It has now been disclosed (and should have been disclosed to the Conservative party by Kaminski when he was nominated) that Kaminski has had fascist links – he was a member of Poland's notorious fascist National Revival (NOP) and he tried, as its MP, to cover up one of the worst anti-Jewish atrocities in wartime Europe.
Through a wacky series of mishaps that rivaled any comedy motion picture nominated that afternoon, I learned he was even older than he'd said... by a decade.
One conventional view is that Reagan, about to be nominated, recognized that he "needed a moderate" like Bush to balance the ticket; another version has it that Reagan, supposedly unschooled in foreign affairs, saw the wisdom of naming someone with extensive experience in the field to offset his own shortcomings.
His running mate would also be nominated that night.
Following the conservative agenda of those who had nominated him, he approved legislation that eliminated wartime controls, slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon immigration.
Draft efforts were organized to convince him to run, and although he did not formally announce his candidacy, he affirmed that if nominated, he would accept.
"Can you believe that Tom Cruise was nominated?" Like he had to overcome a great handicap.
When Mr. Bybee was nominated, critics warned that he had dangerous views on civil liberties, but he was overwhelmingly confirmed.
But Secretary of State John Kerry told me that Obama does not expect to see everything the way Power does: "I'm confident the President put her there and nominated her because he wanted that".
