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November 28, 2006
Joe Kennedy Teams Up With Hugo Chavez
It seemed the Kennedy family had bottomed out with the irresponsible degenerate Chappaquiddick Ted. But Joseph P. Kennedy II has managed to sink further still.
In jarring contrast to JFK's courageous stand against communism, Joe Kennedy has formed an alliance with socialist strongman Hugo Chavez, a brutal thug who openly models himself on totalitarian dictator Fidel Castro and whose regime has been steadily tightening its grip on the throat of what remains of democracy in Venezuela.
An ally of every enemy America has, including Iran's ayatollahs, North Korea, and of course Fidel Castro, Chavez relentlessly denounces the United States. When he is not characterizing our President as "the Devil" to the other corrupt thugs at the United Nations, he is providing discount heating oil to American communities shameless enough to accept it. The idea is to make us look bad, and to convince the willfully stupid that only socialist thugs care about the shivering poor. This sort of propaganda has been helpful in the quest by leftists to sow seeds of totalitarianism throughout Latin America. Recently they've gained ground in Bolivia, Nicaragua, and Ecuador.
Former Massachusetts Congressman Kennedy, who is expected to run for Governor or Senator at some point in the future, has teamed up with Chavez to milk the heating oil charade for publicity. He actually has ads on television boasting of his involvement in an enemy regime's propaganda campaign against his own country.
Obviously, if Chavez had any legitimate interest in helping the poor, he would let up on the socialism so that his own country might stop sinking ever deeper into poverty despite high oil prices. Annual inflation in Venezuela averaged 20% from 2001 to 2005. Chavez's contempt for property rights has made investment virtually impossible, resulting in an ever-shrinking middle class.
Though Venezuela is still nominally a democracy, Chavez has announced that he will rule until 2021. Elections are so characterized by violence, intimidation, and fraud that only Jimmy Carter is willing to endorse them — and even Jimbo would have qualms if Chavez weren't a leftist and rabidly hostile toward the USA.
In the Western Hemisphere, Venezuela is ahead of only Cuba when it comes to press freedom according to Freedom House. It is also second last in Transparency International's corruption perception index.
Yet Kennedy characterizes his complicity with Chavez's anti-US propaganda gimmick as "morally righteous." Falling back on the relativism that has replaced the notion of right and wrong in liberal minds, allowing them to excuse any abomination, he dismisses concern for Chavez's totalitarian tendencies by smirking that there has been "ample room for improvement in the ways that people get elected in Venezuela as well as in Florida."
It's merciful that JFK didn't live to witness this.
On a tip from Varla.
Posted by Van Helsing at November 28, 2006 10:07 AM
Comments
How utterly sickening. Is this part of the Dhimmicrats "camelot?"
Posted by: Chris at November 28, 2006 10:48 AM
How utterly sickening. Is this part of the Dhimmicrats "camelot?"
Posted by: Chris at November 28, 2006 10:50 AM
One wonders why Kennedy, who I'm sure receives plenty from the Kennedy millions, doesn't believe in using his own money to help those whom he is so concerned about that he has to turn to an American-hating Commie wannabe to do the job for him?
Oh that's right, he's a liberal, and liberals don't believe in giving away their own money... they'd rather give away yours. Especially if you aren't lucky enough to have it salted away in a trust fund in Fiji.
Posted by: Pam at November 28, 2006 11:31 AM
Can we have all the surviving members of this contemptuous brood (who have not already offed themselves by reckless indolence) spayed and neutered so they do not hatch off any more idiots? For the love of G_d, somebody do something. Please!
Posted by: monsoon at November 28, 2006 11:50 AM
God forbid the Kennedies should ever dip into their vast rum-running fortune to help the poor themselves.
Posted by: V the K at November 28, 2006 1:01 PM
I wonder who all the smiling suits are behind him?
Posted by: Kevin Ralston at November 28, 2006 1:04 PM
Too bad Ted doesnt give him a ride in his 1967 Oldsmobile Delta 88. After JFK was killed the whole family went berzerk.
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Posted by: General Jack D. Ripper at November 28, 2006 4:36 PM
I'm appalled too, but more at the behavior I see here than with Mr. Kennedy. Most of the reactions to his business deal with Chavez seem to border from propagandist to downright scandalous. So lemme get this straight, we are to be glad that tragedy has befallen the Kennedy family and wish more ill will on them, simply because a business deal leaves a bad taste in our mouths? Spay and neuter the Kennedy family because Chavez sold oil? Good choice. We show our unity and pride here. Isn't the Governator married to a Kennedy? Does that make her the good one? Or does she have to be spayed too?
Posted by: Voice at November 29, 2006 10:20 AM
tragedy has befallen the Kennedy family
Grow up. As though they had nothing to do with it, they were just sitting minding their own business and were struck by lightning. Since the JFK and RFK assassinations, all of the Kennedy "tragedies" are self-inflicted wounds.
See...
the self-serving coward at Chappaquidick
the murderer, Skakel
the rapist, William Kennedy Smith, who wriggled off the hook
the idiot who skied into a tree
the pretty-boy moron who flew into the ocean
the imbecile who rolled the jeep on the beach, paralyzing a girl
the nitwit busted for DUI on his way to "vote" in Congress
the perv who was popped for banging the underaged babysitter
And of course the pro-Nazi stock manipulator and rum-runner who sired the whole sorry lot.
Shall I go on? The Kennedys could embarrass the Capones. Would they please all just go away?
Mr. Kennedy indeed!
Posted by: Jay Guevara at November 29, 2006 11:52 AM
I make a point of not getting gas at 7-11 or any other station that uses Citgo oil. I'd rather pay a few cents more for gasoline than willingly let so much as a penny of my money fall into that swine Chavez's hands.
Posted by: Adam at November 29, 2006 3:05 PM
