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August 10, 2009

Limbaugh implied syllogism: Obama/Pelosi/Democrats = socialism = Nazism

Follow the drumbeat at Media Matters, HERE.

Today's best gem (of many):
Limbaugh: Which group of people are closer to the National Socialism of Germany on this health care plan? Is it Obama and the Democrats in the plan, or is it people showing up to protest the plan at these town hall meetings? It's no contest.

The people who are closest, and with the most striking resemblance to the socialist policies of Nazis, is today's Democrat Party, with ... this ... health ... care ... plan. Not saying Hitler and Pelosi are the same thing. Not saying that. But Nazi is derived from the German word, national socialism. ...That's where Nazi comes from!

Socialism is socialism wherever it is--be it in the Soviet Union, be it with Hitler in the bunker in the 30s and 40s, be it with Kim Jong Il today, whoever, Hugo Chavez down in Ven.... And I'm telling you, what the Democrat Party is doing today is doing with this health care plan, from the president on down, bears far more resemblance to socialized policy of previous regimes in the world, including the Nazis, than anything the people protesting this are doing. They don't resemble anything at all to do with,... they are protesting to stand up and maintain their liberty, and their freedom. Hitler ... Lenin ... Stalin were all men of the left.
Yeah, and I would never call Rush Limbaugh a big fat fuck paid to incite a legion of swastika-waving lunatics and then accuse the people being attacked of resembling Nazis.

Also, if you get into a discussion about these idiotic equivalencies with dittoheads, ask them to show the history book explaining how the Soviet Union, an ally in WWII that lost 20,000,000 people in unimaginable suffering while valiantly fending off the Nazis, is really one in the same with the Nazis.

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See the DNC ad in this post from Dirigo Blue last week: http://www.dirigoblue.com/d...

I think it's a good step in the direction of dealing with the problem. It makes the Democrats look sensible and the Republican-led reactionaries hysterical. I'll be happy if this kind of messaging can lead to backfiring of the Limbaugh/Republican strategy.

Posted by The Owl on August 10, 2009 at 17:25
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