As I previously mentioned, McCain should learn to be more tactful when dealing with other nations that just so happen to hold the keys to our economy (oil). I don’t advocate coddling them, but at the same time a modicum of decency is called for. In any case, Venezuela’s Vice President responded to McCain today:

“It looks like they have nothing else to do in the United States,” Rangel said. Americans have “so many problems, 40 million poor people, 30 million drug users, and an American senator is paying attention to us. He can go to hell.”

Point Venezuela. Let’s see if the Senator McCain will continue this immature playground name calling…

Is this how a President McCain would conduct foreign policy?  From Bloomberg:

‘’We better understand the vulnerabilities that our economy and our very lives have that when we’re dependent on Iranian mullahs, and wackos in Venezuela,'’ McCain said. He didn’t refer to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez by name.

While I might agree with his sentiments, he should have a modicum of civility for those who have a stranglehold on our economy.  If the “Wacko” in Venezuela wanted to, he could cripple our infrastructure in a matter of days.  Perhaps a carrot more than a stick is warranted there.