Bush, Hitler, Godwin, and Assholes Like Me

The BBQ Pit
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Okay, I’ve already torn up this interesting Great Debates thread by invoking Godwin’s Law.

In a no-doubt fruitless effort to preserve that thread, I will instead boldly forge ahead and lose this argument with its very premise. You can also take this opportunity to call me an asshole.

Ahem. There are some interesting parallels between the current administration and that of

Hitler
Hitler
Hitler.

As I’ve already asserted, in the early 1930s, Erhard Milch, then the head of Lufthansa, allowed Hitler to charter a Lufthansa plane and essentially fly for free–on credit–while campaigning for the Nazi party.

In 2000, during the post-election meltdown in Florida, Enron and Halliburton also allowed Bush campaign officials to use corporate jets on “credit.” By “credit,” I mean that the Bush campaign paid back a portion of the maybe $150,000 in campaign donations employees of those two companies gave to the Bush campaign. Paid it back to Enron and Halliburton, that is. The Enron guys get paid back by the tax cuts on their unemployment benefits, I suppose. Oh, wait. There aren’t any tax cuts on unemployment benefits, are there?

The comparison ends there, because unlike Bush, Hitler was overwhelmingly elected as Chancellor in 1933. Then again, the National Socialists were still a plurality party, garnering only 43% of the total vote. So while Hitler was elected by a greater margin–well, elected by a margin of the popular vote, at least–Bush was arguably more popular than Hitler , but less popular than Al Gore.

Oh, but there’s more. Well, not really, but since I’m doing this stupid thing, I have to reeeeaaaaach a little.

For example:

[ul][li]George H. W. Bush was born on June 12, 1924, while Hitler was in prison! Coincidence? You decide.[/li]
[li] Hitler , was (okay, I’m guessing here) the first elected Chancellor to be jailed before his election. George W. Bush spent part of a night in jail for a DWI, thus becoming the first jailed President. Coincidence? You decide.[/li]
[li] While in prison, Hitler dictated Mein Kampf to Rudolf Hess. George Bush may well have written a check. Coincidence? You decide.[/li]
[li] Both “Adolf Hitler” and “George W. Bush” are spelled with eleven letters, if you don’t count the period, which I don’t think is a letter. Coincidence? You decide.[/ul][/li]
Okay, that’s about enough. Look, I’m sorry I fucked up that interesting thread which asks real questions about why this administration contrived a war we didn’t obviously have to fight.

But I’m still an asshole, so fire away.

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Most idiotic post I’ve ever seen you make, as the OP of a thread no less.

I’m disappointed.

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Ah, you’ve seen behind my genius, Monster104.

No, there I go lying again.

Look, I can’t stand it when someone fucks up a perfectly good thread by randomly dropping the H-bomb. So when I do it myself, I feel I need to try to fix things. It’s stupid, but I’m hoping that maybe if I confine the stupidity here, something better than my contribution will survive elsewhere.

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Hey, let the man be contrite.

Then move on and rejoin the fight, buddy.

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Nessie or Nazi?

The ball’s in your court…
:stuck_out_tongue:

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Whoosie.

He’s pitting himself for fucking up a GD thread. It’s really meta-idiotic.

Haj

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I might would maybe. But I think you might like it.

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All this self loathing over what wasn’t even the best gratuitous hijack of the day ?

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If you wish to be excoriated properly you need to take some time to learn from the master and then, and only then, come whimpering into the pit like an overbeaten dog begging for a swat on the nose for your sins. You cannot achieve the desired absence of mercy with such measly efforts as you have made thus far. If you want to be an Asshole, you must Try Harder.

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If GW is like Hitler, where are the cool Republican uniforms, ala SS black?

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Yeah, I agree.

Fashion is everything.

P.S. I thought it was pretty funny, Sofa.

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Sofa King is normally quite witty (and a snappy dresser as well) and at some point the nested ironies and archly cantilevered balances of this ambitious post just got out of hand and well… not all projects work out. Not every post of this nature is going to be a winner. It’s happened to the best of us and we should admire him for at least trying. God Bless you Sofa King.

Sofa King = So faking -

Coincidence? You decide.

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Reading the OP made me realize another set of “coincidences.”

George W. Bush = Eleven letters.
Genghis Khan = Eleven letters.

Genghis Khan = Sacked Nishapur and built a pyramid of human skulls.
George W. Bush = While eating a sack of pretzels, choked and bruised his skull.

Genghis Khan = Led an army of savage thugs, battle-hardened by a life on the brutal, barren Mongolian Steppes.
George W. Bush = Governor of Texas.

I think this is clearly more than mere coincidence.

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I thought it was a funny OP, too. But then again, I’m incredibly stupid.

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-Hey, I’ve lived in Texas. That comparison isn’t too far off the mark.

There is obviously more than mere coincidence.

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And ones like ChaosGod

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SimonX, perhaps I am misreading your intention in this thread and the one you linked to, but it appears from my vantage point that BeatenMan invoked Godwin’s law, NOT ChaosGod, though he did continue the comparison.

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Well now, that’s ironic… :wink:

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I discovered an interesting co-incidence from this very thread!

George H.W. Bush and I have the same birthday

Not sure I’m at all happy about that, but co-incidences happen.

Enjoy,
Steven