Reply #22: Thanks, IndianaGreen! I'm glad it went peacefully, and that term limits are gone.

[Peace Patriot]

If we had had term limits here, prior to the 1950s, we would have been denied the solidification of the "New Deal" in FDR's third and fourth terms, as well as his leadership during WW II. Our own Founders opposed term limits as anti-democratic. (Why should the people be denied their choice of leaders?, they asked.) The people of Venezuela have chosen wisely, in my opinion. Now they can solidify their progressive gains, continue their regional leadership on economic/political integration and feel more secure with a strong and experienced progressive leader at the helm, whatever our corpo/fascists may throw at them.

And I fervently hope that this puts an end to U.S. meddling in Venezuela, Bolivia and other progressive countries. It is not only bad policy, it won't work. The people of South America are not going to take it any more. They have made that very, very clear, over the last year.