George H.W. Bush: “The character of a people is embodied in its leaders.”

I think you are engaging in the soft bigotry of low expectations.

A nation that can feed itself is a nation more secure.

Brownie, you are doing a heck of a job.

American officials must heed the lessons of the short-lived coup in 2002, when Bush Administration support for Chavez's ouster undermined America's standing in the region and damaged our credibility as a defender of democracy.