Quote Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
Quote Originally Posted by zzz
He was quite the American hero when he kicked the Russkies butts in '72, but yah, he's made himself unpopular with many since then, with hist post 9/11 statements among other things.
He had a communist stink about him but I still respected his chess skills.

After all, Hitler was Time magazine's "Man Of The Year" once upon a time...
They made Hitler 'Man of the Year', wow that must have been almost as embarrassing as when they labelled Britney Spears 'America's Darling'.

At least they saved face for the Hitler faux pax by going to war with him, with Britney she's an American citizen and they can't even deport her let alone drop bombs on her.