I know it's a strained analogy but will Kellyanne Conway be the Leni Riefenstahl of our generation

[DemocratSinceBirth]

breathing a sigh of relief because she wasn't sitting in the dock at some future Nuremburg like trial?

[guillaumeb]

1. Leni Riefenstahl had artistic talent.

Conway is simply a well-paid liar.

[sharp_stick]

2. Conway has no talent

she's probably a better comparison to Josef Goebbels.

[malthaussen]

4. Is spin-doctoring a talent?

Not everyone is a good propagandist.

-- Mal

[malthaussen]

3. I don't think the comparison is apt.

For one thing, Reifenstahl never had a job after the fall of the Reich -- and she lived to be over 100. For another, she only made a couple of propaganda films for little Adolf, didn't serve as his mouthpiece over a course of months (or years, if Conway keeps her job).

I'd consider Reifenstahl as a tool taking advantage of opportunity to float her career. Whereas Conway might reasonably be considered a co-conspirator. The levels of culpability are just not comparable.

As for Nuremburg, with what crime could a filmmaker be charged as a violation of International Law?

-- Mal

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. She was tried four times in denazification proceedings so there was probable cause.