[lbo-talk] Rove: Our problem is we were too nice

[Mark Bennett]

Good one.  There is some truth behind this. I forget where I read it, but as
the Soviets were overrunning Berlin, down in his bunker Hitler was saying
that he bitterly regretted not purging his officer corps as Stalin had done,
and also not liquidating his political opponents as ruthlessly as Uncle Joe
had. Of course, liquidating his officer corps would have made the early
successes of the war impossible, but who's splitting hairs at that stage of
the game?

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:20 PM, Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:


> On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:43:13 -0800
> "Mark Bennett" <bennett.mab at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This seems to be a trope that is rotating in right-wing circles: I've
> heard
> > from many frothing right-wingers, that Bush never go the public support
> he
> > deserved.  Talk about desperation.
>
> There's an old joke about this.
>
> Intrepid explorer fights his way through the vines,
> leeches, crocodiles, piranha and so, and finds himself
> in a hitherto unexplored region of the mighty Amazon
> basin. Out of food, out of water, delirious with malaria,
> he suddenly stumbles into a firelit clearing. And there,
> carefully stewing cabbage, he sees -- Adolph Hitler.
>
> Adolph is old and gray; the trademark mustache is hardly
> more than a smudge; but the Fuehrer-gleam is still there
> in his eye.
>
> "Willkommen,"  says Adolph. Then, switching to his clumsy
> English, "Sit. Eat."
>
> Our man eats, drinks. Silence. Finally, as anyone would
> do, he broaches the obvious, unavoidable subject.
>
> "Er -- excuse me -- but you're Adolph Hitler, aren't
> you?"
>
> "Jawohl," says Adolph.
>
> "Tell me," says the explorer, after a long moment's thought.
> "Is there anything you regret? Anything you would do different?"
>
> Adolph smiles.
>
> "Next time," he says, wagging a finger -- "Next time,
> no more Mister Nice Guy!"
>
> --
>
> Michael Smith
> mjs at smithbowen.net
> http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org
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