Just when you thought it could not get much weirder....

Chavez left today for Cuba to have something removed.  I leave the "something" because it is the vagueness that micomandantepresidente likes best when we talk about what pain in the ass he suffers from.  Since chavismo is in so much trouble it was irresistible for them to organize a little bit of tribal cum Pentecostal delirium to wish him well on his trip.  So for the past three days Chavez has been doing cadena after cadena, several hours most of them.  And in these cadenas we only saw Chavez political party activities (trying to catch up with the opposition organization) and diverse religious activities for lack of a better word.  We need to understand  that Chavez may not be the deity himself but certainly he has gotta be the channel to that deity (preferably Simon Bolivar mesmo).


This afternoon we reached a paroxysm of grotesque.  The descent from Caracas to the airport was lined, supposedly, by chavistas in a huge orgy of love towards their beloved leader.  On some stretches Chavez emerged from the roof of the car, shook hands and had a portrait of Christ taped on the windshield.  I will pass on the VTV anchors force feeding the whole country the declarations of love of chavistadom.  Yes, it was a cadena, the forced simultaneous broadcast of all TV and radio stations of Chavez activities. I wonder what people stuck in traffic, about to miss their flight, made out of the hysterical gibberish  coming off their radio....

None was much spontaneous however.  Chavismo in its descent towards imbecility forgot to control the images.  If indeed the close range shots suggested throngs of people saying good bye to the beloved leader (maybe even fooling Chavez himself), for us who have been observing such shows for years we detected more mistakes than ever.

First, for something so "spontaneous" there was an awful amount of red shirted people.  I mean, they carry one with them at all times just in case?

Second, the amount of flowers thrown at Chavez (kind of necrophiliac happy burial mood if you ask me) had to be prepared. Who paid for that?  Specially driving along the "ranchos" where florist certainly do not abound, nor gardens.....

Third, they dared to show aerial pictures, something usually carefully avoided 'cause it gives away the show.  Sure enough, we could see lots of buses parked nearby the crowds they brought and that the crowds were in fact placed densely at strategic points, nearby areas empty.  If the impression on close up was of lined streets, the aerial views told an opposite story.  I  cannot believe they made such a mistake!  Truly, chavismo is in such shock that they forget to watch out presidential imagery!!!!!

Tonight we also learn that the light Chritmas crosses across Venezuela in cities which are dominated by some mountain will be relit until Chavez comes back from Cuba....

There you have, the campaign of Chavez for October, run on emotion alone, play as much as possible on his diseases and the miracles of his recoveries even if they do not seem to last that long.....  Rationality is gone for good not only in Chavez head but his co-dependent and enablers.