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Hitler was an Austrian with a mission, a mesmerising speaker - so they say - and the German crowds at his rallies went wild for hm. Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian anarchists who met a sticky end. The way this election is going, anarchy will be the result. Another thought, why is it that when a politician has an unconvincing message that he pads the flimsiness with references to popolist heroes of the past? Why "if the past is another country; they do things differently there" (L.P. Hartley?), did Obama think it necessary to enlist the nonentities of the Kennedy clan to prop him up in California? Why not go the whole hog and invoke Huey P. Long of Louisiana. He was a populist, I'm fairly sure. A ragtag collection of politicians, people and pundits is just what America needs now. Karl, don't forget I want cream with my coffee and not too much sugar, dearest.
