A Young Socialist Gives Up On Chavez

Interesting perspective from a young, misguided man–I’m sure it pained him to come to grips with reality:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/15/hugo-chavez-broke-my-heart
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Expect to see much of the same in regards to Obama.

The comments on these things are always a hoot

If the BBC vocally supported a coup against the elected government, would you expect it to remain in existence?
Chavez is an elected politician. I know right-wingers cannot accept that, but Chavez has more democratic legitimacy than our current coalition of losers.
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Trust me Chavez is good but he isnt an intellectual like you said . But i fear people like bush and blair more than him
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I don’t think I can be held responsible for the invasion of two countries, in fact I have written that Chavez’s opposition to the war in Afghanistan was one of the reasons I admired him. (I guess this person missed all of his other fine deeds)

Then of course the majority “get it”

*You really have to admire some people , even after 50 plus years of kissing back end of Castro while the situation only got worse the people of Cuba and even after the body count form Mao and Stalin has gone through the tens of millions. They still find the gall to plug away for their great leftist hero?s .It must be that diet of constant anti-Western rubbish that they can never get enough of which gives them all that energy. *