Would anyone else go on record and characterize the 2006 election in similar fashion?

A message from the people of The United States to George Bush...

FUCK YOU!!!!!

Of course I would. ;\)

But I wanted to see if anyone else would.. \:\)

With Venezuela however, Chavez when he came to power invested much in educating his base, the poor majority of Venezuelans on Constitutional law. So it's no surprise that they'd reject his power grab this time. They've been instructed in the ways of Democracy and they made the democratic choice, regardless if who they voted against was the same guy who taught them to do just that.