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Posted without comment (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth May 2017 OP
this guy WAS a politician.... steve2470 May 2017 #1
To be honest...the thought of Hitler on trial at Nuremburg chills me... First Speaker May 2017 #3
Hm, never thought of it that way steve2470 May 2017 #4
not a lot were prosecuted all that much... Locrian May 2017 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author ymetca May 2017 #9
Very poignant hamsterjill May 2017 #2
Again, it is always all about himself..... Kleveland May 2017 #5
He was speaking to graduates of the Coast Guard Academy gratuitous May 2017 #12
K&R and Tweeted yuiyoshida May 2017 #6
K & R LAS14 May 2017 #7
But, but Butterflylady May 2017 #10
Don't worry, trump is confused also. Doreen May 2017 #27
Self entitled whiny crybaby special snowflake POS birther russian spy Trump workinclasszero May 2017 #11
Seconded. n/t BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #14
Worse than JFK? SHRED May 2017 #13
One can only hope. Amimnoch May 2017 #15
Great meme Gothmog May 2017 #16
... LiberalLovinLug May 2017 #17
Great pic. Dark n Stormy Knight May 2017 #28
Worse than this guy? NewJeffCT May 2017 #18
That was the picture that came to my mind. He saw two of his die for their country and then was grantcart May 2017 #31
Worse than this guy? NewJeffCT May 2017 #19
This is an especially great example that, by comparison, highlights Dark n Stormy Knight May 2017 #30
he also lost his mother and wife on the same day grantcart May 2017 #32
K&R... spanone May 2017 #20
Worse than this guy? NewJeffCT May 2017 #21
worse than this guy ? steve2470 May 2017 #22
Boom ismnotwasm May 2017 #23
worse than this guy ? steve2470 May 2017 #24
I could be wrong, but to be fair, I think he added "by the media". whathehell May 2017 #25
Even then it makes no sense jmowreader May 2017 #29
No, of course not.. whathehell May 2017 #33
He started off talking about the media NewJeffCT May 2017 #34
I'd have no problem believing that.. whathehell May 2017 #35
Hey Little Hands Donnie....go fuck yourself. Moostache May 2017 #26

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
1. this guy WAS a politician....
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:27 AM
May 2017

He was treated FAIRLY in my book, but if the Russians had caught him, he probably would have been tortured first and then killed. His suicide in the bunker cheated the Russians' justice and indeed, the justice of the Allies.

This guy~~~~~~~~>


First Speaker

(4,858 posts)
3. To be honest...the thought of Hitler on trial at Nuremburg chills me...
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:55 AM
May 2017

...if he was alive, somehow, some way, he would have turned the trial to his advantage. He would have outfoxed the Allies, even if he had been executed along with the others. His survival, and trial, all by itself would have changed the postwar history of Germany, very much for the worse. Much better if the Soviets *had* just shot him. Stalin, whatever else you can say about him, would have understood this simple fact: don't let Hitler open his mouth...

steve2470

(37,457 posts)
4. Hm, never thought of it that way
Thu May 18, 2017, 10:58 AM
May 2017

I'm sure the neo-Nazis would have all the movies of his defending himself and "the Allies lies" (in their words and probably his words as well).

Locrian

(4,522 posts)
8. not a lot were prosecuted all that much...
Thu May 18, 2017, 11:58 AM
May 2017

a few got shot, most got out within 5-10 year
courtesy of the US intelligence industry

Response to First Speaker (Reply #3)

Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
5. Again, it is always all about himself.....
Thu May 18, 2017, 11:39 AM
May 2017

Now he is the bigliest and best political martyr ever in the history of mankind.

"A lot of people are saying...."

"I can tell you this..."

"Believe me..."

Delusional, paranoid liar.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
12. He was speaking to graduates of the Coast Guard Academy
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:45 PM
May 2017

Men and women who have had it drilled into them for four years that they individually are responsible for everything their team does or doesn't do, listening to this rogue chee-toh blame everyone but himself for his troubles. Some of them were surely wondering what they had done to merit this punishment.

Butterflylady

(3,537 posts)
10. But, but
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:33 PM
May 2017

his supporters didn't want a politician and he said he wasn't a politician. So now he's a politician. Man, l'm confused.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
11. Self entitled whiny crybaby special snowflake POS birther russian spy Trump
Thu May 18, 2017, 12:37 PM
May 2017

makes me vomit.

He is the poster boy for republicanism.

Not fit to tie the shoes of Mandela or Obama!

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
31. That was the picture that came to my mind. He saw two of his die for their country and then was
Fri May 19, 2017, 02:30 AM
May 2017

shot down on the night on his greatest victory.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
19. Worse than this guy?
Thu May 18, 2017, 04:35 PM
May 2017


Roosevelt stood in the seat of his automobile to wave at the crowds and Schrank, who was standing in the front row of the crowd, had his shot. He took aim: point-blank, right at Roosevelt’s head. Then three things happened at the same time. A bystander hit Schrank’s arm; Roosevelt’s security detail spotted the gun and leapt from the car; Schrank pulled the trigger. The shot landed squarely in Roosevelt’s chest just as Schrank was tackled and put in a headlock by the bodyguard. Roosevelt is said not to have noticed he was hit until he reached into his overcoat and felt the blood on his fingers.

But it turns out that Teddy’s long-winded speeches saved his life that day: the bullet traveled through a 50-page copy of his prepared speech and the steel eyeglasses case he carried in the same pocket. The bullet was slowed enough not to reach his lung or heart, which Teddy deduced from the absence of blood when he spoke or coughed. He refused to go to a hospital and insisted on giving his speech.


http://mentalfloss.com/article/12789/time-teddy-roosevelt-got-shot-chest-gave-speech-anyway

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,760 posts)
30. This is an especially great example that, by comparison, highlights
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:33 AM
May 2017

the stunning wimp and whine that is Donald Trump.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
32. he also lost his mother and wife on the same day
Fri May 19, 2017, 02:31 AM
May 2017

It was so painful he could never speak of it the rest of his life.

whathehell

(29,034 posts)
25. I could be wrong, but to be fair, I think he added "by the media".
Thu May 18, 2017, 05:57 PM
May 2017

He's still a ridiculous crybaby, of course.

jmowreader

(50,530 posts)
29. Even then it makes no sense
Fri May 19, 2017, 01:28 AM
May 2017

Ask Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton or Barack Obama how fairly they were treated by the media.

whathehell

(29,034 posts)
33. No, of course not..
Fri May 19, 2017, 05:43 AM
May 2017

but it:s not quite the same as putting yourself in the same place as the assassinated.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
34. He started off talking about the media
Fri May 19, 2017, 09:42 AM
May 2017

but, when he said that no politician in history has been treated worse, he was not. Now, he may have meant the media - and I'm sure that is what Spicey will say if asked about it - but, if you can actually read what his comments were, it was clear that he meant overall and not just in the media.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
26. Hey Little Hands Donnie....go fuck yourself.
Thu May 18, 2017, 06:08 PM
May 2017

The whiny little bitch currently infesting the White House is a special kind of crazy.

Delusions of grandeur infect his every utterance and the piece of shit actually seems to think people will remember him fondly...well, Little Hands Donnie (I know he LOVES nicknames for people, so there's his) if you mean people will be happy to find a place for public urination in a pinch when you have shuffled off this mortal coil, then, yes, people will look fondly on your demise. If you mean ANYTHING ELSE, literally ANYTHING, then you must stop sniffing glue immediately and seek fresh air.

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