Obama Snubs Freedom Fighter, Lech Walesa

Townhall.com ^ | June 1, 2012 | Leah Barkoukis

[Kaslin]

Apparently an invitation to the White House is only offered to those who aren’t too “political” or in other words, have fought against socialism (oh, semantics…). Seeing that  Lech Walesa successfully led Poland’s revolt against Soviet communism, I guess that puts him on the blacklist.

All this, of course, comes off the heels of the president’s “Polish death camp” gaffe, which caused a firestorm of outrage in Poland and was met by a less than sincere response from the administration.

Via Rory Cooper on NRO:

“According to the Wall Street Journal, Polish officials requested that Walesa accept the Medal of Freedom on behalf of 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.”

But why the rebuff? Administration officials told the Journal it was just that Walesa is too “political.” Considering President Obama recently awarded the Medal to the honorary chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, Dolores Huerta -  interpret as you will.

Cooper speculates:

“The likelihood is that President Obama didn’t want Walesa in the White House because Walesa has made critical remarks toward the president’s policies and in 2010 warned that the United States was slipping toward socialism. But rather than taking the mature and diplomatic path and respecting Walesa’s right to have a differing perspective, Obama chose to shun his lifetime of achievements.”

Oh, the unbreakable bond between Nobel laureates… 

[vpintheak]

My gosh, that people cannot see right thru this man is amazing.

[FreeAtlanta]

This can not be helping Democrats in Wisconsin, Michigan and Illinois.

Polish Americans by percentage of the total population

01. Wisconsin 9.65% 02. Michigan 9.59% 03. Connecticut 8.85% 04. Illinois 8.13% 05. New Jersey 7.35% 06. Pennsylvania 7.28% 07. Massachusetts 5.76% 08. Delaware 5.55% 09. New Hampshire 5.29% 10. New York 5.24% 11. Minnesota 5.21% 12. Rhode Island 4.58% 13. Ohio 4.28% 14. Vermont 4.20% 15. Nebraska 3.80% 16. Maryland 3.61% 17. North Dakota 3.07%

18. Florida 2.91% 19. Indiana 2.83% 20. Arizona 2.79% 21. Colorado 2.77% 22. Nevada 2.53% 23. Maine 2.34% 24. Alaska 2.29% 25. Montana 2.29% 26. West Virginia 2.07% 27. Washington 2.06% 28. Virginia 2.00% 29. Missouri 1.93% 30. Wyoming 1.86% 31. Oregon 1.77% 32. South Dakota 1.75% 33. Kansas 1.70% 34. District of Columbia 1.70%

35. Idaho 1.65% 36. California 1.50% 37. North Carolina 1.46% 38. New Mexico 1.35% 39. South Carolina 1.35% 40. Iowa 1.28% 41. Georgia 1.15% 42. Texas 1.15% 43. Tennessee 1.11% 44. Hawaii 1.03% 45. Oklahoma 0.97% 46. Utah 0.96% 47. Kentucky 0.95% 48. Arkansas 0.88% 49. Alabama 0.69% 50. Mississippi 0.64% 51. Louisiana 0.58%

[Lowell1775]

IMHO Commander Zero didn't want to have Walesa around because Walesa is for real what BHO postures at being....a revolutionary community organizer and freedom fighter. Walesa at risk to life and actual loss of liberty for himself and his family faced down some of the greatest evil in human history...he did so with less than a high school education, no token preferences, no rich backers, and without throwing his mother under the bus as a racist, bowing to Muslim Kings, or even using a teleprompter. GASP! From Wikipedia on Walesa....Apart from his 1983 Nobel Peace Prize,[59] Wałęsa has received many other international distinctions and awards.[7] He has been named "Man of the Year" by Time Magazine (1981), The Financial Times (1980) and The Observer (1980).[7] He was the first recipient of the Liberty Medal, on 4 July 1989 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,[60] and that same year received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[61] He is the only Pole to have addressed a joint meeting of the United States Congress (15 November 1989).[62] Now that, my fellow Freepers, is a flipping MAN. Walesa is REAL. Obama a FRAUD. Oh, Walesa a solid Catholic considers abortion child slaughter......gee, isn't that embarrassing. Obama is a pampered little show pony. Walesa is a war horse. No wonder President Erkel doesn't want him on the same stage....it would show the world just how laughable he really is.

[EDINVA]

How many Polish Americans will ever hear about either the snub of Walesa or the ‘Polish death camps?’ The MSM sure isn’t about to inform them.

[moonshot925]

Mr. Obama is a disgrace. The Polish remember Soviet T-55 tanks rolling down their streets during the period of martial law.

[GOPsterinMA]

Excellent post!

Lech Walesa = a man, a true patriot of freedom.

Barack Hussein Obama = a bunt cake, minus the cake and swapping the b for a c.

[MarkL]

Here's something interesting... Lech Walesa may be the first head of a union that Obama doesn't want to meet with, probably because there will be no way to wrangle kickbacks from a Polish labor union. Remember, before bringing down the communist government of Poland (another reason Obama hates him), Mr. Walesa was head of Soladarnosk, a Polish labor union.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Poland also primarily a Catholic country, and we know of Obama's "war" on the Catholic Church.

Yet another reason that Obama hates the Poles.

Mark

[FreeAtlanta]

Romney or independent groups need to run advertising in all the high Polish concentrated areas to make sure the proud Polish descendents know how much Obama disdains them.

Run the ads in papers, radio and TV and put up flyers in all the places where people gather; barbershops, restaurants, public bulletin boards, churches. This election is a war and we need as many people to stand up for what is right as possible. The leftist fraud will be extraordinary. We have to be able to fight back with shear numbers of ticked off people.

[IbJensen]

Obozo isn’t good enough to shine Lech’s shoes.

[Political Junkie Too]

Better yet, Romney needs to meet with Walesa himself and say that if the President won't recognize this great man, then I will.

-PJ

[Revolting cat!]

The Communist won’t meet with the one who defeated Communism. The Bishop had better meet with Lech and make a big show of it!

[Revolting cat!]

[Fightin Whitey]

Below is a quote from Walensa campaigning in Chicago for Polish-American gubernatorial candidate Adam Andrzejewski in 2010 (I think) which probably hit just a bit too close to home for Obama, who has had it in for the Poles all along:

WALESA (via translator): “The United States is the only superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it. Militarily. They also lead economically but they’re getting weak. But they don’t lead morally and politically anymore. The world has no leadership. The United States was always the last resort and hope for all other nations. There was the hope, whenever something was going wrong, one could count on the United States. Today, we have lost that hope.”

[Kaslin]

Who is that standing next to Lech Walesa?

[Kaslin]

He sure is transparent

[Joe 6-pack]

In the 1982 film Firefox, Eastwood's Soviet dissident contact Pavel was played by Warren Clark. The film came out in the midst of the cold war, and I've long thought that Clark was cast consciously or perhaps even subconsciouly because of his resemblance to Walesa at that time...

[Revolting cat!]

Who is that standing next to Lech Walesa?

[Kaslin]

I should have told you after I checked the URL to never mind. I thought it was President Bush 41 but wasn't sure. That said thanks a lot for your stupid reply. It's surely appreciated

NOT

[Revolting cat!]

Ask a stupid question, what kind of reply do you expect?