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On the Idiotic Posthumous Cult of Hugo Chávez
The Daily Beast ^ | 3/12/13 | Bernard-Henri Lévy

Posted on 03/12/2013 7:32:24 PM PDT by tflabo

Leaving aside his antisemitism and his dictator allies, why would the left celebrate a man who repressed his people and wrecked the economy? It’s an insult to Venezuelans, says Bernard Henri-Lévy. The death of Hugo Chávez, followed by his elaborate funeral, has unleashed a wave of political idiocy, and thus of disinformation, of a magnitude not seen in some time.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: chavez
A good read...
1 posted on 03/12/2013 7:32:24 PM PDT by tflabo
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To: tflabo

Somebody is going to make a lot of money selling Hugo T-shirts to college kids, movies stars and various other groups of morons.


2 posted on 03/12/2013 7:34:25 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Progressive, Marxist liberals do not evolve, they morph into fascists.)
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To: tflabo

Hugo is finally useful! Fertilizer.....


3 posted on 03/12/2013 7:48:17 PM PDT by eeriegeno (<p>)
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To: tflabo

If you want to destroy a country worse than any nuclear exchange, install a third-world style junta, complete with lavish lifestyle, end-runs over established law, a compliant media that toes the line, and complete indifference to the retched economy, and watch your cities crumble. Now take a look at us.


4 posted on 03/12/2013 8:31:38 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: tflabo

Here in America, we call them “Democrats.”


5 posted on 03/12/2013 9:04:27 PM PDT by RavenATB
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To: tflabo

why would the left celebrate a man who repressed his people and wrecked the economy?

Wait till you see what they do when Obama dies.
It will probably be even more disgusting than
the Clinton funerals.


6 posted on 03/12/2013 9:18:45 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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won’t last very long. Chavismo was already in decay....


7 posted on 03/12/2013 11:33:04 PM PDT by Cronos (Latin presbuteros->Late Latin presbyter->Old English pruos->Middle Engl prest->priest)
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