((HT: ESPN/The Times- Bird, Gledhill, Coates))Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone ((pictured, thanks Ben Gurr/The Times)) faced criticism from politicians and Jewish groups Saturday after being quoted as saying that Adolf Hitler "got things done."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 Hitler 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...
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