Political role model?
Things are looking up for late medieval Wallachian warlords. One of the most ferocious of them, Vlad Tepes, fresh from his success inspiring Bram Stoker's Dracula, has now emerged as a new low bar for American politicians in a recent column by Gail Collins:
(Can we point out here that when 51 percent of the public tells pollsters that they would rather have Spitzer as governor than the current incumbent, David Paterson, that is not the same as saying they would like Spitzer to come back? You could probably get 51 percent of the voters to say they would rather have Vlad the Impaler than David Paterson. Or at least 30.)
Personally, I think it would be 51%. After all, Vlad is seen as a hero by at least some Romanians.
they even made a movie about him, explaining why they called him "The Impaler."
Labels: death doom and destruction, medieval history, political dirt
posted by Clemens @ 12:53 PM
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Just for the record, was Vlad a Democrat or Republican?
He was a Libertarian. At least for himself. For everyone else it was a different matter.
At least he was honest about it.
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