Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez begs Jesus to give him more time because he has "things left to do"

Being a petty dictator takes time. He undoubted still has political opponents to crush. Let's hope his prayers go unanswered.

Via BBC:

The President told Venezuelans he was returning to Cuba for more treatment after an emotional plea for his life at an Easter mass.

Tearful plea

Speaking through tears in his hometown of Barinas, he asked Jesus to give him more time because he had "things left to do".

"Give me your crown, Christ, give it to me, I will bleed, give me your cross, a hundred crosses, but give me life, because I still have things left to do for the (Venezuelan) people and for the homeland," he said during Thursday night's mass.

He later said it had been "a spontaneous, sentimental thing" brought about by the presence of his family next to him at the mass.