Thin-skinned Obama snubs Polish hero Lech Walesa [who 30 years ago kicked Russian socialists out of Poland] as “too political” and honors U.S. Socialist Dolores Huerta with Medal of Freedom.
Lech Walesa was once a trade-union activist. He was often arrested for speaking his mind against Communist oppression behind the Iron Curtain in Poland and for defying the Soviet Union. He was an electrician who, with no higher education, led one of the most profound freedom movements of the 20th century — Solidarity. He became president of Poland and swept in reforms, pushing the Soviet Union out of his homeland and moving the country toward a free-market economy and individual liberty. And President Obama doesnâ€
According to the Wall Street Journal, Polish officials requested that Walesa accept the Medal of Freedom on behalf of
Lech Walesa
Jan Karski, a member of the Polish Underground during World War II who was being honored posthumously this week. The request makes sense. Walesa and Karski shared a burning desire to rid Poland of tyrannical subjugation. But President Obama said no.
Administration officials told the Journal that Walesa is too “political.†A man who was arrested by Soviet officials for dissenting against the government for being “political†is being shunned by the United States of America for the same reason 30 years later.
Meanwhile, one of the recipients of the Medal was Dolores Huerta, the honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America. 
So socialist politics are acceptable, but not the politics of a man who stood up and fought socialism.
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A petty petty man is Obama. JAJ48@aol.com
