I love Reuters, don’t you? Do they belong to Murdoch?

Chavez to Obama: I'd vote for you, and you for me

As I recall, the last time they spoke face-to-face, Chavez mocked Obama.

And he has played footsie for a long time not only with Castro but with Iran.

Still, though he’s a thug he is no dictator and the American right – heck, the global right – hates what he has done about Venezuelan oil and who gets the benefit of the oil money.

Wasn’t it Pat Robertson, upstanding Christian leader of millions of American God-lovers, who called for his assassination?

So far, Obama has ignored him.

Let’s hope he keeps it up.

Update 10/8/12, Chavez won in Venezuela.