Latin America,  Syria

Hugo Chavez in commercial for Hush Puppies

Or something like that.

It’s a pretty song, anyway.

The subtext seems to be, “He’s dying, but at least he can still walk unaided, and he still cares, so give him one last victory by voting for him.”

A rather melancholy start for his reelection campaign, and it’s hard not to feel some sympathy for him as a human being facing mortality. It would be nice to think that the prospect of death had moved him to reconsider his support for brutal and murderous dictators like Bashar al-Assad, especially in light of the recent massacres in Syria by pro-regime militias. Sadly, no.

(Hat tip: Caracas Chronicles)