Действительность (и маразм) подражает искусству

Анекдот тридцатилетней давности:

 

Kurt Waldheim has been meeting with Hussein, trying to get a peaceful solution to the recent middle east events. Kurt says:

 

"You know Saddam, some people have been to comparing you to Adolf Hitler. I knew Hitler, Hitler was a friend of mine, and let me tell you, You're no Adolf Hitler."

 

Наши будни с бидоном:

 

“We always used to fight like hell. And even back in the old days when we had real segregationists like Eastland and Thurmond and all those guys,” he said, referring to former segregationist senators James Eastland (D-Miss.) and Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.).

 

“But at least we’d end up eating lunch together. Things have changed. We gotta bring it back,” the president concluded.