Venezuela's Maduro Gives #FeelTheBern a Huge Thumbs up!

by Kim D.

Who is shocked that Venezuela's dictator thinks old Bernie is the cat's meow? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Hmmm . . .  I wonder what Bernie thinks about his recent endorsement?

During a television broadcast on Tuesday night, Maduro -- who has expressed support for Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, in the past -- called the Democratic candidate "our revolutionary friend" and said it was only "an archaic (electoral) system that is 200 years old" keeping him from the presidency.

Secretly, I bet Bernie loves the praise from his comrade and former bus driver. However, I think he would argue his special kind of Democratic Socialism would be different than the soul-sucking disaster that is day-to-day misery in Venezuela. This form of socialism is dangerously tipping toward economic armageddon.

The news from Venezuela is not encouraging. Last Friday, CNN reports, President Nicolas Maduro declared a state of emergency in order "to tend to our country and more importantly to prepare to denounce, neutralize and overcome the external and foreign aggressions against our country."

In truth, Maduro is trying to intimidate and silence the growing domestic opposition to his rule, which saw inflation balloon, shops empty and, according to The New York Times, hospitals fill with dying infants.

 

I PLAYED MONOPOLY ONCE AS A CHILD—THAT IS WHY I AM THIS

— Bernie Thoughts (@berniethoughts) May 22, 2016

 Only in 2016 with no hope for effective government change entering the White House following Obama's eight years of dismal and divisive policies could Democratic Socialism be a considered vision for America.  What most of us thought laughable and impossible for the direction of this country actually has a chance down the road.  

Bernie may never enter the Oval Office; however, the work he has done to promote socialism will be viewed by the history books as significant. And if our education system continues to paint equality ideals with a Utopian paintbrush, in 2020 a celebrity willing to sign on to further promote "the cause" could be successful in bringing these ideals to the highest office in our land.

Anyone doubt it? Take a gander at this nifty piece from Dan Joseph: