[mdlug-discuss] [Fwd: Hmmm...]

[Aaron Kulkis]

Surprise Ending

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Subject: Hmmm...
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:36:17 -0500
From: John <yochanon at operamail.com>
To: Undisclosed.Recipients:

> I was born in one country, raised in another.
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> My father was born in another country.
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> I was not his only child.
> 
> He fathered several children with numerous women.
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> 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 and 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 gold tongue and could talk to anyone and motivate 
> them. 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 large crowds during my public appearances. This bolstered my ego.
> 
> At first, my political campaign focused on my country's foreign policy, then 
> on change.
> 
> I was very critical of my country in the 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 and the need for change. 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 these institutions 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 people.
> 
> I was the surprise candidate. I emerged from outside the traditional path of 
> politics and was able to gain widespread popular support.
> 
> I knew that if I merely offered the people 'hope', together we could change 
> our country.
> 
> So, I started to make my speeches sound like they were on behalf of the 
> downtrodden, poor, ignorant to include "persecuted minorities".
> 
> My true views were not widely known and I kept 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, as I became the most powerful man in the world.  And the 
> world learned the truth.
> 
> Who am I? 
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> Adolf Hitler.
>  
> Who were you thinking of? Want to bet I know exactly who you were thinking of?
> 
> -- "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." --Benjamin Franklin