KURT WALDHEIM REMEMBERED

Kurt Waldheim, the former UN secretary general with a Nazi past, has died at the age of 88. Some of his colleagues remember him as follows:

“We were friends since our Hitler youth days, and I have fond memories of him from summer SS camp.”
—Pope Benedict XVI

“He inspired my love for hatred.”
—David Duke, white supremacist

“He was a great mentor and taught me the virtues of propaganda and fearmongering.”
—Dick Cheney

“My strategies are a love letter to his regime.”
—Karl Rove

“He was the life of the party.”
—Paris Hilton

“Never heard of him.”
—George W. Bush