While on the campaign trail earlier in the week, Romney opined that the United States "was destined to lead the world," comments which infuriated Chávez. From Caracas today Chávez replied, "I was reading some remarks by that Republican candidate for president, attacking Venezuela and Cuba, maligning me personally, and then he had the nerve to say that 'God created the United States to lead the world.' Imagine that crazy guy as president of the United States."
Romney's actual words were more along the line of, "The United States must lead the world or others will do it." In the same address he referred to Cuba and Venezuela as "nations bankrupted by the malignant socialist policies of Chávez and the Castro brothers."
"Obama is failing, and now the extreme right is trying to take over the U.S. presidency," added Chávez. There's been no response from anyone in the Romney camp. They may be pleased by Chávez' counterattack. It's going to be a long 2012 campaign season, with elections in Mexico, the United States and Venezuela.
The slash and bur capitalism favored by Romney is far more destructive, and far less hopeful, than the make-it-up-as-you-go-along socialism that is increasingly popular in Latin America. Would that Romney and Chavez could exchange pelvic regions,
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