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September 01, 2005
No one who speaks German could be evil
From the Wonkette:
Bush invoked the memory of his father as a young Navy pilot shot down over the Pacific and of an optimistic Roosevelt calling on Americans to defend liberty. He portrayed Roosevelt's vision as similar to his own -- a commitment to spreading freedom even when U.S. allies were not convinced it was the best course."Franklin Roosevelt refused to accept that democracy was finished," Bush said. "His optimism reflected his belief that the enemy's will to power could not withstand our will to live in freedom."
Wonkette quoted this news item in a post called "Now What Poor Aide's Going to Have to Break the News that FDR Founded Social Security?" What might be a better question is: what poor aide is going to have to tell the president that Dan Bartlett has him quoting Nietzsche? You just know that some speechwriter totally wanted to be cute by obliquely referring to the Nazis by using the phrase "will to power."
Still, as long as the president's favorite "philosopher" is Jesus Christ, I wouldn't expect to hear anymore quotes from the guy who called Christianity "the one immortal blemish upon the human race."
Posted by matt at September 1, 2005 12:40 PM
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