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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (215131)	1/6/2002 11:41:21 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Hitler was charming?

To: rich4eagle who wrote (215131)	1/6/2002 12:33:53 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Do you know how deplorable your statements even are? Are you really that ignorant of history? I do not think anyone can be that ignorant. Your description of Hitler as a charming cheerleader is evil. Your motivation for doing so is an evil attempt to belittle the lives of Americans who died fighting him. You are a disgrace to your country. A little history on your charming hero's rise to power: Though Hindenburg at first refused to appoint Hitler, a small group of men around the president urged him to do so. They felt that Hitler could be controlled and his popularity and talents could be used to further the interests of the government. As the year progressed, Brüning's successor Franz von Papen grew unpopular as his attempts to revive the economy failed. Hindenburg replaced him with the political leader of the army, Kurt von Schleicher. Von Papen took revenge on Schleicher by joining forces with Hitler and Alfred Hugenberg. They talked the elderly Hindenburg into making Hitler chancellor in a cabinet in which von Papen would be vice-chancellor and most other ministers would be non-Nazis. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was sworn in as chancellor of Germany. Those who disliked the republic had persuaded the president to turn over authority to its sworn enemy. IVTHE NAZI REGIME Immediately upon becoming chancellor, Hitler moved to consolidate his power. He persuaded Hindenburg to issue a decree suspending all civil liberties in Germany. "Hitler, Adolf," Microsoft® Encarta® Encyclopedia 2000. © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

To: rich4eagle who wrote (215131)	1/6/2002 1:38:30 PM
From: aknahow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

You are right, anti-Semitism ran high in Europe. Jews were forced to live in ghettos and pogroms were common in Russia way before the rise of Hitler. He was a popular figure and used existing hatreds to obtain his initial support. Why others insist you are wrong about this, is beyond me. But perhaps, what could have been seen as an attempt to link the popularity of Bush, to that enjoyed by Hitler might have something to do with the responses you are getting. What do you think?