Washington accuses the Venezuelan leader of...spreading an anti-democratic

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message and backing anti-U.S. movements.
Anti-American probably. But, anti-Democratic??? Where and how?
Does anyone ever challenge these assertions?

I watched that moron John Bolton drone on about how Iran has said they want to build a nuclear bomb (source: Asia-Pacific TV). When did the President of Iran ever say the goal of Iran was to build a nuclear bomb?
I live in Asia and get TV from several different countries and I've never seen anything where he has said he wants to build a bomb.

I realize that the President of Iran is a flake and talks a really big line, but come on...this is a stretch...Nuclear Power hardly equates to a nuclear bomb. The enrichment process for a nuclear bomb is far more involved than it is for nuclear power (source CNN-International).

Back to my original point: Being friends with Castro, Kim and Mugabe hardly qualifies Chavez as having good taste in friends and allies. But that hardly makes Chavez anti-Democratic.
I mean, one could say the same about scubbies friends: The King of Saudi Arabia, Musharraf in Pakistan and Putin...I'm sorry..."My dear friend Alex." (Source: Pravda. During the 2004 election)

on edit. Forgot the link:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/04/26/bolivia.trade.reut/index.html