DeLay Calls Liberals Nazis, Then Claims ‘Only’ Liberals Make Nazi References

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/delay-nazis/

DeLay Calls Liberals Nazis, Then Claims ‘Only’ Liberals Make Nazi References

Writing on his blog this morning, ex-Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) accuses liberals and “the radical left” of being the “only” people who enjoy “likening the United States to Nazi Germany,” ignoring his own past comments comparing American liberals to “the ranks of scoundrels like Hitler.”

Noting a recent speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin, in which the head of state apparently compared U.S foreign policy to that of the Third Reich, DeLay hypocritically launched into an attack on liberals:

Odd, I only thought it was the radical left in our own nation which enjoys likening the United States to Nazi Germany. Apparently this disease has spread to Russia as well.

As recently as last month, DeLay has made comments comparing American liberals to Nazis. On April 10, appearing on WERS radio in Boston, DeLay claimed that the process that saw him indicted for money laundering, which would be the American legal system, “is the same process” that led to the Holocaust: “it may be six million jews, it may be indicting someone on laws that don’t exist, but it’s the same philosophy, it’s the same world view,” said DeLay.

DeLay also compared liberals to Nazis in his recently released book, “No Retreat, No Surrender”:

“I believe it was Adolf Hitler who first acknowledged that the big lie is more effective than the little lie, because the big lie is so audacious, such an astonishing immorality, that people have a hard time believing anyone would say it if it wasn’t true. You know, the big lie — like the Holocaust never happened or dark-skinned people are less intelligent than light-skinned people. Well, by charging this big lie” — that DeLay violated campaign-finance laws in Texas — “liberals have finally joined the ranks of scoundrels like Hitler.”

DeLay is demonstrating a Gonzales-like memory when he claims that Nazi analogies are an exclusive tool of liberals. In fact, DeLay and many of his conservative allies, are more than happy to make Nazi references if it suits their political aims.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Huhhhh??

:eyes:

[quiet.american]

2. Go away, DeLay. What -- you're not in jail YET? n/t

[yurbud]

3. didn't he get convicted of something? I'd think the cons would tell him to shut up

until the stink of corporation wore off a bit.

[Parche]

4. Dont Delay, Jail Him Today

What a nifnod :mad: :mad:

[izzie]

5. Silly as Nazi really hated liberals. They were classed like the Jews.

In fact most liberals were often thought to be Jews. It was sort of a thing with these people on the right at that time. Even the KKK looked at it that way. The first part and last part of the 19oo the ruling class all hated liberals. Much of the GOP far right sounds a lot like those people did 100 to 50 years ago.

[MrSlayer]

6. He's such a dick.

When is this fuckhead going to jail?

[Donald Ian Rankin]

7. The topic is inaccurate.

"DeLay Calls Liberals Nazis, Then Claims ‘Only’ Liberals Make Nazi References" is not an accurate summary.

Delay didn't call liberals Nazis, he called them scoundrels like Hitler. That's largely nitpicking on my part, but it's probably worth getting right.

He didn't claim that only Liberals make Nazi references, he claimed that only liberals compare *the US* to Nazi Germany. That's *not* just nitpicking on my part, it's an important difference.

Always give the Devil his due. It's a far more effective way of dealing with him in the long run.