I found no record of McCain speaking out against the now repulsive idea of America endorsing a tyrant like Marcos, but in a speech in 2006 -- 20 years after his downfall – Senator McCain spoke of the importance of promoting human rights abroad, recalling how in 1986, "the United States condemned Ferdinand Marcos' sham reelection, we earned the abiding gratitude of the Philippine people, who promptly threw out the dictator."
That's not exactly the complete story as he conveniently left out the part about Reagan and the
Nearly 20 years after Marcos died in
In an embarrassing twist, it turned out that Charlie Black, one of McCain's closest advisers, once ran a lobbying firm that represented brutal dictators, including Mobutu Sese Seko of
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I become nauseous every time Ronald Reagan is presented as "champion of democracy" because of his stand against USSR in the 80s. His tear down this wall speech only evoked a "whatever" response from me. The guy never stopped acting even when he was President.
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I remembered George Bush Sr. when he was still Vice-President -- I think VP of Reagan, when he toasted Marcos saying that the US ADMIRES MARCOS' ADHERENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCRACY. hahahahahahaha medyo may pinagmanahan si GW Bush.
More recently, the Spanish monarch Juan Carlos I also made analogous remarks -- but this time about GMA -- and El Rey de Espana was mocked by The Inquirer hahaha
Your comments on Reagan reminded me of his "partner-in-crime", Margaret (Iron Maiden-este-Lady pala) Thatcher, often praised but in actuality vehemently hated by the liberals in England. I've read that the graphic novel "V for Vendetta" was a sort of rebuke of Thatcher's administration. The "Irish Troubles" intensified during her administration...baka pati puso naging bakal na rin. hehe
as the Teodoro Locsin Sr of the Philippine Free Press once said "if only George Bush (Sr) had a taste of those democratic processes..."
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