tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post2934601536891685970..comments2024-02-21T05:16:22.788-05:00Comments on Two Weeks Notice: A Latin American Politics Blog: Weekend at Hugo'sGreg Weekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15765114859595124082noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21674624.post-75264773979363595002013-01-08T19:15:10.537-05:002013-01-08T19:15:10.537-05:00"It is almost exactly one month since the pre..."It is almost exactly one month since the president has communicated directly with his country. Is there precedent for that?"<br /><br />Perhaps not, but neither is there much of a precedent for presidents becoming incapacitated from the time they are elected to the time they are scheduled to swear into office. The circumstances are extremely unusual, as the opposition leader Henrique Capriles seemed to recognize in concluding that the president-elect doesn't lose his status as such simply because he can't swear in on the prescribed date.<br /><br />I doubt very seriously that, if you were deathly ill, you would find it particularly gracious of others to belabor the point that you hadn't, say, issued an official report to your colleagues about why you couldn't fulfill your committee duties. <br /><br />Given the circumstances of a president who may very well be on his death bed, your commentary strikes me as exceedingly petty. Perhaps this would be a good time for you to reacquaint yourself with a bit of folk wisdom, Dr. Weeks. It's best not to hit a man when he's down, much less when he may very well be in the process of dying. A little food for thought, at any rate. Justin Delacourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01343303383195336825noreply@blogger.com