Frankly, I think it's the distinction between the knee-jerk anti-socialist and sober minded realists who look at Chavez and see him running Venezuala towards a cliff. Most of both the left and right wing are basically knee jerkers. They don't *REALLY* understand what's going on, they just know which side they are on...

I swear, it's the blues and the greens all over again... didn't we learn this lesson in the 1500 years ago... :(