I am pretty sure Hitler came across as pretty neurotic even in his private life ;) Mussolini I actually don't know much about -- besides who he was, of course, and the fact that he got the trains to run on time :)
That doesn't mean that Huckabee and Santorum aren't dangerous, Eric. One of the more interesting insights into the Nazis was Hannah Arendt's observation that Eichmann was a slightly befuddled old man who loved his grandkids. But he accepted the job of dispatching the trains that went to the concentration camps. On time, no doubt. But if you for a moment accept the unacceptable framework of their ethics, Huckabee and Santorum seem to have a certain integrity. I have always been troubled by the idea that some people can't see the good in people who do bad things or have hateful beliefs. My graduate advisor refused to even consider looking at anything about Louis Ferdinand Celine because he was a collaborator, a sort of French Tokyo Rose. I never thought that was something to be proud of, and he himself admitted that he was a freaking coward to have done it. But his writing was a brilliant mix of medical terminology, upper-class Parisian French, and the French equivalent of Cockney argot. That's what I wanted to dig into, but she refused to even discuss it. Anyway. I digress. Ya, they might be nice guys, kinda. Doesn't mean I advocate electing them. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah...they are nice guys in the same way I am sure Hitler and Mussolini > were nice guys... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Judah McAuley [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 11:20 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: 2012 Predictions > > > I remember that last time he ran for President, it came up that he had > prominently advocated, in the 90s, for the quarantine of people with AIDS. > He's also equated homosexuality with bestiality, called for a federal ban > on > abortion, called for a faith-based interpretation of the Constitution, etc. > Fairly standard right wing religious stuff. The quarantine of people with > AIDS though is the one that has always stuck with me as being particularly > cruel. > > But he does certainly come off as a nice guy. And I think he probably is a > nice guy in a lot of ways. I think Santorum is too. Nixon was mean. Folks > like Santorum and Huckabee aren't mean, they are just doing the Lord's Work > (tm) in a fashion meant to cause large swaths of America to be undermined > and turn us into something close to a theocracy. > > Judah > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 9:06 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > really? I had him pegged as kind of a nice guy. Not a lot of thought > > went into that, so I'm not doubting you, but if you have an example or > > two handy I'd appreciate it. > > > > thanks > > D > > > > On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 8:34 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> > >> I would put Huckabee pretty far out on the crazy religious nutbag > >> limb standing pretty close to Santorum. > >> > >> He got pretty hateful and vengeful and evangelistic following his > >> loss in the last election. > >> > >> I remember it seemed to me at the time that the smiling guy was a > >> mask, with an intensely bitter man behind that mask. > >> > >> Especially on his show. > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:23 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected] > >> >wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I was just ruminating further on who Romney might pick as VP and > >> > I'm starting to wonder about Huckabee. He's personable (I remember > >> > seeing him on The Daily Show and was impressed by how he handled > >> > himself) and while he is fairly moderate, his status as minister > >> > serves to placate the religious right. Not the most exciting ticket > >> > in the world, but who could possibly make a Romney ticket exciting? > >> > > >> > I also read an interesting bit today discussing a dark horse > >> > candidate for VP that might actually energize the ticket: Gov. Luis > >> > Fortuño of Puerto Rico. He endorsed Romey, he's working to push > >> > Puerto Rico toward statehood, Romney is in favor of statehood and > >> > it might represent a huge step toward bridging the gap with Hispanic > voters. > >> > Romney can claim a stake in the ground on an issue that he's not > >> > yet flip flopped on 3 times already and try to appear genuine. > >> > > >> > I don't think that Romney is actually that bold and I think he'll > >> > choose a totally boring VP candidate that continues to mire his > >> > campaign in pit of apathy, but it's interesting to think what might > >> > happen if he took a truly bold step. > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348588 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
