Wednesday, September 21, 2005
A snippet from the FDD blog:
He took a tour of the enormous palace in the mountains that houses the gifts given to Kim Jong Il and his father - from the folks who suck-up to power.
A stuffed bear’s head from Ceausescu of Romania-fancy personal railroad cars from the Soviets. A large warthog from Mugabe of Zimbabwe.
All the gifts –except perhaps the warthog - which is now in a zoo- are labeled and arranged for display more than 60,000 of them.
On a table, Hitchens spotted a large silver box. It had initials engraved on the top. Three letters. Hmm. He picked it up. They read “C N N.” The tag said it came from Jane Fonda and Ted Turner. Nice...
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Perhaps Ted and Jane's obsequious behavior before Kim Jong Il finds a direct corollary in CNN's suckup, via Eason Jordan, to Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq.
Regardless, Ted's recent display of almost unfathomable naivete can now, seemingly, be seen for what it is: not only a moral and ideological rationalization but a groveling business interest as well. One should be be excused for imagining what Ted and Jane might have given to Mugabe, among other thugs around the globe.