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Arilain · Post by **Arilain** » June 27, 2004, 7:29 pm

Some of you guys might find this amusing. Now I completely understand why Bush hasn't withdrawn that silly ad now.

http://www.wwltv.com/national/stories/W ... 2a1d5.html

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » June 27, 2004, 7:38 pm

Arilain wrote:Some of you guys might find this amusing. Now I completely understand why Bush hasn't withdrawn that silly ad now.

http://www.wwltv.com/national/stories/W ... 2a1d5.html

Cut and past article! I don't want to register on that site! : )

Arilain · Post by **Arilain** » June 27, 2004, 7:43 pm

My bad on that! Here is the article....

Federal judge in New York apologizes for comparing Bush's rise to power with Hitler, Mussolini

08:46 AM CDT on Friday, June 25, 2004

LARRY NEUMEISTER / Associated Press

NEW YORK - A federal judge offered his "profound regret" Thursday for saying President Bush's rise to power was similar to that of Mussolini and Hitler.

Judge Guido Calabresi, 71, of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, drew an audible gasp from lawyers attending Saturday's convention of the American Constitution Society in Washington, according to the New York Sun, which quoted the speech in Monday's editions.

"My remarks were extemporaneous and, in hindsight, reasonably could be -- and indeed have been -- understood to do something which I did not intend, that is, take a partisan position," Calabresi wrote in a letter of apology to Chief Judge John Walker.

Calabresi, a former dean of Yale Law School, was quoted saying the U.S. Supreme Court "put somebody in power" when a ruling it made in December 2000 settled the dispute over whether Bush had defeated Al Gore.

"In a way that occurred before but is rare in the United States... somebody came to power as a result of the illegitimate acts of a legitimate institution that had the right to put somebody in power," Calabresi said. "The reason I emphasize that is because that is exactly what happened when Mussolini was put in by the king of Italy.

"The King of Italy had the right to put Mussolini in, though he had not won an election, and make him prime minister," the judge continued. "That is what happened when Hindenburg put Hitler in."

Calabresi told the lawyers: "I am not suggesting for a moment that Bush is Hitler. I want to be clear on that, but it is a situation which is extremely unusual."

Calabresi went on to say the public should expel Bush from office to cleanse the democratic system. "That's got nothing to do with the politics of it. It's got to do with the structural reassertion of democracy," Calabresi was quoted saying.

In his letter of apology, Calabresi said he was "deeply sorry" for remarks that were meant as "a rather complicated academic argument about the nature of re-elections after highly contested original elections" -- but that were "too easily taken as partisan."

"That is something which judges should do their best to avoid, and there, I clearly failed," he wrote.

In a letter to the rest of the appeals judges, Walker said Calabresi's "off-the-cuff" comments had been viewed as a call to oppose Bush's re-election. He warned them to refrain from political activity or public endorsements because partisan political comments violate the Code of Judicial Conduct.

Animalor · Post by **Animalor** » June 27, 2004, 9:48 pm

So essentially apologised for was that the audience and the general public is too stupid to understand that this was a comparison of circumstances and not of the person.

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » June 28, 2004, 12:18 am

So what does this have to do with saying Kerry is just a pessimistic angry man? That's what the commercial says. This has nothing to do with Kerry.

Arilain · Post by **Arilain** » June 28, 2004, 2:15 am

Put two and two together.....

There are some in the far left community that actually do believe that Bush is an American version of Hitler. I see them on campus, it's actually pretty damn scary to be around people that are that partisan.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » June 28, 2004, 2:18 am

yeah I can't see the comparison to hitler either. other than that whole conquering and occupying other countries with no provocation while allowing and even encouraging civil liberties to deteriorate domestically under a guise of fear and nationalism thing.

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » June 28, 2004, 5:39 am

You forgot the religious fervour and persecution of gays.

Thess · Post by **Thess** » June 28, 2004, 6:28 am

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/flash/bushnonazi1.swf

Flash video showing the connections between Bush's family and the nazi's + similarities to Hitler and Bush etc.

No this was not made by Kerry's campain.

Kaldaur · Post by **Kaldaur** » June 28, 2004, 9:28 am

Arilain said:

There are some in the far left community that actually do believe that Bush is an American version of Hitler. I see them on campus, it's actually pretty damn scary to be around people that are that partisan.

Just as there are some in the far right community that actually believe Bush is doing the work of God. It's far more scarier to be around people who think that God would associate with oilmen.

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » June 28, 2004, 10:28 am

Kaldaur wrote:Arilain said:
There are some in the far left community that actually do believe that Bush is an American version of Hitler. I see them on campus, it's actually pretty damn scary to be around people that are that partisan.
Just as there are some in the far right community that actually believe Bush is doing the work of God. It's far more scarier to be around people who think that God would associate with oilmen.

'

Considering the people who have proclaimed to be at God's side throughout history, judging the concept of a creator type being by the humans he associates with would make God a scumbag.

Truant · Post by **Truant** » June 28, 2004, 12:06 pm

Kylere wrote:
Kaldaur wrote:Arilain said:
There are some in the far left community that actually do believe that Bush is an American version of Hitler. I see them on campus, it's actually pretty damn scary to be around people that are that partisan.
Just as there are some in the far right community that actually believe Bush is doing the work of God. It's far more scarier to be around people who think that God would associate with oilmen.
'

Considering the people who have proclaimed to be at God's side throughout history, judging the concept of a creator type being by the humans he associates with would make God a scumbag.

No, but it would make him pretty fucking crazy to allow said people to carry out said injustices in his name.

Midnyte_Ragebringer · Post by **Midnyte_Ragebringer** » June 28, 2004, 12:19 pm

Kaldaur wrote:Arilain said:
There are some in the far left community that actually do believe that Bush is an American version of Hitler. I see them on campus, it's actually pretty damn scary to be around people that are that partisan.
Just as there are some in the far right community that actually believe Bush is doing the work of God. It's far more scarier to be around people who think that God would associate with oilmen.

Agreed.

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » June 28, 2004, 1:25 pm

THIS IS MY LAST TERRITORIAL DEMAND!

Rekaar. · Post by **Rekaar.** » June 28, 2004, 8:36 pm

Animalor wrote:So essentially apologised for was that the audience and the general public is too stupid to understand that this was a comparison of circumstances and not of the person.

He was misquoted by everyone that could gain from doing so. He fed the fire and he screwed up in doing so. It has nothing to do with the public, rather it has everything to do with the misrepresentation of facts that is prevalent in the media today.

Mplor · Post by **Mplor** » June 29, 2004, 3:00 am

Nachdem der Iraqkrieg kommt einen permanenten Kampf um Lebensraum!

Karae · Post by **Karae** » June 29, 2004, 5:22 am

I agree, the comparison is laughable. Hitler wrote his own book...I don't think Bush has ever even READ one.

Skogen · Post by **Skogen** » June 29, 2004, 12:23 pm

kyoukan wrote:yeah I can't see the comparison to hitler either. other than that whole conquering and occupying other countries with no provocation while allowing and even encouraging civil liberties to deteriorate domestically under a guise of fear and nationalism thing.

When do we start rounding up the jews er I mean muslims?

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