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Hugo Chavez looks to God as cancer clouds future
yahoo news ^ | 5/7/2012 | yahoo news

Posted on 05/07/2012 2:17:18 PM PDT by Mr. K

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has spent much of his career praising the socialist ideas of famed atheists such as Karl Marx and Fidel Castro. Now in the thick of a prolonged battle against cancer, however, the leftist leader is drawing inspiration from a spiritual leader: Jesus Christ.

Chavez has been praying for divine intervention during increasingly infrequent appearances on television, holding up a crucifix while vowing to overcome his illness. He says living with cancer has made him "more Christian," talk that has spurred speculation that cancer might cut short his bid for re-election in October.

Chavez's voice cracked with emotion as he bade farewell to aides and supporters in Caracas on April 30 before leaving for what he said would be his final round of cancer treatment in Cuba.

"I'm sure our Christ will do it again, continuing making the miracle," Chavez said as he raised his cross to his lips and kissed it, prompting applause from an audience of aides.

If Chavez survives cancer, political analysts say his increasing religiosity could pay election-year dividends in a country where Catholicism remains influential.

"Given that he cannot hide the illness, but he can hide its characteristics and danger, he's decided to take as much advantage of it as he can, and one advantage is the symbolic and religious issue," said Luis Vicente Leon, a Venezuelan pollster and analyst. "He'll present himself as the chosen one, the man who has been cured and healed by the Lord to continue governing the country."

The president has alternated between emotional fragility and optimism in public, mentioning God and Jesus nearly every time he shows up on TV.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: hugo; hugochavez; smellslikesulphur; sulphur; venezuela
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Words fail me...

Oh wait- no they don't: DIE already you P.O.S!!!

1 posted on 05/07/2012 2:17:22 PM PDT by Mr. K
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To: Mr. K

What’s that they say about the last refuge of a scoundrel?


2 posted on 05/07/2012 2:20:33 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: Mr. K

No atheists in foxholes.


3 posted on 05/07/2012 2:22:49 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: Mr. K

He can look for God all he wants ....

Trouble is, where he’s going, he’s not likely to find Him.


4 posted on 05/07/2012 2:25:16 PM PDT by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: Mr. K

It would be funny if he slipped in the shower and died.


5 posted on 05/07/2012 2:27:17 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Cogito cogito)
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To: Mr. K

Some people may be fooled by his claim but I’m not.And *far* more importantly,*God* isn’t.I suspect that he’s gonna spend eternity with the smell of sulfur in his nostrils and it looks like “eternity” is right around the corner for him...courtesy of THE CUBAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM!


6 posted on 05/07/2012 2:31:39 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Julia: a casualty of the "War on Poverty")
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To: Mr. K

Latin American Communists are NOT atheists. Most Latin American Communists are Catholics. Communism derives its support from Catholics. For example, Michael Moore is not an atheist but a Catholic. Nothing surprising here.


7 posted on 05/07/2012 2:40:20 PM PDT by JimWayne
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Hey Hugo...Satan has a nice place picked out for you in hell..and a nice pineapple too! (Little Nicky movie reference)
8 posted on 05/07/2012 2:40:25 PM PDT by jakerobins
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To: Mr. K
How do we know that he actually does have cancer? He could be feigning it, along with his conversion to Christianity, to sway over some more votes.

Can we expect the American version of this in the upcoming months?

9 posted on 05/07/2012 2:41:46 PM PDT by Robert DeLong (u)
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you mean the god’ with 2 horns and a pitchfork? keep praying, bud


10 posted on 05/07/2012 2:42:14 PM PDT by max americana
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To: Mr. K

Trouble in your life?.....just pull God out of the closet, cause it’s time to believe!......../sarc


11 posted on 05/07/2012 2:43:50 PM PDT by wesagain (The God (Elohim) of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is the One True GOD.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Of course God isn’t fooled, He knows what will happen and when. I imagine God knew all about this before Chavez was even born.


12 posted on 05/07/2012 2:50:53 PM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: stuartcr
Of course God isn’t fooled, He knows what will happen and when. I imagine God knew all about this before Chavez was even born.

I'm not sure I believe in pre-destination...I was always taught that God accepts,and is gladdened by,*genuine* deathbed conversions or repentance.

13 posted on 05/07/2012 2:54:31 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Julia: a casualty of the "War on Poverty")
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To: Gay State Conservative

Doesn’t God know when and how we will die and what is in our hearts? On top of that, God cannot be wrong, can He?


14 posted on 05/07/2012 3:01:49 PM PDT by stuartcr ("When silence speaks, it speaks only to those that have already decided what they want to hear.")
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To: jakerobins

Heh, I almost used the pineapple reference in the last Hugo thread. Gotta love the French maid outfit on ol’ Adolf.


15 posted on 05/07/2012 3:20:03 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Mr. K

Mr.K,
it’s REAL hard to find sympathy for Senore’ Hugo.
Just hoping he’s a suffering but since he is in charge of so much contraband narcotics, i do not think he is suffering enough.


16 posted on 05/07/2012 3:21:31 PM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: Mr. K

Libs see the title of the article and think he’s looking for Obama...


17 posted on 05/07/2012 3:24:50 PM PDT by Popman (America is squandering its wealth on riotous living, war, and welfare.)
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To: Mr. K

You never know. Paul was a ruthless persecutor of the early church, and then became its greatest leader. I have no way of knowing if Chavez is sincere or not, but a sovereign God can and will do whatever He wants to do. This kind of thing make one go “Hmmm...”


18 posted on 05/07/2012 3:29:09 PM PDT by Always A Marine
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To: Mr. K

Die you ugly fat bastard. the sooner the better.


19 posted on 05/07/2012 3:32:51 PM PDT by bikerman (you can take the man out of the jungle but can't take the jungle out of the man)
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To: Mr. K

Let’s get on with it and re-distribute his organs.


20 posted on 05/07/2012 3:37:36 PM PDT by grumpygresh (Democrats delenda est; zero sera dans l'enfer bientot.)
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