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Granted it is rough English to understand, as it is machine translation from the mainstream, non-Chavez "El Universal" newspaper in Caracas, Venezuela today, but it gives the street level tactics the Socialist Community Organizers used in Venezuela to eek out a victory for Communist Hugo Chavez earlier this week. It is provided below in its entirety, with the link to the original Spanish.Of specific interest will be the tactical description of the "double wave" Chavez PSUV strategy on Election Day in polling zones they identified as somewhat sympathetic to the anti-Chavez democratic forces. Pay close attention because these tactics...

President Obama and Hugo Chavez met for the first time earlier this week. Yesterday, video surfaced of Obama telling Chavez to stop calling him. President Barack Obama met Venezuela dictator Hugo Chavez in Trinidad for the Summit of the Americas. The two met formally as heads of state and politely shook hands. Chavez, eager to be associated with the internationally popular Obama, has exhibited a serious “Friend-Crush” since then. During the summit, Chavez invited Obama to get together and talk about issues regularly, despite Obama’s busy schedule. Venezuela’s offer for a Trade Relations Pool Party later this month was politely...

"Obama is blaming America for everything around the world." --Rush on "On the Record" 4/20/09 Rush on Obama's constant apologetic attitude for the US toward dictators around the world. "America is the greatest nation on Earth, but Obama's view of it is like Jeremiah Wright. We have the most anti-American administration in history. Shame on you people for voting for him! SHAME ON YOU!"

Haven't seen this on a thread. The video on Drudge is from Ven. and shows Obama having a long talk with Chavez.

A Long conversation with a tyrant that earlier was nothing more than a handshake, disturbing video from Spanish T.V.

There is something odd -- and dare I say novel -- in American politics about the crowds that have been greeting Barack Obama on his campaign trail. Hitherto, crowds have not been a prominent feature of American politics. We associate them with the temper of Third World societies. We think of places like Argentina and Egypt and Iran, of multitudes brought together by their zeal for a Peron or a Nasser or a Khomeini. In these kinds of societies, the crowd comes forth to affirm its faith in a redeemer: a man who would set the world right. As the...