More wingnuts hating on the pope
by digby
This takes some nerve considering who he worked for:
Former ambassador Otto Reich, President George W. Bush’s Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, says Pope Francis’ economic and political agenda in his trip to Latin America has gone too far. “This pope grew up in a third world country that frankly is an example of what happens when you don’t have capitalism and democracy,” Reich says. “I was very optimistic when he was named and I have been extremely disappointed in the political and economic aspects of his papacy. … He’s a victim of third world education, and Argentina is a particularly sad example.”
You remember Otto Reich don’t you? He’s been involved in every dirty, underhanded deal the US has done in Latin America for the past 35 years, starting with Iran Contra all the way up to the coup in Honduras. He is a very nasty piece of work all around, doing nasty pieces of work for Reagan, Bush Sr and Jr and every corrupt corporate interest in the Western hemisphere. I’m quite sure he would be a valued member of any incoming Republican administration.