Senator Clinton criticizes Bush for comparing Democrats to those who ignored rise of Hitler, Lenin

CNN: November 1, 2007
Clinton criticizes Bush's Hitler, Lenin analogy

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sharply criticized President Bush Thursday for comparing Democrats opposed to his terrorist-surveillance program to those who ignored the rise of Hitler and Lenin.

“George Bush’s faulty and offensive historical analogies aren’t going to end the war in Iraq, make America safer or bring our troops home," the New York senator said Thursday in a statement. "Americans are tired of the president’s efforts to play politics with national security and practice the politics of division."

Speaking before the Heritage Foundation Thursday, Bush criticized Congress for failing to act on intelligence legislation that is "vital to protect the American people in this war on terror," and suggested Democrats are underestimating the terrorist threat. "History teaches that underestimating the words of evil, ambitious men is a terrible mistake," Bush said. "In the early 1900s, the world ignored the words of Lenin, as he laid out his plans to launch a Communist revolution in Russia — and the world paid a terrible price.

“In the 1920s, the world ignored the words of Hitler, as he explained his intention to build an Aryan super-state in Germany, take revenge on Europe, and eradicate the Jews — and the world paid a terrible price," Bush continued. "Bin Laden and his terrorist allies have made their intentions as clear as Lenin and Hitler before them. And the question is: Will we listen?"...

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I call them the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse....

:-)

When Katrina was threatening....did Bush listen?

The man don't fuckin listen...period.....

...where he is projecting, and using words which serve as an accurate description of his own circumstances moreso than whom his words are being directed to. Yesterday he said that http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/10/31/BL2007103101623_pf.html">the Congressional Democrats, are "going alone and going nowhere," which is definitely an accurate description of where he presently is with respect to Congress.

And now he says "History teaches that underestimating the words of evil, ambitious men is a terrible mistake." Which once again is a more accurate description of himself. And is something that many here at DU have been saying all along. At first, mainly to those in our own party. And now to anyone who'll listen before its too late.

I'm beginning to see these statement as unintended confessions more than the diatribes of a lunatic.

- Well, he's that too.....

K&R!

He always says what is on his mind and that is the scary part. The other day he said something about dead students in what appeared to be reference to 911. That made me think that he knows something that we don't. Peace, Kim

Had the Republicans have had their way the U.S. would never had entered the war in Europe and criticized FDR(and nearly blocked) the Lend Lease program to Britain and thats just one example........Perhaps he should review his Grandpa's memoirs and how he supported Hitler

...from "C" students.

On the other hand, we don't usually let them become president either. But he had a lot of help from other "c" students getting there....