I finally found us; I was in London a week ago and while there finally read what the cretin dwark had actually said; effectively it was the Deutsche Volk - the German people - who persuaded Hitler to do all tbose nasty things. Horrible enough that he is so awfully misinformed, worse that he actually believes that garbage, worse still (even more worser!) that he had the ghastly shortfall in judgment to let it come out of his f--king mouth. If he were CEO of any other company in the universe he'd have been canned as soon as a Board meeting could be convened.

Simony,  you got that right. The dwark will have trouble living this thing down.

Bernie has tried to control the damage with an interview in "Bild", but a lot of damage has already been done.

I have seen other occasions where Bernie was in trouble and he has always managed to wiggle (or buy) his way out of it.

But I'm hoping that this time is different. It's not just the racing community that's upset, he's got the World Jewish Congress on his case. Now, Bernie has not been shy about sending races to arab countries for lots of oil money, and this stuff might actually play well there. Still, Bernie has some heat under him and that's a good thing. 

Is Bernie losing it????

Here is what he said:

Updated: July 4, 2009, 11:40 AM EDT html_removed html_removed LONDON (AP) - Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone faced criticism from politicians and Jewish groups Saturday after being quoted as saying that Adolf H*tler "got things done." 

Criticism was swift and harsh following controversial remarks by Bernie Ecclestone. (Paul Gilham / Getty Images)

In an interview with London's The Times newspaper, Ecclestone expressed a preference for "strong leaders," citing former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Max Mosley, outgoing head of Formula One's governing body, as examples.

He was quoted as saying that democracy "hasn't done a lot of good for many countries -- including this one."

"In a lot of ways, terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that H*tler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the way that he could command a lot of people, able to get things done," Ecclestone was quoted as saying.

"In the end he got lost, so he wasn't a very good dictator."

Ecclestone also said the West had been wrong to depose Iraq's Sadam Hussein, saying: "He was the only one who could control that country."

The Board of Deputies of British Jews told The Times that Ecclestone's views were "quite bizarre," and Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard said he was "either an idiot or morally repulsive."

 

Labour Party lawmaker Denis MacShane told the newspaper that the remarks revealed ignorance of history and "a complete lack of judgment."

Calls to Ecclestone's London office were not immediately returned Saturday.

Ecclestone, who owns F1's commercial rights, is no stranger to controversial remarks. He once said women should dress in white "like all other domestic appliances."

In The Times interview, Ecclestone said that had been a joke, adding "I would love to have a good lady race driver and preferably black and Jewish too, but they might take maternity leave."