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Chavez Catches Hell For 'Devil' Slam

Democrats Take A Break From Criticizing President Bush To Defend Him

(CBS) It’s rare to hear Congressional Democrats coming to the rescue of President George W. Bush. But a day after Venezuela's president called Mr. Bush a "devil" in front of the United Nations General Assembly, several prominent Bush critics are siding with the White House.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/21/politics/main2029749.shtml

Bill Clinton warns against wide torture approval

By Randall Mikkelsen
2 hours, 6 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton joined a chorus of critics of Bush administration proposals for the treatment of suspected terrorists, saying they would give broad approval to torture.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060921/pl_nm/security_clinton_dc_4

Winguts:

Now if they could only apply the same standard to their own comments and to those of their friends on the left.

The Democrats realized that Chavez's rhetoric sounded much like their own and that this put them in worse than usual company. Basically, they're trying to distance themselves from... themselves.