Posted on 05/10/2014 4:03:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sean Penn is taking a page out of President Barack Obama's playbook but twisting it to his own socialist-friendly liking. Obama has gotten plenty of mileage for blaming his predecessor for the country's woes.
Now, Penn is blaming Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro's problems on what the leader inherited from his predecessor--Hugo Chavez. Only Penn doesn't blame his late friend at all, preferring to spin a yarn about paranoia and relationships meant to excuse the late leader from guilt.
Confused? Wait until Penn compares Venezuela's collapsing economy with that of America's stagnant fiscal house. The Mystic River star talked politics with the little-seen Al Jazeera network and gave his views on the current Venezuela crisis.
"President Maduro inherited a lot of the growing pains that were left, and the problems that came of a country largely forced into paranoia, largely forced into certain relationships that maybe are distasteful,” Penn said.
He added that Maduro is similar to Chavez in that he is “in love with his people and his country.” When he was asked if he thought the Venezuelan people were in love with Maduro, Penn said it was important to “be careful.”
“Are they demonstrating in Venezuela over oppression, or are they demonstrating because they’re on economic hard times? It’s the latter,” Penn insisted. “We’re all on economic hard times."
Penn blamed reports of Venezuela violently cracking down on protesters on America's anti-Venezuelan bias. He then drew parallels between that country's economic woes and what President Obama faced in his first years in office.
"The frustrations are real, but, you know, they are frustrations of an identity up against — we see it on an economic level with President Obama and the United States,” the actor continued. “How quickly we forget the devastated economy he inherited. The devastated credibility of his country he inherited."
Socialism is crippling a country that should have been wealthy but has trouble keeping powdered milk and tampons on the shelves.
Same with Argentina and some others down there. At one time Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries on Earth.
Bump
Just move there, pervert Do us all a favor
Well, not Venezuelans
Communist, like birds of a feather, flock together.
“He said before boarding a private jet back to his 20 room estate in the US”
Penn! You’re a doosh!
Go to coal country and share with them your difficulties during these hard economic times.
OTH, it’s hard to have empathy with people who voted twice to elect this jerk.
It’s a good thing schadenfreude isn’t fattening.
So, Sean Penn wants Obummer to be more like Hugo Chavez and the US to be like Venezuela. Good thinking there Sean.
Well at least the fool admits what Ive known since the moment I saw Obama, that he is a Socialist Commie piece of crap..I have a question for Sean Penn and others who think like them..they obviously love Socialism/Communism..so what is stopping them from moving to Venezuela, they would be in their Socialist Utopia..oh yeah, almost forgot, even though these Commie a-holes love Socialism, they dont want to give up THEIR wealth, only everyone elses wealth
What a f’n imbecile.
What the Hell is this clown talking about. There's been zero coverage of Venezuela other than in the blogosphere.
I’d compare el comandante to Obama too
Sean Penn is a congenital idiot!
Please...don’t insult congenital idiots. sean penn is really a talentless communist loser who loathes his existance.
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