He's Meeting With Lech Walesa? What???.....

[KurtNYC]

5. Romney will spin Walesa as 'the guy who led a country back from communism'

and then Mitt will imply that that is what he will do for the USA. He'll imply that Walesa would hate ACA, etc. It won't make any sense if you really think about it. We aren't supposed to think about it -- just see a little guy who beat the big bad guy standing next to Mitt.

A second item, you wrote:

"an electrician by trade, with no higher education"

The reason a trade union can shut down a country is because they have critical knowledge and skills that the country needs hourly. If Walesa had been say an anthropologist who organized all the other professors and researchers to strike it would not have had the impact or the leverage that Solidarnosc had.

Maybe one of the reasons that our standard of living is in decay is that we have bought this idea that every kids MUST got to COLLEGE. It may not be what most people think of as "higher education" but handling 200 Amps of electrical current isn't child's play. Wiring a building safely is a test of math, creativity and contracting skills and failing the "test" could cost you your life.

Becoming an electrician allowed Walesa to free himself and his country from communism but it works against fascism too. Not even Romney could outsource electricians.