[EagleUSA]

I don’t think any of us are surprised at the way the left is rallying around Huga Chavez.
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The left is sick. They are socialists, communists and anything but patriotic Americans. And it is all about power and absolute control, which Chavez is a good model for...at least in princple. He will also be a good lesson for our leftists as we watch Chavez go down gradually in flames. He will not succeed — socialism never does. The people will put an end to him just like I hope the American citizen eventually puts an end to radical leftists in this country. Sad alot of damage will have to be done to America, as we are witnessing, before the people realize what it is all about.

[68skylark]

He will also be a good lesson for our leftists as we watch Chavez go down gradually in flames. He will not succeed — socialism never does.

The 20th century was full of examples of failed socialism: the USSR and the Warsaw Pact nations, N. Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and all of sub-Sahara Africa, just to name a few. Yet these "lessons" have not sunk in for many people.

I doubt that the upcoming tragedies in Venezuela (whatever they may be) will cause the left to re-think their ideology. It's a faith-based religion with them, so it's immune from lessons of reason and logic.

[Prophet in the wilderness]

" I don’t think any of us are surprised at the way the left is rallying around Huga Chavez. "

Hugo Chavez for Democrat Candidate for President 2008

[Hardastarboard]

Go over to DU and take a look at how they view him. He's a hero to them, and the fact that conservatives find him a despicable dictator tells them that we're the ones with issues. Those people are lunatics. But, of course, my tagline says that, too, sort of.