Ideological allies.
Via Daily Caller:
Pete Seeger, the folk singer and unrepentant Stalinist who died Tuesday at age 94, is being celebrated by President Barack Obama as a civil rights hero who tried to “move this country closer to the America he knew we could be.”
“Over the years, Pete used his voice — and his hammer — to strike blows for worker’s rights and civil rights; world peace and environmental conservation,” said Obama in a statement released Tuesday. “And he always invited us to sing along. For reminding us where we come from and showing us where we need to go, we will always be grateful to Pete Seeger.”
Obama’s statement makes no mention of the fact that Seeger once argued that America shouldn’t go to war with Nazi Germany because it was allied with the Soviet Union at the time.