WHO AM I? I was born in one country, raised in another. My father was born in another country. I was not his only child. He fathered several children with numerous women. I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no interest in me. My mother died at an early age from cancer. Later in life, questions arose over my real name. My birth records were sketchy and no one was able to produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate. I grew up practicing one faith but converted to Christianity, as it was widely accepted in my country, but I practiced non-traditional beliefs and didn't follow Christianity, except in the public eye under scrutiny. I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young adult, disguising myself as someone who really cared about them. That was before I decided it was time to get serious about my life, and I embarked on a new career. I wrote a book about my struggles growing up. It was clear to those who read my memoirs that I had difficulties accepting that my father abandoned me as a child. I became active in local politics in my 30's, then with help behind the scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate for national office in my 40s. They said I had a golden tongue and could talk anyone into anything. That reinforced my conceit. I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history, and no experience in leading a single organization. Yet I was a powerful speaker and citizens were drawn to me as though I were a magnet and they were small roofing tacks. I drew incredibly large crowds during my public appearances. This bolstered my ego. At first, my political campaign focused on my country's foreign policy. I was very critical of my country in the last war and seized every opportunity to bash my country. But what launched my rise to national prominence was my views on the country's economy. I pretended to have a really good plan on how we could do better and how every poor person would be fed and housed for free. I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this mess. It was the free market, banks and corporations. I decided to start making citizens hate them, and if they were envious of others who did well, the plan was clinched tight. I called mine "A People's Campaign," and that sounded good to all people. I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside the traditional path of politics and was able to gain widespread popular support. I knew that, if I merely offered the people "hope," together we could change our country and the world. So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of the downtrodden, poor, ignorant, to include "persecuted minorities" like the Jews. My true views were not widely known, and I needed to keep them unknown, until after I became my nation's leader. I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have easily found out what I really believed, if they had simply read my writings and examined those people I associated with. I'm glad they didn't. Then I became the most powerful man in the world. And the world learned the truth. Who am I? ADOLF HITLER WHO WERE YOU THINKING OF?
Who am I? No one expected me to rise to power. I had failed at just about everything I had even undertaken until I discovered politics. I was a fervent Christian until my egomania superceded faith in a "higher power." I was not elected by a majority, but engaged in political maneuvering to gain office. In my first radio speech, I pledged "to revive in the nation the spirit of unity and cooperation" and invoked God's blessing on the government. I was to be a uniter, not a divider. My Party's battle cry throughout their campaign had been "down with the liberals!" Once in office, I made "liberals" (a mass group into which I lumped social democrats, gays, Jews, and any threat to my model of Christian society) my sworn enemies. My head of propaganda and undoubtedly the bulk of the diabolical brains behind the operation, gleefully wrote in his diary: "The struggle is a light one now as we are able to employ all the means of the state [which included the judiciary]". I increased my popularity with conservative voters by mounting an aggressive public relations campaign against foreign enemies. I believed that to consolidate my power, I needed to create an "enemy of the state." The first "enemy" I formally targeted was the Communist Party. Why? Because they were Godless, the most outspoken activists against my regime and led straight to my enemies in Russia. I was thus the first to invoke the spectre of an axis of evil. After the bombing of an important building. I cracked down on "enemies of the state." I rallied against the "terrorists" and passed the "Enabling Acts," in which the government was granted the right to bypass any due process for "suspects." I practiced torture of suspects regularly and legally. I promoted militarism in the midst of economic recession. I emphasized the ruthlessness of the enemies in order to justify my own. I began to isolate my country from the rest of the world: One of my first actions after assuming power was to withdraw from the League of Nations and act as I saw fit in the creation of a new world order. I scrapped International treaties. My troops invaded and occupied several countries that had not attacked me. I argued for reasons to invade that changed several times after occupation. I ignored world opinion. I pursued a reckless foreign policy without the mandate of the electorate and despite the opposition of most foreign nations. I started a blitzkrieg war and crushed some small nations but failed to win over the occupied countries. My allies abandoned me one by one. I abused detainees in concentration camps. The economy of my nation crashed. I began warfare on a single front, but then expanded it to a second front only to be confronted with potential third and fourth fronts. I increasingly reduced the circle of aides I feel I could trust as my policies kept boomeranging. I became obsessed with his vision of conflict between good and evil. Who am I? Adolf Hitler, of course.
It really doesn't surprise me that people on the left think Bush was Hitler. I guess it shouldn't offend them when I say Obama is Hitler. Actually Obama is Stalin just waiting for the right time to reign in communism. SF, You didn't list Obama's friends, Bill Ayers, a known terrorist and what was that felons name? Then there was that Saul Alinsky fellow. Imagine how much dirt could ve been dug up on Obama, Ron Emanual and there ties to the ex-governor of Illinois if they had been republicans.
I thought you were above a ridiculous post like that, Sabanfan. I detested Bush, but I thought he was mistaken, not evil. You sound like you're trying to get a radio program or a job as a commentator at Fox News.
