2013 Liberal Jackass Quotes of the Year: #19

Sean Penn(cil Head)

"I mourn a great hero."

 

- The "hero" in question is Hugo Chavez.

"Chavez's death is not the end of an era but the start of an incalculable crisis given the mess he created and leaves behind: a nation with no rule of law, with drug kingpins running the army, former guerillas running the government, and a civil society that has been hollowed out by 14 years of non-stop harassment and persecution." - Thor Halvorssen (Venezuelan human-rights advocate)

Penn is a complete tool, and for the life of me I can't figure out why he had such a flirtatious love for Hugo...He couldn't possibly think Chavez created a blissful utopia in Venezuela for his people.  Besides what Halvorssen saying being true, Hugo didn't just make the people of Venezuela poor, he made himself rich stealing from them; dying with an approximate $2 billion.

Maybe Penn was envious of Hugo's power, or maybe it was simply Chavez's hatred of the U.S...Either way, calling Hugo "great" or a "hero" of any kind is a farce, and shows Penn for the ignorant disgrace he is.

Venezuelan actress Maria Conchita Alonso said it best:  "(Y)ou are a communist, Sean Penn!..You’re a communist asshole!"