World 'needs dictators like Chavez' says French minister

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The minister for France's overseas territories lamented the death of Hugo Chavez on Saturday, saying the world "needs more dictators" like him after attending the late Venezuelan leader's funeral a day earlier.

Victorin Lurel described Chavez as a cross between French General Charles de Gaulle and reforming left-winger Léon Blum, who served three times as French prime minister.

“De Gaulle because he profoundly changed his country’s institutions, and Blum because he fought relentlessly against injustice,” he told RTL radio.

“I’ll be criticised for saying this, but the world needs more dictators like Hugo Chavez, if it’s a dictator that he actually was. He showed a strong respect for human rights.”

http://www.france24.com/en/20130309-french-minister-world-needs-more-dictators-like-chavez

if it’s a dictator that he actually was.........................

[newfie11]

1. When you run a clean election, your not a dictator

However if all dictators were like Chavez it would be great. At least for the poor, the rich can go suck an egg.

[fasttense]

2. It's amazing that a head of state overwhelmingly voted in by the majority of citizens

is called a dictator.

Yet, a head of state appointed by 7 corrupt judges and lacking the majority vote is called president bush.

[polly7]

3. K&R! nt.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Democratically elected leaders are not dictators.

Funny how when there was a serious possibility that Chavez might lose the last election, venezuala's political process was just fine with the corporatocracy, then after he got re-elected, the deliberate misuse of dictator went right back into the standard meme.