I don't really think much commentary is necessary here. Some pictures truly do speak a 1000 words:
http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,7067,00.html#7_55
I'm fairly confident that I would not glad-hand, all smiles, with that particular individual, a totalarian dictator (see, e.g., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez), but maybe I just don't get it since I'm from a town of 9000.
see also: http://www.tigerboard.com/boards/missouri-tigers.php?message=6569119