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The Radicals, who favored the abolition of slavery and supported black suffrage, despised Johnson for his timid plans for readmitting the South to the Union after the Civil War.
Idealistic conservatives such as Reagan despised Kissinger's accommodationist policies during the '70s: The U.S.S.R. was an evil empire, not simply a dance partner in the great geopolitical waltz.
Problems are said to include a glut of heavy-handed in-jokes; a spiteful tone; and disjointed editing, done by the film's despised screenwriter, Joe Eszterhas ( Showgirls ). (The film is plugged here.)
(It does seem unfair to love them only for their looks, as if we despised their minds.)
The LAT lead reports Clinton acknowledged "the U.S. government's support for the widely despised military junta that ruled Greece more than 25 years ago" during a speech to Greek business and community leaders.