Well This is Reassuring
...
Chrysler in the hands of Mussolini Obama?
Creditors to Chrysler describe negotiations with the company and the Obama administration as "a farce," saying the administration was bent on forcing their hands using hardball tactics and threats ...
One participant in negotiations said that the administration's tactic was to present what one described as a "madman theory of the presidency" in which the President is someone to be feared because he was willing to do anything to get his way. The person said this threat was taken very seriously by his firm.
He didn't want to run an auto company.
4 comments:
New title for a new century: Il Douche.
I suppose the *biggest* advantage of comparing Obama to Mussolini, is that it will encourage people to go back and actually read about Mussolini to see what he did. I find that most people (myself included) have been kind of vague about his policies, how he came to power, or even what exactly "facism" entails. That's what he gets for getting mixed up with a publicity hound like Hitler, I suppose.
Tim, Mussolini was actually well-regarded by many American intellectuals. At a time when capitalism had let everyone down and socialism was scary, Mussolini represented what was called "the third way".
Unlike Hitler, Mussolini was not an anti-Semite and didn't seek to slaughter millions.
The arrogant face and the really silly hat are quite Pythonesque.
History's judgement on Obama will be somewhat similar. Or I can imagine some old dowager Duchess of Mussolini's time saying of Obama, 'Such a silly little man'.
Post a Comment