Poor Martin

Scene  Cabinet secretaries room  

Sir Hum. Do the press ever get anything I get him to say right ? 
Arnold  You do OK mate 
 
Think of Poor Martin   
He started a word led whirlwind and his only helpmate was a woman!!
 
And she like him had taken vows of poverty and had heaps to do looking after all the people who wanted to talk to her mate. 

Sir H   Her husband was like the new pope? 
Bern 

Imagine if Luther's household had a phone. The press would be saying, you need a press secretary to edit his "careless "commentaries on who is running the economy!. Sir Hum : Typical minister -- putting his foot in it ! " How did he finance his campaigns? See the picture ,


Bern And actually that quote reminds me that he did so many things " without advice or answer " What a man ! He kept going and his words changed the world.






Sir H and people kept misquoting him Bern Including Hitler Katie might say to them that
"he is not answering any more questions on the murderous peasants and, as she would, in the bedroom say to him, I think he has already said enough .Maybe -I can't shut him up - he does it for love of people and God and he feels responsible. h doesn't yet know he can't do everything and that having his table talk recorded means its a warts and all man you are meeting !

Arnold She would be saying --- Won't you listen and report him properly? Bern He really only wants to stop the new wars starting in his name and finish translating the whole bible into German because the people are loving hearing things in church that they can understand and sing to."


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