Call dictators political dictator toes were not only popular in their own countries, but were also admired by numerous highly educated and idealistic westerners. The object of this political hero worship included Benito Mussolini, adolf hitler, mao mao tsetung, and more recently, hugo chavez. Few people remember it today, but the original lyrics from cole porters immensely popular musical anything goes originally read you are the top, you are mussolini, you are the top, you are mrs. Sweeney. [laughter] today, of course, it reads you are the top, you are an oneill drama, you are the top, you are whistlers mama. So some progress there. [laughter] and whereas few people today openly praise hitler or mussolini, it is not uncommon to see young men and women in our Nations Capital wearing che guevara tshirts and to see American Entertainers like Michael Moore and intellectuals like noam chomsky praise the castro brothers and hugo chavez. Paul hollander spent decades trying to understand why