They'd Be the Experts -

They'd Be the Experts - German Justice Minister Herta Däubler-Gmelin (pronounced Doy-bler Gmay-lin) compared the President to Hitler. (translation is mine, as are any errors):

Federal Justice Ministar Herta Däubler-Gmelin (SocialDemocrat) spoke directly about her explanation of US Iraq policy before the [German] federal elections in an explanatory note. In a newspaper interview, she linked President Bush's attck plan with criticisms of his internal problems, which she explained was "a favorite method of Hitler's".

Today, Däubler-Gmelin (of the Social Democratic Party - think Sandy Pappas in a brown shirt) tried to correct herself - here, quoted in the relatively-conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, said she was comparing Bush's methods, not personality, with Hitler.

I suggest we demand a refund on the Marshall Plan.

OK, seriously - after spending billions of our money to not only protect them from Soviet expansionism, but also to facilitate their reunification, I think we'd be highly justified (if not well-advised) to throw our weight behind the CDU (sort of conservative) party in the next election.