MoveOn entrants weren't the first to compare other politicians to Hitler

[LTR]

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/analysis/rothenberg/1998/10/20/

(scroll down)

Did a little Googling, to view the history of comparing politicians to Hitler. Lo and behold... this little gem. Sure enough, a Republican candidate (gasp!) aired an ad comparing his Dem opponent to Hitler (egads!). Here it is:

'Hitler' ad an issue in Kentucky


Kentucky Senate The open seat race between Republican Jim Bunning and Democrat Scotty Baesler has turned into a bare-knuckled battle focusing on Social Security, taxes, education and the two campaigns' tactics.

Polling suggests that Bunning and Baesler are in a tight fight, though Republican insiders appear to be more upbeat and optimistic than their Democratic counterparts.

The hottest topic of the Senate race has been a Bunning ad that used footage of Baesler at a Kentucky political event. The spot included close-up shots of the Democrat, pounding the lectern and screaming about a number of issues. In the background of the ad was Wagner, the German composer identified with Adolph Hitler.

Baesler's campaign complained bitterly about the ad, arguing that the camera shots and music were intended to make him look like Hitler. The Louisville Courier-Journal, the largest newspaper in the state, editorialized about the ad, strongly criticizing the Bunning campaign. But the Republican's campaign decided against pulling the ad or altering it in any way, fearing that that would be seen as an admission of guilt and prolong the issue.

Pot, meet kettle.

[LTR]

1. Try on this Google search for size

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=hitlery

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=clintler

Guess it's okay for some people to compare people to Clinton, right?

Bunch o' horseshit, I tell ya.

[kath]

2. You really ought to send that Kentucky story to the MoveOn people

and to some of the blogsters.

"Pot, meet kettle" is right

[kath]

3. BUMP for the morning crowd

Those of you who can push this story of Republicans using the Hitler tactic into the media, please do so.

The ongoing Republican hypocrisy needs to be exposed.

[Loonman]

4. Like the "RATS" ad

That's what Repubs call us......rats.

[nostamj]

5. take back the media did one a while back

Bush is not a Nazi, so stop saying that!

Link to Flash

[radwriter0555]

6. About 4 weeks ago I started VEHEMENTLY comparing bush to hitler

after taking a hard look at the methods his regime has used to take power and bandy it about.

My comparisons of bush to hitler aren't taken from any one else's views whatsoever. I do find it interesting that others have taken up the same song.

Either I'm way ahead of the game and a trend-setter or others are also paying attention, or people are simply listening to what I'm saying. I'm in the yahoo chats a LOT, and this isn't the first time my opinions have been echoed at large.

I find it interesting after many weeks of denouncing the bush regime position of OBL being alive, that my pointed and direct announcements about OBL being DEAD were suddenly challenged with yet another fake audio tape.

Same thing happened when I broke the story about the Afghanistan SIlk Road connection shortly after 9.11.

It's all as coincidental as the fact that Halliburton is now being awarded all the lucrative war oriented contracts, and the fact that the Vice President used to run the company.

Pure coincidence. Nothing to see here, move along.

[bobthedrummer]

7. There are numerous Bush/Hitler links on the Internet

here are just a few
Goldteeth, Auschwitz and George Bush
http://www.spiritone.com/~gdy52150/bushies.htm

The mother of all Bush/Hitler links
http://falloutshelternews.com/BushHitlerLinks.html

How the Bush Family Wealth is Linked to the Jewish Holocaust
by Toby Rogers
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/ROG309A.html