I wonder if this commie dingbat knows this:
People’s Republic of China
The establishment of Mao Zedong’s communist regime in 1949 put these early Roman Catholic advances on hold and led to the persecution of thousands of clergy and faithful in China. Clergy were subject to oppression, including long imprisonments as in the case of Cardinal Kung and torture and martyrdom as in the case of Fr. Beda Chang, S.J. A Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association was formed. The losses in the following years to the Roman Catholic Church were considerable. For example, in 1948, the Catholic Church operated some 254 orphanages and 196 hospitals with 81628 beds.[6] Catholic clergy experienced increased supervision. Bishops and priests were forced to engage in degrading menial jobs to earn their living. Foreign missionaries were accused of being foreign agents, ready to turn the country over to imperialist forces.[7] The Holy See reacted with several encyclicals and apostolic letters, Cupimus Imprimis, Ad Apostolorum Principis, and Ad Sinarum Gentem.
“Several Obama aides believe that a crucial moment came after a debate sponsored by YouTube and CNN in July of 2007.
During the debate, Obama was asked, “Would you be willing to meet separately, without preconditions, during the first year of your Administration, in Washington or anywhere else, with the leaders of Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, and North Korea, in order to bridge the gap that divides our countries?”
Obama answered simply, “I would.” Hillary Clinton pounced on the remark as hopelessly naïve, and her aides prepared to emphasize what appeared to be a winning argument. Obama’s aides had much the same reaction. “We know this is going to be the issue of the day,” Dan Pfeiffer, recalling a conference call the following morning, said.
“We have the sense they’re going to come after us on it. And we’re all on the bus trying to figure out how to get out of it, how not to talk about it.”
Obama, who was listening to part of the conversation, took the telephone from an aide and instructed his staff not to back down. According to an aide, Obama said something to the effect of “This is ridiculous. We met with Stalin. We met with Mao.
The idea that we can’t meet with Ahmadinejad is ridiculous. This is a bunch of Washington-insider conventional wisdom that makes no sense. We should not run from this debate. We should have it.”
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/content/6483
Thanks for the ping. It was an astounding show today.