Obama a Che Guevara supporter?
You'd think not, but according to the video here, the Che Guevara flag is flying prominently in his Houston campaign office.
Now, I'm sure it was placed there by a well-meaning staffer, but really . . . do you want your photo associated with a mass-murdering icon? I mean, why not just put a picture of Ted Bundy up?
Or did he not kill enough people to qualify?
H/t to LGF
Now, I'm sure it was placed there by a well-meaning staffer, but really . . . do you want your photo associated with a mass-murdering icon? I mean, why not just put a picture of Ted Bundy up?
Or did he not kill enough people to qualify?
H/t to LGF
posted by Siscoe at 8:04 AM
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Would an American supported dictator like Augustus Pinochet,General Maximilio Hernández, Anastasio Somoza Garcia, General Efrain Rios Mont,Roberto Suazo Cordova,General Manuel Noriega,Pol Pot, Joseph Kasa-Vubu,or Suharto have suited you better?
And the comparison to a man who personally raped, tortured and killed 30 plus women, just perpitrates the myth that you are just another right wing nutjob using shock value over substance.
People like just hurt the cause.
"Che's life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom. We will always honor his memory." NELSON MANDELA
"Argentine physician and freedom fighter." UNITED STATE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH
"Knowledge makes us accountable" CHE GUEVERA
I don't get it.
It's just some volunteers.
he myth that you are just another right wing nutjob using shock value over substance.
Well, the only thing you got right was that it's a myth that I'm a rightwing nutjob who uses shock value over substance.
You want substance?
14 executed by Che in the Sierra Maestra during the anti-Batista guerrilla struggle (1957-1958):
1. ARISTIDIO 2. MANUEL CAPITÁN 3. JUAN CHANG 4. “BISCO” ECHEVARRÍA 5. ECHEVARRÍA BROTHER #1
6. ECHEVARRÍA BROTHER #2 7. EUTIMIO GUERRA 8. DIONISIO LEBRIGIO 9. JUAN LEBRIGIO 10. “EL NEGRO” NÁPOLES
11. “CHICHO” OSORIO 12. ONE UNIDENTIFIED TEACHER (“EL MAESTRO) 13.-14. 2 UNIDENTIFIED PEASANTS
10 executed in Santa Clara at Che’s orders in only two days (January 1959):
1. RAMÓN ALBA 2. JOSÉ BARROSO 3. JOAQUÍN CASILLAS 4. FÉLIX CRUZ 5. ALEJANDRO GARCÍA OLAYÓN
6. HÉCTOR MIRABAL 7. J. MIRABAL 8. FÉLIX MONTANO 9. CORNELIO ROJAS 10. VILALLA
156 executed at La Cabaña Fortress prison at Che Guevara’s orders:
1. VILAU ABREU 2. HUMBERTO AGUIAR 3. GERMÁN AGUIRRE 4. PELAYO ALAYÓN 5. JOSÉ LUIS ALFARO
6. PEDRO ALFARO 7. MARIANO ALONSO 8. JOSÉ ALVARO 9. ANIELLA 10. MARIO ARES POLO
11. JOSÉ RAMÓN BACALLAO 12. CEVERINO BARRIOS 13. EUGENIO BÉCQUER 14. FRANCISCO BÉCQUER
15. RAMÓN BISCET 16. ROBERTO CALZADILLA 17. EUFEMIO CANO 18. JUAN CAPOTE FIALLO
19. ANTONIO CARRALERO 20. GERTRUDIS CASTELLANOS 21. JOSÉ CASTAÑO QUEVEDO 22. RAÚL CASTAÑO
23. EUFEMIO CHALA 24. JOSÉ CHAMACE 25. JOSÉ CHAMIZO 26. RAÚL CLAUSELL 27. ÁNGEL CLAUSELL
28. DEMETRIO CLAUSELL 29. JOSÉ CLAUSELL 30. ELOY CONTRERAS 31. ALBERTO CORBO 32. EMILIO CRUZ
33. JUAN FELIPE CRUZ 34. ORESTES CRUZ 35. HUMBERTO CUEVAS 36. CUNY 37. ANTONIO DE BECHE
38. MATEO DELGADO 39. ARMANDO DELGADO 40. RAMÓN DESPAIGNE 41. JOSÉ DÍAZ CABEZAS
42. ANTONIO DUARTE 43. RAMÓN FERNÁNDEZ OJEDA 44. RUDY FERNÁNDEZ 45. FERRÁN ALFONSO
46. SALVADOR FERRERO 47. VICTOR FIGUEREDO 48. EDUARDO FORTE 49. UGARDE GALÁN
50. RAFAEL GARCÍA MUÑIZ 51. ADALBERTO GARCÍA 52. ALBERTO GARCÍA 53. JACINTO GARCÍA
54. EVELIO GASPAR 55. ARMADA GIL Y DIEZ CABEZAS 56. JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ MALAGÓN 57. EVARISTO GONZÁLEZ
58. EZEQUIEL GONZÁLEZ 59. SECUNDINO GONZÁLEZ 60. RICARDO GRAO 61. BONIFACIO GRASSO
62. RICARDO JOSÉ GRAU 63. OSCAR GUERRA 64. JULIÁN HERNÁNDEZ 65. FRANCISCO HERNÁNDEZ LEYVA
66. ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ 67. GERARDO HERNÁNDEZ 68. OLEGARIO HERNÁNDEZ 69. SECUNDINO HERNÁNDEZ
70. JESÚS INSUA 71. ENRIQUE IZQUIERDO 72. OSMÍN JORRÍN 73. SILVINO JUNCO 74. ENRIQUE LA ROSA
75. IGNACIO LASAPARLA 76. JESÚS LAZO 77. ARIEL LIMA LAGO 78. RAÚL LÓPEZ VIDAL 79. ARMANDO MAS
80. ENERLIO MATA 81. ELPIDIO MEDEROS 82. JOSÉ MEDINAS 83. JOSÉ MESA 84. FIDEL MESQUÍA
85. JUAN MILIÁN 86. FRANCISCO MIRABAL 87. LUIS MIRABAL 88. ERNESTO MORALES 89. PEDRO MOREJÓN
90. DR. CARLOS MUIÑO, MD. 91. CÉSAR NECOLARDES ROJAS 92. VICTOR NECOLARDES ROJAS 93. JOSÉ NUÑEZ
94. VITERBO O'RREILLY 95. FÉLIX OVIEDO 96. MANUEL PANEQUE 97. PEDRO PEDROSO 98. RAFAEL PEDROSO
99. DIEGO PÉREZ CUESTA 100. JUAN PÉREZ 101. DIEGO PÉREZ CRELA 102. JOSÉ POZO 103. EMILIO PUEBLA
104. ALFREDO PUPO 105. SECUNDINO RAMÍREZ 106. RAMÓN RAMOS 107. PABLO RAVELO 108. RUBÉN REY
109. MARIO RISQUELME 110. FERNANDO RIVERA 111. PABLO RIVERA 112. MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ
113. MARCOS RODRÍGUEZ 114. NEMESIO RODRÍGUEZ 115. PABLO RODRÍGUEZ 116. RICARDO RODRÍGUEZ
117. JOSÉ SALDARA 118. PEDRO SANTANA 119. SERGIO SIERRA 120. JUAN SILVA 121. FAUSTO SILVA
122. ELPIDIO SOLER 123. JESÚS SOSA BLANCO 124. RENATO SOSA 125. SERGIO SOSA 126. PEDRO SOTO
127. OSCAR SUÁREZ 128. RAFAEL TARRAGO 129. TEODORO TELLEZ CISNEROS 130. FRANCISCO TELLEZ
131. JOSÉ TIN 132. FRANCISCO TRAVIESO 133. LEONARDO TRUJILLO 134. TRUJILLO 135. LUPE VALDÉS BARBOSA
136. MARCELINO VALDÉS 137. ANTONIO VALENTÍN 138. MANUEL VÁZQUEZ 139. SERGIO VÁZQUEZ 140. VERDECIA
141. DÁMASO ZAYAS
*15 additional executions were reported by The New York Times (on 2/6/59, 2/8/59, 3/16/59, and 4/2/59),
but names are unknown.
http://cubaarchive.org/home/index.php
I prefer this quotation:
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary,"
-Che Guevara
So, moose, did it take a lot of practice to become what Stalin called a 'useful idiot', or were you born that way?
Was I born that way?
I've read a few of your other comments and seen your childish put downs, but that one was amusing.
You tend to get furious when someone just might have a different opinion than you and are silent when someone has pointed out an oversight or mistake you have made.
At least you left it to a Ted Bundy comparison. Other columns and blogs are comparing Che to Stalin, Hitler, Himmler, etc...
When I was younger I bought into the cult of Che, based solely on that famous iconic image thats plastered everywhere.
I then read The Motorcycle Diaries and loved it. But the book tended to be haphazard and nonideological except for a few passages. Che had not yet become an ideologue when he was touring South America on his motorcycle. In the book he reflects on the complex history of Latin America, and he expressed attitudes that managed to be pro-Indian and, at the same time, pro-conquistador.
It took me a few years to realize this was not the same Che in that photograph. Compared to other Latin American dictators at the time he was pretty tame, but he does not in anyway deserve the cult status.
moose - yeah, good call, don't refute what I put up there, just make up an accusation.
I rarely if ever get furious at anything, and I welcome other opinions. I just prefer that they be informed, and that the other person be willing to at least try and see my point of view.
And when I go silent, it's usually because I tire of arguing with someone over the internet.
ted - I haven't read his earlier writings - I only know what I've read about Guevara in later years.
I don't know if I agree that he was tame, but he does not in anyway deserve the cult status, I can agree with.
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