By Ed Driscoll · March 05, 2006 02:15 PM
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The Reich Stuff
Tim Blair notes "It’s been a great week for informing the kids"--via the riff that refuses to die:
"The only difference between Bush and Hitler,” says Kurt Vonnegut, “is that Hitler was elected. You all know, of course, that the election was stolen. Right here.” (In Ohio)
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[Geography teacher Jay Bennish]: I'm not saying Bush and Hitler are exactly the same, obviously they're not. OK? But there are some eerie similarities to the tones that they use.
Hey, I'm not saying Vonnegut and Bennish are exactly the same, obviously they're not. But there are
some eerie similarities to the sclerotic cliches that they use.