[Cincinatus' Wife]

***As the protest raged, Chavez and his government rejected a Bush administration call for early elections to resolve the political turmoil. Government officials said an early election, as demanded by the opposition, would be in violation of the country's constitution, which permits a binding referendum on the president's rule no earlier than August.

"I think they have not properly evaluated Venezuelan affairs," Chavez said of the Bush administration in an interview with CNN en Español, the network's Spanish-language service that is broadcast in Latin America. "They are confused. We will have to send them a copy of the constitution." ***

The Bush administration isn't confused.

Chavez is whistling past the graveyard.

[StockAyatollah]

"They are confused. We will have to send them a copy of the constitution."

Please do. But also include a copy of ours. Other than Ron Paul, no one in DC seems to have read it.