Who Am I...?

[bull_bluegill]

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And I thought I ws the only one who saw the parallels.

WHO AM I?

I was born in one country, raised in another. My father was
born in another country. I was not his only child. He fathered
several children with numerous women.

I became very close to my mother, as my father showed no
interest in me. My mother died at an early age from cancer.

Later in life, questions arose over my real name.

My birth records were sketchy and no one was able to
produce a legitimate, reliable birth certificate.

I grew up practicing one faith but converted to
Christianity, as it was widely accepted in my country, but

I practiced non-traditional beliefs & didn't follow
Christianity, except in the public eye under scrutiny.

I worked and lived among lower-class people as a young
adult, disguising myself as someone who really cared about them.

That was before I decided it was time to get serious about
my life and I embarked on a new career.

I wrote a book about my struggles growing up. It was clear
to those who read my memoirs that I had difficulties accepting that my
father abandoned me as a child.

I became active in local politics in my 30's then with
help behind the scenes, I literally burst onto the scene as a candidate for
national office in my 40s. They said I had a golden tongue and could talk
anyone into anything. That reinforced my conceit.

I had a virtually non-existent resume, little work history,
and no experience in leading a single organization. Yet I was a
powerful speaker and citizens were drawn to me as though I were a magnet and
they were small roofing tacks.

I drew incredibly large crowds during my public
appearances. This bolstered my ego.

At first, my political campaign focused on my country's
foreign policy. I was very critical of my country in the last war and seized
every opportunity to bash my country.

But what launched my rise to national prominence were my
views on the country's economy. I pretended to have a really good
plan on how we could do better and every poor person would be fed & housed
for free.

I knew which group was responsible for getting us into this
mess. It was the free market, banks & corporations. I decided to
start making citizens hate them and if they were envious of
others who did well, the plan was clinched tight.

I called mine "A People's Campaign" and that sounded good to
all people.

I was the surprise candidate because I emerged from outside
the traditional path of politics & was able to gain widespread popular
support.

I knew that, if I merely offered the people 'hope', together
we could change our country and the world.

So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on
behalf of the downtrodden, poor, and ignorant, to include "persecuted
minorities" like the Jews. My true views were not widely known &
I needed to keep them unknown, until after I became my nation's leader.

I had to carefully guard reality, as anybody could have
easily found out what I really believed, if they had simply
read my writings and examined those people I associated with.

I'm glad they didn't. Then I became the most powerful man in the
world. And the world learned the truth.

Who am I?


ADOLF HITLER.

WHO WERE YOU THINKING OF?

[DJD]

I was thinking of his distant cousin Presbo.

[kent]

Things that make you go hmmm! That's freakin' scary.

[mhall]

I had read this parity before, pretty scary if you ask me.