Let's be sociable to socialists.

If he weren't so funny, I'd call Republican Newt Gingrich an idiot and hypocrite. I just can't take him too seriously. He's criticized Barack Obama for shaking the hand of Venezuela president Hugo Chavez. That it isn't right and proper to be cordial to Chavez because of his criticism of the U.S. Heck, if Gingrich can criticize our own president Obama, why can't Chavez hurl epithets at the U.S.? Are only fellow Americans allowed to castigate America? Anyway, I'd like to see America cultivate better relations with Venezuela and a whole bunch of other leftist and socialist-leaning governments. Let's start by being sociable to socialists. --Jim Broede