By Bob Parks ——Bio and Archives--July 30, 2008
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Hugo Chávez is having second thoughts about Barak Obama. When Obama said during early presidential primary debates that he would negotiate without conditions with the dictators and enemies of America, Chávez was pleased. He figured Obama was a liberal Democrat like Jimmy Carter or Chris Dodd, whom he has manipulated with ease. But since Obama has become the presumptive Democratic nominee and organized a foreign policy staff of 300 experts, he now urges sanctions against Chávez for supporting terrorism and money-laundering.It would appear Chávez' campaign contribution hasn't cleared yet. And it gets worse.
This revelation prompted Chávez to opine that he would vote for the Republican John McCain, a tough critic of Chávez who visited Colombia last month in support of its war against drugs and the FARC. Days later Chávez said that there was no difference between Obama and McCain —seeing them both as defenders of the Evil Empire. "Let's not kid ourselves," Chávez said, "it is the empire and the empire must fall. That's the only solution —that it comes to an end." Chávez is going to learn what those words mean.Now, unless Hugo Chávez can get to a Los Angeles DMV and sign up for motor-voter, he won't be able to vote for McCain. But it would appear that many around the world, as well as here at home, are now differentiating between Barack Obama the visionary and Barack Obama the politician. A big difference indeed.
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Bob Parks is a is a member/writer of the National Advisory Council of Project 21. Bob’s websites are Black & Right and youtube.com/BlackAndRight