Why do Democrats like Hugo Chavez?  Isn't he a Latino populist like Fidel Castro?
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Because he is a soicialist and that fits into the democrats way of thinking.  Spend all the money you can but keep the people on top in control by letting the mass think they are being taken care of\nDemocratic slogan:  You can fool most of the people all of the time, but if that doesn't work try and fool all of the people most of the time!!   Hugo is a master of wagging the dog that chases its tail all the time.  Sounds like a democrat to me.  What happen to the FDR democrats?  Now they are just whimps!
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If the liberals have their way Socialism. Hello Chavez
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They need to leave Chavez alone. I think the Venezuelans need to suffer a long long time under their presidente for life Chavez.\n\nPerhaps that would help them figure out that marxism is antithetical to life, peace and prosperity.
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In an elementary form of an answer: Latino countries are very macho.\nThey thrive on a strong leadership.\nCastro is considered the Viagra-man of Latino countries.\nIn case you haven't noticed, many Latin American countries are starting to lean very far to the left (a la dictatorship).
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Chavez- pres. of Venezuela                             There are quite a few others...but I can't spell their names...lol!
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In Venezuela, since Chavez is in power, people have started to loose many rights, consistently. Even the right to vote and change presidents is at risk if chavez is reelected (wich i believe is difficult to happen if elections are fair and clean). If you go to a job interview, they ask you if you dissent the president, as a condition to get the job, causing that only the ignorant and ass kissers get jobs in many public institutions. In Education, The grade system has been eliminated, everybody has the right to pass!!. So students don´t study anymore. They know they will graduate, cause its illegal if any teacher flunk them. In Criminality and National Security, now you usually dont go to jail, if your crime favors the regime: murderers have walked free, cause they killed chavez oposers, and not the people in favor of chavez. Kidnappings numbers have risen over 400%, and there have been 100,000 violent deaths since chavez got to power. (Wich is an enormous number for a small country with a small population). Drug dealers and criminals from other countries walk around Venezuela.. If we talk about economy, Chavez has received more money than aproximately the sum all of the previous governments(8 in 40 years) in the history Venezuelans democracy!!!!!!. Still, he devalued the currency, made illegal to have american $ without selling them to the government. Made illegal for people to travel overseas with more than 4000$, when people returns to Venezuela, they have to sell their money (US$) to the government in exchange for devalued Bolivares. He received aprox. 500,000,000,000 of US$, what means about 1,100,000,000,000,000 Bolivares, and the social plans he talks about so much worth less than 1% of that money. Where is the F*** Money?? He is the richest man on earth now. Bought a jet, that makes the air force one look like trash, has a budget of aprox. 1million US$ for drinks, and another million for Suits.He travels all around the world, almost all year long, with hundreds or thousands of people, in a constant five star all included luxury vacation, and pays for propaganda in dozens of countries. That propaganda has reached some people outside venezuela... inside?? not much. \n\nA Free Venezuelan... (Against all odds)
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Because the democrats have successfully pitched themselves as a party concerned about the poor.  I admit to being cynical, I think many democrat leaders prefer to keep the poor poor (by addicting them to welfare and making them think they can't survive without it because of racism or whatever) so they have a steady source of votes.  So they have no incentive to work on getting them off of welfare and in to the workforce. \n\nI'm a republican which is probably no surprise.
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Really? This is what you ask? You must be trying to find something to pin on a Democrat. Must be tough to be a Neo Con(vict) these days.
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The real reason is this:\n\nThe politician will get more votes from the Latin-American populace if they take a pro-immigration stance. \n\nIn states where politicians stand to win from latin-American voters, they will be pro-immigration. In states where there is little latin-American voters, they will tend to be pro-FENCES.\n\nIn one sense, this seems duplicitous, but in fact we have a representative democracy. Whatever gets a politician elected is supposed to represent the politician's constituency.\n\nPoliticians want guest-worker programs to be elected. Politicians want fences so they can be elected.\n\nPoliticians also represent unions - so they have to weigh a balance - and the balance usually means money from PACs.\nWhen the Union's PAC gives more money than the Latin-American PAC, then the representative can be elected - so they go pro-Union. The contrary is obvious.\n\nIf American's really voted the issues, this wouldn't be true. But, Americans are a fickle bunch, and they tend to vote for the side with the most, brightest, loudest, most-offensive ads.\n\nRemember Willy Horton. The guy who came up with that ad apologized on his deathbed.
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Jim W you are funny.  From just talking to liberals and democrats, I find that ,that is their motto.  Hate republicans because they are rich and only care about rich people.  Blah blah blah.  I know, I was raised in a Hispanic home where they tried to teach me that.  Luckily, I can think for myself and see what the democrats are all about.\n\nAs for Bill and Hillary, let them, none of it came from me.
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democracy is a farce. \n\n\ngo castro.
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He is an entertaiiner, he gets paid to be caustic. He learned his trade from el rushbo. He does what he does well but the trouble is people beleive what he says. They think that he is always right when in truth he uses a mixture of half truths, down right lies and inunendo's to excite the neo con population. In answer to your question is he a jerk. Yes by all definitions of the word
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Chavez of venezuela, despite the malicious US Media campaign to portray him as a dictator -although reelected by the people and not appointed by any court- he is the only one is Latin America who had the balls to stand up againts the oppresing foreign economic policies of Bush and the international banks.
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Hey wait a second... I'm a far left democrat but Tancredo is awesome.
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Chavez and the new power houses in Latin America are finaly taking  a stand. For way to long the natural resources that many regions in S. America depend on our being controlled and being ran by American Companies while the poor farmer makes crap and the americans just get richer. \nThe US is just scared because they dont want Latin america to be influenced by Chavez and Evo for giving light to S.America. They are worried that they will create an axis of evil with Cuba and Fidel. They should have the right to impose higher taxes on natural resource and have the right to nationalize natural goods that our being controlled and ran by other countries.Which will never happend. S.America has many riches but suffors in its riches because the wealth isn't being spread right. AMERICA always wants a cut! If the US is supporting anti-CHavez terrorists it's probaly being supported by the CIA. I love the US but i hate their politics. I love my roots from S.America but i hate how poor it is when it can actualy be a great country with its riches.
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The illegal Mexicans are loyal to Mexico, so don't try blowing smoke up our butts.  The Cubans are loyal to Cuba, not Castro.  When and if democracy ever comes to Cuba, there will be a major reduction of population in south Florida.
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Chavez should be killed for his repeated Opposition to the U.S. and not cooperating on the war on terror. He is a dictator and has removed the law in his country that has a set amount of years for presidental term so we will see Chavez in office till he dies like Castro. Chavez is gonna turn his country into the next China except on the Radical Left side. With Removal of Rights and suppression of his opposers. He is annoyance and the U.S. Empire doesn't have time to deal with small fries like him. So he is on President Bush's Ignore list on all Chat Programs and Phones =P