Hugo Chavez is still dead

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Hahaha ChairmanSanchez literally compared Chavez to King Leopold in the other thread? Good lord.

I'd like to echo the thoughts in the other thread commending the late Chavez's rhetorical skills when it came to hyperbole. Greg Grandin's obituary in The Nation describes the brilliance of that infamous "sulfur" flourish better than I can:

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Insane right-wing reaction to Chavez's death #571203 courtesy of the AP:

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Sure, Chavez spent money on healthcare for poor people or whatever, but what he really should have done was spend on it monstrous skyscrapers built by immigrant slave-labor, like in those Persian Gulf paragons of democracy.

This is why left-wingers like myself are somewhat skeptical of right-wing critiques of Chavez's supposed corruption and disdain for democracy.