Thursday, January 09, 2003

Poppy says, "Your mother's right, she's really up on things"/"Before we married, Mommy served in the WACS in the Philippines"

Paul Krugman schools Sully on the difference between a "president" and an "unelected tyrant:"

"Still, some U.S. politicians didn't seem to mind. In 1981 - that is, almost a decade after Marcos suspended the Philippine constitution - Vice President George Bush toasted him for his "adherence to democratic principles and the democratic process." In 1986, when Corazon Aquino led the "people power" revolution against Marcos, Ronald Reagan tried to persuade her to compromise with Marcos - who had murdered her husband. But Reagan, you see, admired Marcos for his wartime heroism and his strong stand against Communism."
(Via The Horse.)

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