quietly in 2012, but the moral of the story is...Venezuela is a democracy and Chavez is a democractically elected leader, whether you like it or not.
Oh and Rudy, neither are you.
From Obama's campaign:
"While Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton do not think we should engage in the type of strong diplomacy practiced by Ronald Reagan and John Kennedy, Obama does," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said. "And given the hefty fee that Hugo Chavez's oil company paid Rudy Giuliani's firm, he apparently thinks we shouldn't talk to Chavez, but it's fine to take his money."
