YET ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT HE CAN'T AFFORD:

Kerry rebuffs Venezuela's Chavez (Reuters, 3/22/04)

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry has attacked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a dubious democrat hostile to U.S. interests, delivering a slap in the face to the leftist leader who had portrayed Kerry as a potential friend.

The Kerry statement on his Web site made front-page news in Venezuela on Monday, nearly two weeks after Chavez had publicly praised the Democrat contender, hailing his health care plans and likening him to assassinated U.S. President John Kennedy.

No word yet on whether Daniel Ortega is going to support Mr. Kerry as the Senator supported him in the 80s.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 22, 2004 10:59 PM