Leading Rats suffer sudden bout of patriotism?!

Democrats warn Chavez: Don't bash Bush

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two of President Bush's staunchest domestic critics leapt to his defense Thursday, a day after one of his fiercest foreign foes called him "the devil" in a scorching speech before the United Nations.

"You don't come into my country; you don't come into my congressional district and you don't condemn my president," Rep. Charles Rangel, D-New York, scolded Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, was blunt in her criticism of the Venezuelan leader. "He is an everyday thug," she said.

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We'd like to believe that this whimsical pair were suddenly seized with a normal American's instinct to defend her, but we know better.

More likely, they're simply bitter that Chavez' loony rants are so much more clever than their trite, boilerplate slander.

Perhaps Howie Dean should see about putting Chavez on the payroll.