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2011-07-25 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Hugo Chavez to seek re-election despite illness

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Posted by ryuge 2011-07-25 06:36|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 "workaholic leadership style" just as I thought. He will be a poor patient. Just as soon as he thinks he is better he will return to his old ways. He wants to live as he wants, eat what he wants , rule as he wants. Sounds familiar? Quaddafi or even Assad. He can't let go. Regarding his health he will be his own worst enemy.

Posted by Dale 2011-07-25 08:11|| 2011-07-25 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2 I wonder how many temples he has ordered built to insure his immortality, in the manner of a Roman emperor?

Didn't work for them, either.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-07-25 08:59|| 2011-07-25 08:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Anonymoose hello!. This personalty type keeps showing up everywhere in history. The need to control and dominate must have been learned from early childhood development. Insecurity would be my guess. Did he have coinage made with his image?. One think I noticed about George Murtha he had his name on just about everything. What I liked about the Egyptians is they rubbed out the old pharaoh and put the new pharaoh over it.

Posted by Dale 2011-07-25 10:49|| 2011-07-25 10:49|| Front Page Top

#4 The care and feeding of the hungry ego.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2011-07-25 11:08|| 2011-07-25 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 You people are awfully optimistic. I think he's a vampire who will cling to life and power for ages like the Castro and Kim clans.

Posted by DJ Curtis C 2011-07-25 18:46|| 2011-07-25 18:46|| Front Page Top

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