November 2009 UTC Isn t it fairly obvious she said it in a room full of people who also lean the same way and was exposed and forced to backtrack This is not entirely uncommon whether it s a left wing or right wing extremist No need to bury her comments because she drummed up an excuse for them Her comments particularly about Mao being an important philosopher to her or exactly what she DID say are important to people who believe in liberty not Mao s totalitarian views 206 124 6 222 16 12 17