[george and hugo] thick skin needed in politics

Mussolini had nothing on this boy

This has to be some kind of classic rant from the monomaniacal madman himself:

Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president, leading 20,000 supporters in an anti-American rally, shouted "Gringo go home!" on Friday night to raucous applause in a crowded football stadium in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

Alluding to Bush's waning years in office, Chavez said: "The US president today is a true political cadaver and now he does not even smell of sulphur anymore. What the little gentleman from the North now exudes is the smell of political death and in a very short time he will be converted into cosmic dust and disappear from the stage."

Chavez added that he did not come to "sabotage" Bush's visit, saying the timing was a coincidence, even as Bush landed in neighbouring Uruguay for a 36-hour visit.

Politics is sweet, n'est ce pas?