Is it just me or is Rudy talking out of both sides of his mouth? He says Chavez is a danger to the United States, yet, his law firm represents U.S. subsidiaries in Chavez’s companies.

WASHINGTON - Presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani, whose law firm represents an American subsidiary of a Hugo Chavez-controlled oil company, said Tuesday that the socialist Venezuelan president is dangerous to U.S. interests.

In a speech to Hispanic small business leaders, the Republican brought up Chavez while discussing ways the United States could become free from its reliance on foreign oil.

“Isn’t it annoying, upsetting and even in some cases a matter of national security that we have to send money to our enemies?” Giuliani asked. “We need a president who knows how to get things done so we don’t have to be sending money to Chavez.”

Giuliani called for the United States to develop alternative energy sources and take advantage of oil already in its control. He said that antagonistic leaders of oil-rich nations, like Chavez,
would have “little power” if the United States could stop buying oil from them.

“Who would listen to Chavez if he didn’t have all this oil money? Nobody would listen to him,” Giuliani said.

He said Chavez’s social programs and those of Cuban leader Fidel Castro “keep people in poverty” and “keep people dependent.”

Giuliani argued that “astounding” unemployment levels show that the Venezuelan president isn’t using his oil revenues to help his own countrymen.

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