Rubber Stamp For A Dictator

The Venezuelan legislative body, the National Assembly, has just rubber stamped (T)Hugo Chavez's dictator for life plan. As expected.

Assembly President Cilia Flores said Chavez's proposed changes to the constitution, including the lifting of presidential term limits, were approved by all 167 lawmakers after about six hours of debate.

Final approval is expected within two or three months, and voters will then decide whether to approve the changes in a referendum.

The assembly has been solidly pro-Chavez since the opposition boycotted a 2005 vote and had been expected to sign off on the changes proposed by Chavez in Tuesday's first reading. The reforms, if approved, would extend presidential terms from six to seven years and allow Chavez to run again in 2013.

And that, my friends is why there is another word for the boycott of elections to "send a message": Suicide. Because the once-free nation of Venezuela is gone, gone, gone. But since Joe hasn't said a word about it, it's cool with him.

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