24th March 2010, 10:34 AM
Bush is not the first president to start a war. Among others are Abraham Lincoln, James Madison, William McKinley and Lyndon Johnson. Three of those wars were no less questionable than Iraq, either.
The Hitler/Obama comparison is valid in the context of elections, not ideology. While certainly there was none of the Nazi strongarming at the polls, the basic electoral premise of both men was almost identical: "The guy in charge now sucks. If you vote for me, everything will get better because I'm different from the guy in charge, and you'll believe me because I'm a charismatic media slut".
Hitler's 1932 campaign for the chancellery was HOPE AND CHANGE (for the (officially-recognized) German people).
The comparison breaks down once you realize that Hitler actually had a plan and did an excellent job of CHANGE, whereas the Obama administration has, for the most part, just continued most of what Bush was doing and the change over the last year and a half has almost all been for the worse. ;D
The Hitler/Obama comparison is valid in the context of elections, not ideology. While certainly there was none of the Nazi strongarming at the polls, the basic electoral premise of both men was almost identical: "The guy in charge now sucks. If you vote for me, everything will get better because I'm different from the guy in charge, and you'll believe me because I'm a charismatic media slut".
Hitler's 1932 campaign for the chancellery was HOPE AND CHANGE (for the (officially-recognized) German people).
The comparison breaks down once you realize that Hitler actually had a plan and did an excellent job of CHANGE, whereas the Obama administration has, for the most part, just continued most of what Bush was doing and the change over the last year and a half has almost all been for the worse. ;D
YOU CANNOT HIDE FOREVER
WE STAND AT THE DOOR
WE STAND AT THE DOOR