Venezuelan Presidential Election 2012

[opebo]

I think what this thread really needs, is a few more lovable Chavez photos. (Hey, it's better than diverging into an argument on Pinochet!)

Does "lovable" mean "goofy" in your idiolect?

You're terribly out of touch, ag - normal humans find warm, 'down to earth' photos of a great man interacting with 'real people', wearing normal clothes and with a smile on his face to be loveable.  What do you find lovable?  A grim white guy standing stiffly in a suit?

[opebo]

I am afraid you see smthg in those pictures I don't

There is nothing warm, the man is not great, he is not smiling (in a couple of cases grimacing a bit, dead serious, if not outright frowning in others), his clothing is not normal - in the sense that few people would ever be caught dead wearing them. And, of course, in all but one of these photos there are no other people properly visible - and no indication he is interacting with anyone, other than the photographer.

Actually I have to admit I didn't look at the photos - I suppose the real test of his lovability is that a majority of Venezuelans do in fact love him, and will re-elect him.  So, he can look as goofy as he likes - the leftist policies are what makes him loved.

[opebo]

Wonderful news!

Yay!