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Recasting the Presidents As Famous Dictators

Posted by samzenpus on from the dictator-in-chief dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A pretty simple, non-scientific Google exercise confirming that, regardless of their political platform, US presidents inevitably end up being compared to famous dictators by their detractors, with Hitler being the go-to comparison (hello, Godwin's law)."

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  1. Proof that people on the 'net are stupid by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Bush gets compared more often to Stalin, Lenin, and Mao, while Obama gets compared more often to Hitler? Obama being slightly to the left of Bush, shouldn't it be the other way around?

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    1. Re:Proof that people on the 'net are stupid by OrwellianLurker · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Obama and Bush are both industry owned; both can be compared to Mussolini, except the planes are never running on time.

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