Madrid strips Franco of honorary titles

news.yahoo ^ | Jun 29

[JoeProBono]

Madrid's city hall Monday stripped former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco of his title as honorary mayor and adopted son of the capital, 33 years after his death began the transition to democracy. Councilors of all political colors unanimously voted to remove the titles, as well as medals Madrid conferred on the right-wing general, a spokesman for the council said.

[JoeProBono]

[dfwgator]

That’s the thanks he gets for saving the country...and he did save the country.

[the Fun in Fundamentalist]

Left-wing academics and journalists have tried for decades to prevent people from asking the question: “But what about all the GOOD things Franco did?”

[jessduntno]

Is he still dead?

[a fool in paradise]

Madrid's city hall Monday stripped former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco of his title as honorary mayor and adopted son of the capital, 33 years after his death began the transition to democracy.

Franco is STILL dead.

[a fool in paradise]

Terrorists blew up the trains post 9-11 and the Socialists & terrorists won.

[achilles2000]

And it was Franco who put the country on the road to being a constitutional monarchy, enabling Juan Carlos to take over when Franco died. Economic progress, saving the country from the communists, return to constitutional government, peace...other than that, what did Franco ever do for Spain?

[eclecticEel]

Dropping the term “honorary mayor” for a guy who’s been dead for 3+ decades makes a lot of sense, but stripping medals just seems petty.

[dfwgator]

Guess they also never forgave Franco for saving thousands of Jews during WWII.

[Migraine]

Is he still dead?

His condition is still grave...

[jessduntno]

Is he still dead?
His condition is still grave...

If he ran again, he would be buried...

[MattinNJ]

True hero of Western Civilization in the 20th century. Almost as important as Reagan and Thatcher-Can you imagine how much more dificult it would have been to tear down the wall if Spain remained in Uncle Joe’s hands???

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Franco looks a lot better when you compare him with the murdering NKVD (KGB) and international red cutthroats who were overrunning Spain. What was worse, Franco or a repeat of Stalin’s collectivization genocide on Spanish soil?

[ArrogantBustard]

Cornelius Crane Chase was, is, and likely always will be a brainless, braying jackass.

[ArrogantBustard]

You're not allowed to ask that.

Franco committed the one "unforgivable sin" of the blood-soaked XX Century. He opposed communism. For that, he must be ridiculed, slandered, and vilified in perpetuity.

[a fool in paradise]

Can we strip away the honorary medals that Mayor Nagin gave HIMSELF after Katrina?

[a fool in paradise]

That was Nixon’s crime too. Long before Watergate, he went after Alger Hiss, useful idiot.

[a fool in paradise]

Everyone thought Mayor Marion Barry’s career was dead. There may yet be hope for Franco...

[achilles2000]

I forgot to add that. Ok...”Other than creating economic progress, saving thousands of Jews from the Nazis, saving Spain from the communists, and returning the country to constitutional government, what did Franco ever do for Spain?

[TC Rider]

33 years after his death began the transition to democracy.

Franco is dead????