Reply #2: "...would allow President Hugo Chavez to seek re-election without limits." Ah, me!

[Peace Patriot]

This is such a lie! It would allow Chavez to run for a third term--like our own FDR did--and be voted into office again by the people of Venezuela.

The referendum also would lift term limits on all other offices (national legislature, governors, mayors).

And, gee, Venezuelans get to vote on this. We don't. Our term limit on the president was rammed through Congress by the Republicans in the mid-1950s, to prevent a "New Deal" ever happening in the U.S. again, and to begin to dismantle the one that FDR put in place, for which he needed four terms in office.

Venezuelans also get to vote in the security of knowing that they have one of the best, most highly praised, most transparent and aboveboard election system in the world. We don't have that security here--we have one of the least transparent voting systems on earth, run on 'TRADE SECRET' code, owned and controlled by rightwing Bushite corporations.

They also can recall their president. We can't.

This AFP article seems to be uninformed about the latest polls. "Yes" has been gaining strength over the last few weeks, and most polls (even opposition polls) give it a 3% to 5% edge as of yesterday.