Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Calls for Mental Exam for Maduro After “Bird” Comments
http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=734418&CategoryId=10717CARACAS – A leader of the Venezuelan opposition said Wednesday that ruling-party presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro should undergo a “mental evaluation” after saying that late head of state Hugo Chavez had appeared to him in the form of a little bird.
“Someone who tells us ... that he is hallucinating, seeing a little bird and that that little bird is giving him instructions, obviously that requires that an evaluation be made of Mr. Nicolas Maduro’s mental equilibrium,” Leopoldo Lopez told reporters.
Lopez, a member of the campaign of opposition presidential hopeful Henrique Capriles, thus expressed rejection of Maduro’s remarks made on Tuesday, when he said that while he was praying alone in a Catholic chapel in Chavez’s native state of Barinas, the deceased president appeared to him as a “tiny little bird.”
Maduro on Wednesday reconfirmed what he had said and rejected the criticism against him, saying that “the bourgeoisie” does not respect his spirituality.
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its quite a big joke in the Spanish speaking press. You better get in there and start vouching for Maduro's mental capacity.
finish them. Too many losses. Bosses in Washington don't like losers much. 
Bad investment, cut your losses.
and write until your fingers are bleeding, this little episode will only benefit Maduro.
The story he told was quite charming. Although I believe he was sincere - I've had similar encounters with little birdies and they are clamouring every day outside my window to notify me when the birdfeed is empty - it was also calculated to enhance his image as a sensitive, compassionate person.
Naturally, pesky little snobs paraded as "candidates" of the opposition who are driving creme-colored BMWs and have oral sex in public car parks can only scoff at such displays of sentimentality. But ordinary people will listen and understand.
I'd much rather trust a person who is portrayed (by his enemies) like this:
than an apparent nutcase with this crazy stare:
AP Photo
And I agree that anyone playing into Madruo's insanity is just feeding the frenzy and doing precisely what the opposition wants. I'm surprised that Lopez was the one to call this out. It should've been María Corina (assuming they really had to do it; opposition supporters already do it on forums, public officials shouldn't do it). She's a firecracker and calls it like she sees it (once telling Chavez to his face that he was a thief, to Chavez' chuckling and blustering).
Maduro knows exactly what he's doing. He knows he can say bigoted, reprehensible bullshit, and people will give him a pass. So why not fuel the opposition?
