WHY AM I NOT SURPRISED? – AT 1:38 P.M. ET:  It had to happen.  Elements of the hard left are showing sympathy for the leader of North Korea, AKA Rocket Man.  No shock here.  Stalin was pretty popular with the ancestors of this crowd.  From Daily Caller: 

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is growing in popularity on America’s political left-wing as the despot engages in a war of words with President Trump.

Progressives have shown an increasing willingness to embrace the brutal dictator as a means of attacking Trump, and some in the media have given the brutal dictator friendly, celebrity-like coverage.

Left-wing activists, meanwhile, are eagerly spreading pro-North Korea propaganda and making excuses for the dictator’s murderous activities. 

Un’s public attacks on Trump on Tuesday prompted praise for the dictator by some in the media.

Washington Post columnist Petula Dvorak fawned over Un in a column published Friday morning.

Dvorak was giddy about Un’s use of the word “dotard” to describe Trump. “Sorry, Trump, you were trumped,” she wrote of the insult. “Kim Jong Un insult level: Expert.”

Comedian and Women’s March speaker Chelsea Handler claimed Un’s rhetoric was “a little bit more sane” than Trump’s, and suggested the U.S. and North Korea “trade” leaders, adding that the “U.S. and Syria are the only two countries opposed to the Paris climate deal.” 

COMMENT:  It goes on and on.  I wouldn't be surprised to find Kim Jong Un invited to deliver the commencement address at some chic college.  Or maybe invited to a dinner honoring Maxine Waters.

The left never disappoints.  The party line is eternal.

September 23,   2017