Judge Likens Election of Bush to Rise of Il Duce

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Mon Jun-21-04 12:17 PM
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Judge Likens Election of Bush to Rise of Il Duce

2nd Circuit’s Calabresi Also Compares Bush’s Rise to That of Hitler

By JOSH GERSTEIN Staff Reporter of the Sun

WASHINGTON — A prominent federal judge has told a conference of liberal lawyers that President Bush’s rise to power was similar to the accession of dictators such as Mussolini and Hitler.

“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.That is what the Supreme Court did in Bush versus Gore. It put somebody in power,” said Guido Calabresi, a judge on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits in Manhattan.

“The reason I emphasize that is because that is exactly what happened when Mussolini was put in by the king of Italy,” Judge Calabresi continued, as the allusion drew audible gasps from some in the luncheon crowd Saturday at the annual convention of the American Constitution Society.

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

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Hoping4Change

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Mon Jun-21-04 12:22 PM
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1. This judge is a true patriot.

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Mnemosyne

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Mon Jun-21-04 12:22 PM
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2. wonder when he'll have his "accident", "suicide" "natural cause" death?

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Mon Jun-21-04 03:59 PM
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3. Dead on

and both Der Furher and Il Duce were backed by industrialists, the moneyed classes and social concervatives - just like the Chimperor.

More people need to restate how this election was not legitimate.

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Mon Jun-21-04 05:36 PM
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4. I just saw this on the news. . .

Was coming here to post it :)

At least one judge remembers his history.

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Mon Jun-21-04 09:06 PM
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5. Kick

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