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'Übermenschen': Eugene Robinson Puts Nazi-Speak In Romney's Mouth
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 09/18/2012 7:46:00 PM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

If whoever invokes Hitler first in an argument loses, then place an 'L' next to Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson's name tonight . . .

On this evening's Ed Show, slamming Mitt Romney's comments about the 47%, Robinson suggested that Romney sees himself as one of the "ubermenschen." That of course was, by way of Nietzche, one of Hitler's favorite phrases.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Germany; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: eugenerobinson; mittromney; nazis; ubermenschen
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To: jmacusa; ATOMIC_PUNK

Both of you are wrong.’Übermenschen’ means superiors or over lords. Study Deutsche.


21 posted on 09/18/2012 9:46:47 PM PDT by BIGLOOK (49 days and a wake up.)
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To: jmacusa

It’s been decades since my college German class, however, I do recall that “ubermenchen” means “supermen”. “Untermenchen” means “subhumans”.


22 posted on 09/18/2012 10:15:42 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class!)
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To: BIGLOOK

Danke. Du hast recht.


23 posted on 09/18/2012 10:52:52 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Racist!


24 posted on 09/18/2012 10:59:50 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Eugene Robinson, Ron Karenga, and Jeremiah Wright were all cut from the same racist cloth.


25 posted on 09/18/2012 11:07:17 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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