Chavez says beef is with Bush, not the entire U.S.

President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela's beef with the United States is all about George Bush, and the government will reach out quickly to the new American president. In a wide-ranging interview Thursday with a group of visiting American newspaper editors, Chavez said he respects the American people and wishes to 'beg for forgiveness if in my speech I have hurt any feelings back in the States.' He said his criticism is aimed at 'the elite that is governing the United States, and not even all the elite.' Of the U.S. presidential candidates, Chavez said, 'It would be a lie to say I have no preference.' But, 'I shouldn't say anything that would be used against someone.'