This helps Republicans politically.
It sure does.
They love Chavez and any other dictator.
Sure does.
Between this fat little commie scumbag and that Iranian subhuman the GOP should have no problem maintaining control.
Now if only the GOP had leadership capable of cutting the size of the bureaucracy.
The smart Democrats realize this crap makes Republicans look like the enemies of socialist dictators while their party looks like the friends of the same dictators. The stupid Democrats are the ones lapping it up without realizing the image consequences.
I wonder how many of them reacted the opposite way to "evil empire," even though just the opposite--
Oh, never mind. They're the unreality-based community.