Pride goeth before the fall

By Libby

Native New Englanders are a proud lot and the third and fourth generation Yankees are largely dependable GOP conservatives. So it wasn't that surprising that they refused to take free fuel oil from Hugo Chavez when he first offered it. However, now that the cost of heating oil is projected to rise to alarmingly unaffordable levels, not even the GOP dares to block the assistance program and New Hampshire will take Chavez up on his offer.

Of course, at this point, probably no one is as mad at him for publically calling Bush an idiot. I expect it sounds mild to what they call him in private these days. [Via Avedon.]