Originally posted by Littlejoe
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So..you DON'T hate Trump? You have me confused now.
Rabid allegience...Right, that's rich. I do actually try to see all sides...I don't lean as far right as many on this site. I ACTIVELY campaigned against Trump in the Primaries, I thought he was a bad idea. I voted for him because the only other choice seemed worse.
How far back am I allowed to go? Does FDR's high praise of Joseph Stalin count? He said: (Stalin is) “truly representative of the heart and soul of Russia” and a leader who was “thoroughly conversant with the provisions of our Constitution.”
LBJ had the CIA help overthrow the Leftist gov't of Brazil with a coup. Da Costa e Silva's regime subsequently arrested 50,000 people the first year alone. But, when re-elected 3 yrs later Johnson had him up to the White House and toasted him with ""Sir, we welcome you to this Capital and to this house. Know that as geography has made us neighbors, history and hope have made us friends."
JFK said about Park Chung-Hee, one of the most notoriously brutal dictators of South Korea, after meeting with him in 1961: "The President welcomed Chairman Park's full exposition of the current situation in the Republic of Korea and expressed his gratification at the many indications of progress made by the new Government of the Republic."
How about Nixon's toast about his trip to China that opened the trade door when he compared Mao Zedong and the communist leadership to "George Washington and the other leaders of the American revolution."?
Ronald Reagan said in 1982 about Rios Montt, the genocidal president of Guatemala. “I know that President Rios Montt is a man of great personal integrity and commitment,”
Obama gave a "shout out" to the late Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's deadly oppresive PM during a 2012 speech at the anti-poverty summit for African Leaders. Obama said in his speech that honoring them was part of America's "moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition."
Rabid allegience...Right, that's rich. I do actually try to see all sides...I don't lean as far right as many on this site. I ACTIVELY campaigned against Trump in the Primaries, I thought he was a bad idea. I voted for him because the only other choice seemed worse.
How far back am I allowed to go? Does FDR's high praise of Joseph Stalin count? He said: (Stalin is) “truly representative of the heart and soul of Russia” and a leader who was “thoroughly conversant with the provisions of our Constitution.”
LBJ had the CIA help overthrow the Leftist gov't of Brazil with a coup. Da Costa e Silva's regime subsequently arrested 50,000 people the first year alone. But, when re-elected 3 yrs later Johnson had him up to the White House and toasted him with ""Sir, we welcome you to this Capital and to this house. Know that as geography has made us neighbors, history and hope have made us friends."
JFK said about Park Chung-Hee, one of the most notoriously brutal dictators of South Korea, after meeting with him in 1961: "The President welcomed Chairman Park's full exposition of the current situation in the Republic of Korea and expressed his gratification at the many indications of progress made by the new Government of the Republic."
How about Nixon's toast about his trip to China that opened the trade door when he compared Mao Zedong and the communist leadership to "George Washington and the other leaders of the American revolution."?
Ronald Reagan said in 1982 about Rios Montt, the genocidal president of Guatemala. “I know that President Rios Montt is a man of great personal integrity and commitment,”
Obama gave a "shout out" to the late Meles Zenawi, Ethiopia's deadly oppresive PM during a 2012 speech at the anti-poverty summit for African Leaders. Obama said in his speech that honoring them was part of America's "moral obligation to lead the fight against hunger and malnutrition."
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