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Oh my God

Mary Anne — 1/14/2004 2:05:53 PM (archived)

Do you mean to tell me that you seriously hold the position that, because a leader did something that was wrong on its face at the time (I'm thinking of FDR and the concentration camps), or seriously crippled Consitutional protections (Lincoln and habeas corpus), and we suffered no injury as a nation -- leaving aside the injuries done to the particular citizens -- it means we can continue to do such things in the future with no harm and no danger?

Please. People drive drunk and make it home without an accident all the time. Does that mean that there is no danger? No.

If we walk the path of ignoring our principles for the sake of political advantage, we run the risk of losing both our principles and our political system.

Of course you don't want to set aside the comparison. To do so would be to lay down one of the chief sources of outrage and distraction on the right.

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US Supreme Court upholds "Night and Fog" - Mourner - 1/13/2004 3:03:19 AM
- A Canadian weighs in on the comparison - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2004 12:53:34 AM
- Yes, of course a mental midget jumps right in trying to compare Pres. Bush to Hitler - ebnelson - 1/13/2004 3:22:02 AM
- Wow. Yet another Bush - Hitler comparison. - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 3:21:24 AM
  - Ah, my friend, you forget, or neglect - - - - Freedom fighter - 1/14/2004 4:48:41 AM
    - And if you babble like an idiot, what does that make you? - Larry J - 1/14/2004 9:08:11 PM
      - re: And if you babble like an idiot, what does that make you? - Mike B - 1/27/2004 10:57:24 PM
        
        Michael Moore. Wow. Way to come up with a credible source. - Tom Brosz - 1/28/2004 2:44:37 AM
        
        Yeah, he is credible. - Mike B. - 1/29/2004 1:40:29 PM
  - Leaving aside the Hitler comparison... - Mary Anne - 1/13/2004 2:38:55 PM
    - Let's not leave the comparison aside just yet - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 4:05:19 AM
      - Oh my God - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:05:53 PM
        
        I think the comaprison you make is weak - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 2:32:19 PM
        
        The distraction - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 5:06:05 PM
        
        If you read the article - ebnelson - 1/15/2004 3:23:26 AM
        
        For a genius, Hitler sure did some stupid things - Larry J - 1/14/2004 9:05:04 PM
        
        Hitler was not a general, he was a demagogue, a brilliant one. - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 3:28:39 PM
        
        I'm not buying that Hitler was brilliant at all - Larry J - 1/15/2004 3:46:25 PM
        
        The Germans are an intelligent and a highly cultured people. - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 11:24:53 PM
        
        re: The Germans are an intelligent and a highly cultured people. - Larry J - 1/16/2004 2:52:17 PM
        
        re: intelligent and highly cultured - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2004 4:04:35 AM
    - Is the slope really slippery - FrankC - 1/13/2004 9:58:10 PM
      - Yes, I'm afraid it is. - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:21:29 PM
    - re: Leaving aside the Hitler comparison... - Tom Brosz - 1/13/2004 8:33:39 PM
      - Number One: - Mary Anne - 1/14/2004 2:19:49 PM
        
        re: Number One - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 5:30:35 PM
    - Bush IS the new Hitler......successful regimes are built on this - Lindy - 1/13/2004 4:18:12 PM
      - I don't like the sound of these 'ere boncentration bamps. - Greg - 1/14/2004 1:10:44 PM
      - Bush is a national socialist - Greg - 1/14/2004 11:56:28 AM
        
        Greg, Lindy, Mourner(or whatever youre calling yourself) - Tony - 1/14/2004 8:46:22 PM
        
        It is kind of funny... - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 11:10:16 PM
        
        No, its kinda sad - and still uncommon. - Tony - 1/15/2004 1:51:44 AM
        
        re: No, its kinda sad - and still uncommon. - Greg - 1/15/2004 2:55:35 AM
        
        Mud wrestling - Mary Anne - 1/15/2004 3:39:59 PM
        
        Fascism - Greg - 1/16/2004 3:58:17 AM
        
        Legacy Admissions are national socialism? - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 1:42:15 PM
        
        re: Legacy Admissions are national socialism? - Greg - 1/14/2004 4:17:53 PM
        
        Typical dodge: don't answer, just obfuscate - ebnelson - 1/15/2004 5:21:39 AM
        
        re: Typical dodge: don't answer, just obfuscate - Greg - 1/15/2004 7:22:50 AM
        
        You still can't answer - ebnelson - 1/17/2004 2:40:21 AM
        
        re: national socialism? - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2004 6:31:35 PM
        
        re: national socialism? - Greg - 1/16/2004 10:35:50 AM
        
        you seem to have garbled that so badly I have no idea what you are talking about, and neither do you probably. (n/t) - Greg - 1/15/2004 2:57:04 AM
      - Lindy: clueless opinions poffered relentlessly - ebnelson - 1/14/2004 3:51:09 AM
      - Good Gawd, Lindy - McFly - 1/13/2004 5:52:56 PM
        
        How do we compare mass murderers? - Larry J - 1/13/2004 9:07:34 PM
        
        re: How do we compare mass murderers? - McFly - 1/13/2004 10:35:22 PM
        
        re: How do we compare mass murderers? - Larry J - 1/14/2004 2:26:23 PM
        
        Ok OK.........so maybe I was a little harsh.... - Lindy - 1/13/2004 7:26:47 PM
        
        Take care...see ya on da flip side :-) (n/t) - McFly - 1/13/2004 7:30:33 PM
        
        Well said! (n/t) - Betsy - 1/13/2004 6:18:34 PM

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