FP: According to Condi, Condi’s policy on Venezuela is very effective

I like Blake Hounshell and I like Foreign Policy, which seems to be trying to carve out a niche as the Parade Magazine version of Foreign Affairs. But the stupidity quotient in the Passport blog sometimes gets a bit suffocating, as this post should make evident.

At least by Rice’s account, the change in tactics is working. After Bush refused to mention Chávez’s name on a tour of Latin America in March, Condi says, “Chávez was going around saying, ‘Why will not President Bush mention my name?’” “There is actually, frankly, nothing that he likes better than to have the United States responding to him,” Rice added. That may be so, but I’m still going to miss the fireworks.

Well, I guess that’s settled.