Because as far as I can tell there is nobody on here recommending Marxism as a target for American philosophy.

And just who exactly is this "large segment of the radical left" you keep referring to because I'm just not meeting these folks in my life? I can't even think of any real national politicians these days that fall into that radical category. The people farthest left these days on the national stage sure seem centrist to me compared with what they may have been in my younger days.

I think you're confusing a few public figures embracing Chavez's denunciations of Bush and his cohorts with a mandate for everything he stands for. I really haven't seen it ever go beyond that.

And Tom it is about the man dissing our president with you. I'm convinced of that because there's all sorts of world leaders that are equally as repugnant or even more that you seem to ignore because they keep their mouths shut about our affairs. Your obsession with this one guy borders on the humorous with me.

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