From The Moderate Voice:

Apparently anti-war mom Cindy Sheehan and Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez have become "buds." This just caused me to yell at my computer, calling Cindy Sheehan a "Stupid Idiot." I am liberal, center-left, and the Left embarrasses me when it pulls stunts like this. The far left is just as stupid and dangerous as the far right.

Could not have said it better myself. A while back I engaged in a little bit of a debate with my fellow PBAer Dru, over Cindy's place in History.

My feeling all along was that Cindy was more focussed on being a media star, than being a legitimate alternative anti-war voice. Now she has stepped over the bounds of good taste, and taken camera mugging to a whole new level.

Her embracing of Chavez is embarrassing, and only adds fuel to the fire of those on the Right who seek to discredit the legitimate anti war movement. Chavez is respected and even admired by many in this part of the world. I dont share the admiration, but I do respect a man who has balls big enough to play soccer with. The truth of the matter is that the man is a thug, who's leftist credentials pale in the face of his messianic ego. Chavez is a throwback to the Latin American Strongman, when intellect was a lot less important than testosterone and Machismo. That American Left Activist like Sheehan and Bellafonte are rallying to his banner, say more about their own desperate need for relevance, than any understanding of his "revolution."

I said it back then and I will say it again... Cindy Sheehan is NO Rosa Parks. She never will be, and this relationship with Chavez more than likely signals the begining of the end of her much extended "15 minutes of fame."

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