May 30, 2003
Bush v. Hitler, continued
Lileks dealt with this comparison in one of his syndicated columns last year:
Guess who made this statement: "I am literally comparing Bush and his cronies to Hitler, only Hitler had a smaller vision."
A Saudi cleric? Saddam Hussein? Osama bin Laden, speaking via Ouija board in the breakroom at Al Jazeera?
No. It's Patch Adams, a wacky doctor who heals the sick with madcap clowning. Robin Williams played him in a movie, so learning that Patch Adams called George W. Bush Hitler Plus is like learning that Mrs. Doubtfire believes there was a massacre at Jenin.
Dr. Adams, wearing two-toned hair to underscore his latent clown solidarity, made the remark on a panel at the University of Pittsburgh. Is he right?
Well, they're quite similar. Hitler was a vegetarian paganist totalitarian who wanted a thousand-year reign built on the skulls of non-Aryans. Bush is a meat-eating Christian who will leave office in six years. A toss-up who's worse, I guess. If it helps, consider the reactions either might have to criticism.
Hitler: Who iss dis Patch Ahdams? Who iss dis Juuuuden zat he can zay dis? I vant him found! I vant him dead! I vant voto-grafs of hiss shotten-up body on zis desk by noon tomorrow! AM I KLAR? KILL HIM! KILL HISS VAMILY!
Bush would say he's sorry Adams feels that way, but he understands that Patch Adams is a pretty good beer, and back in his wild days he might have enjoyed a cold one or two. Does he make an alcohol-free version? No? Well, he oughta, if it's as good as people say. Oh, that's Sam Adams beer? Well, fine.
Note to Dr. Bozo: There's a quick way to see if your nation's leader is worse than Hitler. Criticize him loudly in the news media. Using one's index finger, probe back of head for bullet hole. Nothing? You might want to rethink your rhetoric.
Have you signed the petition yet?
Posted by damian at May 30, 2003 04:32 PM