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LiberalEsto

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9. Wasn't Prescott Bush one of them?

Reply to KurtNYC (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 09:13 AM

Jul 2012

W.'s grandfather.

FDR could have prosecuted that crowd for treason, but instead he used the situation as leverage to get the New Deal programs passed. It was a tough choice -- help the desperate people in the U.S., or hang some of the culprits who caused the Depression, as a warning to others.

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Weimar America: Four Major Ways We're Following In Germany's Fascist Footsteps [View all] xchrom Jul 2012 OP

An interesting comparison based on reason and logic. fasttense Jul 2012 #1

I don't think it was RW politicians that helped Hitler to power but rather KurtNYC Jul 2012 #2

Smedley Butler is one of our greatest heroes LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #3

Butler did good but I'm afraid the same people tried again KurtNYC Jul 2012 #8

Wasn't Prescott Bush one of them? LiberalEsto Jul 2012 #9

Allegedly yes. Good documentary on it here (40 minutes) : KurtNYC Jul 2012 #10

I could see Sean Penn doing a movie about his life. yurbud Jul 2012 #11

Don't they have some kind of law that you can't make that comparison? zeemike Jul 2012 #4

Is Godwin's Law becoming obsolete? Gman Jul 2012 #5

How old is that? I think it was obsolete as soon as Bush, Cheney, and Rove came on the scene yurbud Jul 2012 #12

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it -- Santayana FiveGoodMen Jul 2012 #13

Irony. caseymoz Jul 2012 #6

xchrom Diclotican Jul 2012 #7