[Sorry for the quality of the video but for some reason SNL has kept this video off site. And copyright may pull this one at any minute]
Hugo Chavez made it to SNL! Rather than compare him to Satan, the Devil, Mao and Stalin which was done last week in every political cartoon and political column in each he was mentioned – Left and Right – SNL only played him for an ignorant fool rather than worse than Hitler.
What is it about having to crucify, shoot, attempt to assassinate and demonize advocates for the poor? Christ, Gandhi, MLK, RFK. And demonizing? That list goes on and on led by dirty words like JACKSON! SHARPTON!
What should we expect from Hugo Chavez when we backed a coup against him? Or his saddling up to other leaders who America is at verbal war with? What did Hugo Chavez actually do? Well up comes the basis of the demonization, SOCIALISM, mostly about dispensing oil profits down to the people. Which is not only what the socialist nation of Norway does, by also Sarah Palin’s Alaska.
Did all Chavez policies work, no. Did all of George W. Bush’s policies work, no. Hugo Chavez helped all of South America toss off the yolk of American imperialism and helped move most of the continent from military right-wing dictatorships beholding to corporate owned America. Not only where center left democracies are all getting better, but even center right democracies of Peru and Columbia are improving.
Unlike Castro, Chavez and Morales worked through the democratic process to push their socialist agendas. Just like most of Europe. While our democracy on the other hand has been hacked by corporate lobbies, billionaires and a few gun enthusiasts.
This week brings to mind a letter I wrote to Newsweek magazine a some years ago to cancel my subscription. They had listed Che Guevera as #6 on the list of top murdering war criminals of the 20th century. Beyond Simon Bolivar, I would guess Che is the most well known hero of Latin America. Our biggest hero of Latin America? Christopher Columbus who murdered and enslaved the entire continent in the name of God.