It makes you sick to your stomach that pols in this country could praise a monster like Chavez. He would have been deposed in 2002 if Bush had any stones. Instead, we insisted he be returned to office after a coup had toppled him.
His legacy is one that reminds you of North Korea. He nationalized, ie stole, private property, shuttered media that opposed or questioned him, used an army of street thugs to silence opposition, supported and gave sanctuary to marxist insurgents/drug dealers trying to topple Columbia and openly allied with iran. Kind of an Obama wish list.
He pimped out Joe Kennedy, Teddy's nephew, to try to provide him some good PR. Nothing a Kennedy won't do apparently.