April 26, 2006

Wicked Good!

We almost missed this front-page piece in yesterday's Boston Globe.

They snagged an interview with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who said he will again provide cheap home heating oil next winter for MA. Chavez, a leftist/populist who is known to refer to Pres Bush as "Mr. Danger," told Rep.'s William Delahunt (D-MA) and Gregory Meeks (D-NY) and ex-Rep. Joseph Kennedy II (D), during a meeting in Caracas that his country's state-run oil giant would even provide even more of the discounted petro for MA and other northeastern states in '07.

Now obviously such cold-weather states are more inclined to have a need for this aid, but we can't help but wonder if Chavez, a wily pol who delights in tweaking the Bush admin, does not also have an electoral map in hand when making decisions about what states he'll supply the fuel to.

We'll know for sure if we see him in front of a Cumberland Farms on the Cape this summer offering unleaded for a $1.25 per-gallon.

Posted at 02:22 PM

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