Wellstone to the left of me, Helms to the right ...
. . . here I am -- stuck in the middle with Wu:
I had a very good friend and ally in the Senate—Jesse Helms (R-NC, ret.). He is hated by many, but Jesse Helms is firmly anti-Communist. On this point, he’s wonderful—better than some liberals who welcome Communist leaders. And I had another good friend on the far left—Paul Wellstone (D-MN), who died a few years ago—because his primary attention was on human rights. People have said, “Harry, you’re the only person who can bring the Right and the Left together like this.”
Far left and far right…I don’t care about these Senators’ other concerns—I can’t. I just want to talk about human rights in China. If you want to give me a hand, yes, maybe you have your own agenda, but I don’t mind. I just talk about my own issues and get as many people to support me as possible.
My cutesy intro aside (sorry, couldn't resist), this interview with Chinese dissident Harry Wu is quite interesting and worth a read.
I had a very good friend and ally in the Senate—Jesse Helms (R-NC, ret.). He is hated by many, but Jesse Helms is firmly anti-Communist. On this point, he’s wonderful—better than some liberals who welcome Communist leaders. And I had another good friend on the far left—Paul Wellstone (D-MN), who died a few years ago—because his primary attention was on human rights. People have said, “Harry, you’re the only person who can bring the Right and the Left together like this.”
Far left and far right…I don’t care about these Senators’ other concerns—I can’t. I just want to talk about human rights in China. If you want to give me a hand, yes, maybe you have your own agenda, but I don’t mind. I just talk about my own issues and get as many people to support me as possible.
My cutesy intro aside (sorry, couldn't resist), this interview with Chinese dissident Harry Wu is quite interesting and worth a read.
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