Anita Dunn — White House Communication Director, wife of President Obama’s lawyer, and front person in the White House’s new war on Fox News — says that Mao Tse-Tung is one of her favorite political philosophers. For the record, Mao is history’s worst monster.
UPDATE: Dunn defends herself:
In an e-mail message, Ms. Dunn said, “My source for the Mao quote was actually the late Lee Atwater, either in an article or bio I read after the 1988 election. Now that I’ve revealed this I hope I don’t get Keith Olbermann angry with me. Let it be noted that I also quoted Mother Teresa, but no one is accusing me of being a saint!”
The speech she gave was a high school commencement address. Ms. Dunn says that the line about Mao and Mother Teresa was intended to be ironic – neither was a political philosopher – and that she used it simply to illustrate a larger point about the importance of challenging the conventional wisdom.
Fine. But neither of these explain why Dunn called Mao one of her favorite political philosophers. (Did Lee Atwater call Mao one of his favorite political philosophers? I doubt it.) Explain that away, if you can. Until then you’ve rebutted nothing.
(Via Instapundit.)
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