…well maybe groupie is the wrong word but ya gotta love it when he says something like this:
I remember wanting to ask Rep. Charles Rangel a question, years ago: Whom do you consider the better man: Ronald Reagan or Fidel Castro? (At the time, Rangel was pounding Reagan as a racist villain, basically, and, of course, Rangel has long been one of Castro’s best friends and biggest defenders in the American political establishment.) In fact, I might like to ask him still . . .
Of course, you could ask José Serrano, Maxine Waters, Chris Dodd — a million of them.
I propose a test: substitute Chavez for Castro and ask this of every prominent liberal celebrity who visits him. (or throw in the Castro question too) This question should be a Sine qua non for any press coverage.
Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright spoke at a forum in Omsk, Siberia. Pravda reported that her speech “surprised the audience.” No wonder. The Russians in attendance must have wondered how they managed to lose the cold war:
The frequent use of the word Racist for things that are not is no different than comparing things to the holocaust. It’s an insult to the memory of people who actually suffered from or fought against the real thing. I’m old fashioned enough to think that those are “fighting words”.