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btw - I think it would be useful for folks to look up the full context of what Dunn said - and to realize what Dunn did not say that is now being attributed to her.
Would be a good place for HONEST discussion to begin ....
Compare what she ACTUALLY said to previous quotes by Rove, Gingrich, Bush, etc .....
Dunn's words were clear - she admires Mao - the architect of communist China.
Her willingness to share such a thing at an American high school graduation ceremony is astounding - even in this current age of socialism-light...
Please give the quote where it says, she "admires Mao" or his policies or anything of that sort or even advocates Maoism. It's really not Obama or Dunns fault if you people are too stupid to see the ironic parallel she was using in her speech by quote both Mao and Mother Teresa. Let me just break it down:
Mao = Bad.
Mother Teresa = Good.
Thus this = A really dry play on Irony.
No- that is her attempt at reasoning the statement she made. Her problem is she went into a lengthy historical re-living of Mao's ascent to power, after she admitted that Mao was one of two political philosopher she turned to most. (The other being Mother Theresa - who was not a political philosopher...)
The history she reviews is Mao's ability to "basically take over China".
She either made a huge mistake in citing Mao as a figure of inspiration, or Dunn in fact, as she clearly stated, has great admiration for the political philosophy of the architect of Chinese totalitarian communism...
Here are the actual words of Obama White House Communications Director Anita Dunn regarding Mao...
A lot of you have great deal of ability. A lot of you work hard. Put them together and that answers the why not question. There is usually not a good reason. And then the 3rd lesson and tip actually come from two of my favorite political philosophers. Mao Tse-tung and Mother Teresa, not often couple with each other, but the two people that I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point which is youre going to make choices, youre going to challenge, youre going to say why not. Youre going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before. But heres the deal, these are your choices, theyre no one elses.
In 1947, when Mao Tse-tung was being challenged within his own party, on his plan to basically take China over, Chiang Kai-shek and the nationalist Chinese held the cities, they had the army, they had the air force, they had everything on their side and people said how can you win, how can you do this, how can you do this against all odds against you, and Mao Tse-tung said You fight your war and Ill fight mine. Think about that for a second, you dont have to accept the definition of how to do things and you dont have to follow other peoples choices in the past. Okay. It is about your choices in your path, you fight your own war. You lay out your own path. You figure out what is right for you. You dont let external definition how good you are internally. You fight your own war. You let them fight theirs. Everybody has their own path.