Can anyone explain to me why Lech Walesa, that great Polish dissident,

[cilla4progress]

is endorsing Romney for President?

[Enrique]

1. because he's conservative

sorry to be so abrupt, but that's his politics.

[Seedersandleechers]

2. good question

but are you sure he is endorsing Romney?

[SlimJimmy]

5. It looks that way. But not a surprise considering his political views.

“I wish you to be successful because this success is needed to the United States, of course, but to Europe and the rest of the world, too. Gov Romney, get your success – be successful,” Walesa told Romney, according to a translator.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/mitts-travelogue-meeting-lech-walesa-and-greetings-from-polich-ron-paul-supporters/

[Laurian]

3. Great discussion yesterday. See link below

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=180819

[leveymg]

4. Lech mistakes Mitt for the holy spirit of the Gipper.

He thinks the holy spirit of Zombie Reagan inhabits the mortal shell of Willard.

It's a Catholic belief in mortal possession taken to a political extreme.

[brush]

6. Walesa's stance on Rmoney

I had two co-workers in the mid-2000s who were recent immigrants from Poland and they shared with me that Walesa had become a disappointment to the Polish people as it became apparent that he loved the spotlight and adoration he had received from the shipyard movement but had gotten used to the good life it accorded him. He basically betrayed the movement. The fact that his former union came out in solidarity with American workers and distanced itself from Walesa's comments attests to that.

[riverwalker]

7. they asked "Is that an endorsement?"

"there was no response".

[auburngrad82]

8. I have a theory

He finally sees a chance to end Polish jokes by replacing them with Mitt jokes.

[Lasher]

9. Yes.

Ex-President Lech Walesa, former leader of the Solidarity labor movement that helped end Communist rule, has never forgiven Obama for perceived snubs, including the U.S. president's refusal last year to receive him privately during a presidential visit to Poland.

Walesa effectively endorsed Romney when they met Monday in Gdansk, where the Solidarity movement was born in 1980. The current leaders of the movement, however, distanced themselves from the Romney visit, citing the candidate's "attacks against trade unions and labor rights."

http://www.startribune.com/world/164554456.html?page=1&c=y

Walesa is a has-been who craves the limelight (see reply #6 upthread).

[hack89]

10. Walesa is anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, pro-free market capitalism. Sound familiar? nt