Our situation is very different. Hugo is going directly to the Cuba model in his remaining term. He needs to get this done before his term ends, so he can push through his "president for life" rule. In so far as they have an obvious focal point in Hugo they have an advantage.
The people intent on the transformation of America are much smarter and patient. The "boiling frog" scenario is working well. There is not a single, visible, charasmatic person moving us to Socialism and One Worldism, there are many true candidates vying to be the 'standard carrier' for this program. They differ in the speed and spin (lies to disguise) they use to talk about it.
Clinton, Obama, Gore, Edwards, Kerry, and many more. And behind them a compliant or complicit media. And behind them accidental billionaires like Soros and the Progressive guy.
So will marching prove or change anything, in either case? We shall see but I'm willing to bet that the TV station in Venezeula never goes back to its original format and owners. Chavez will win this round, and the next one, and perhaps even achieve his ultimate goal of being the next Castro - Presidente for Life.
The elites here don't want Hillary-for-Life, that's not even in the cards.
As for us, how to resist. Right now jam the lines. Next? I have a hard time with street protests. It seems like such a 'leftist' tactic, though it does build coalitions and gets people fired up. Occassionaly Conservatives hit on a brilliant play that illuminates things.
The Minutemen are one - despite the media attempts to vilify them and the inter-organizational squabbles that have haunted the org. The Gathering of Eagles was good too, but again you saw part of the problems for us is that the media simply boycott our rallies, downplay the numbers, lie about the meaning and messages.
Therefore street protests might not be the way to oppose what is going down here in the USA.
Fine you have a hard time with street protests, most of us do. But, if that is what is called upon me to do...I will proudly do it to save my Country! The other thing is we have to get people to think or de-program. I agree there are similarities and differences between Venezuela and the US, but the deception is similiar, the efforts the same. We, the people, have permitted a whole generation to be indoctrinated into this type of thinking. WE have essentially for 40 years+ felt that the American ideals would trump the most insidious socialists. Well, guess what, they are running for president...and have a legitimate chance of being elected.
We're in deep trouble when people like this can say the things that Hillary has said and they go unchallenged. Worse, they get supported!
"Many of you are well enough off that tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to have to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."
"I mean, you've got a conservative and right-wing press presence with really nothing on the other end of the political spectrum."
"We are at a stage in history in which remolding society is one of the great challenges facing all of us in the West."
"We just can't trust the American people to make those types of choices.... Government has to make those choices for people"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1PfE9K8j0g And they are actively looking to silence the conservative voice! Our situation is much more deadly to freedom, because it is so insidious.