Venezulelan President Hugo Chavez appears desperate for someone to run against him in this December's election.  So desperate that, if opposition parties boycott the election, as they did last time around, he says he'll hold a referendum asking voters to approve his remaining as president until 2031—a 25-year term.

This line from the news story made me laugh out loud:

Mr. Chavez rejected allegations he was a power-hungry tyrant . . .

Yeah, right!  I just want to hold office for the next quarter-century without being bothered by irrelevant distractions like campaigning for the votes of commoners taxpayers riff-raff hoi polloi scumbags citizens.

Before Mr. Chavez took the stage, thousands of his supporters chanted: "Oh, no! Chavez won't go!"

Now there is a threat.

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