[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 22969-22970]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        THE PRESIDENT'S ADMIRERS

  (Mr. SMITH of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, here is what some of the world's 
most notorious thugs, dictators and human rights violators have said 
about President Obama: Moammar Qaddafi, the president of Libya, who 
gave a hero's welcome to the terrorists who blew up the Pan American 
airliner, killing over 100 Americans: ``We are content and happy if 
Obama can stay forever as the President.''
  Fidel Castro: ``Everything he (President Obama) affirms is in 
contradiction with what the United States has done for 150 years.''
  Hugo Chavez, the dictator and human rights abuser of Venezuela: 
``Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his 
right.''
  Let's hope the President is not known by his admirers. Rather, let's

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hope that he will stand up to his admirers. Frankly, the world would be 
a safer place if he did.

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