Francisco Franco

In light of the terrible situation in Spain currently, I am going to spend more time on this blog writing about the great Generalissimo Francisco Franco.

There are times when I disagree with Cacciaguida, mostly on his overestimation of the absolute goodness of the free market, common law, and all of that Anglo stuff. He is definitely a cut (or twelve) above the average so-called neocon. When he writes, as he has done recently, in favor of Franco (and properly distinguishing Franco from Hitler, which is much easier to do than de-linking Roseveldt
(pardon my attempts to restore the name to Hochdeutsch from Swampdeutsch) from Stalin. After all, when the Civil War was over, Franco gave Hitler nothing. When WWII was over, Roseveldt gave Staliln half of Europe), even linking to the Fundacion Nacional Francisco Franco, I cannot help but remember why I link to him.

I am more and more convinced that Francisco Franco is a Saint and shall be formally declared such in my lifetime. I am willing to take this position, even knowing that it puts me in the same camp as almost no one but Salvador Dali and that really whacky anti-pope with the blue gloves. I am always happy to be seen as in the camp of Salvador Dali, so 50%, I can live with.

The people who think Franco was evil? Pete Seeger, Paul Robeson, Jane Fonda, etc. You can have 'em. All of 'em.