>> Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez leads this week's parade of idiots. Check the original caption: "...Chavez holds up a U.S. dollar bill while challenging U.S. President George W. Bush to take a wager on which president will remain in power longer, during a rally outside of the Miraflores Presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Chavez said 'I challenge you to a bet Mr. Bush, one dollar, who will last longer? You in the White House or me in Miraflores?'" Hmmm...well that seems like a sucker bet to me, since you can stuff the ballot box all day long, Hugo. What I will bet a dollar on is that they have to shoot your commie ass to get you out of office. <<
Uh, I'd say the bigger issue is term limits. I'm so sick of the media hyping dictators as being successful -- like today's front cover of the Washington Post does for Castro -- because they stay in office longer than term-limited (small "d") democrats.
You make an excellent point.