The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Ummm....why is that a problem when the same things were done with images of Bush during his administration? Was it OK because Bush was white? Is it only a problem because it is being done to Obama?

The difference is that the Bush/Hitler comparisons were not supported, either implicitly or with silence, by Democratic Party leaders.

Can you say the same about the Obama/Hitler comparisons? Thought not.

[Betty]

Originally Posted by JWBear

The difference is that the Bush/Hitler comparisons were not supported, either implicitly or with silence, by Democratic Party leaders.

Can you say the same about the Obama/Hitler comparisons? Thought not.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by JWBear

The difference is that the Bush/Hitler comparisons were not supported, either implicitly or with silence, by Democratic Party leaders.

Can you say the same about the Obama/Hitler comparisons? Thought not.

Took me about 3 minutes to find that Robert Byrd, in his book Losing America, compared Bush to Hermann Goering. Sounds like a Nazi comparison to me.

Since that took 3 minutes, I'm sure I could find others.

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Took me about 3 minutes to find that Robert Byrd, in his book Losing America, compared Bush to Hermann Goering. Sounds like a Nazi comparison to me.

The comparison was grossly inapt. Goering was an art lover.

On the other hand:

My (Jewish) father, who was born in Berlin in 1924, told the story of how not long after the Nazis took power, he was in a crowd with his father watching a Nazi motorcade pass by. When Goering drove by, all fat and adorned with too many medals, my father pointed at him and laughed loudly. My father's father promptly slapped him in the face out of concern that such obvious disrespect would draw the attention of the many armed soldiers in the area.

Cf. Bush's mouthpiece, Ari Fleischer (bad Jew), post 9/11: "People need to watch what they do, watch what they say."

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Took me about 3 minutes to find that Robert Byrd, in his book Losing America, compared Bush to Hermann Goering. Sounds like a Nazi comparison to me.

Since that took 3 minutes, I'm sure I could find others.

Can you give me a quote? Or at least which chapter it is in? I'd like to see the context.

Regardless though, comparing him to Goering is not the same as comparing him to Hitler - which is what we were discussing. Close, but not quite.

[flippyshark]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Took me about 3 minutes to find that Robert Byrd, in his book Losing America, compared Bush to Hermann Goering. Sounds like a Nazi comparison to me.

Since that took 3 minutes, I'm sure I could find others.

Given that pretty much everyone here agrees that such comparisons are vile, why do you feel a need to?

Calling out hypocrisy is an easy game, and a boring one, whichever way it swings. None of us compared Bush to Goering. Why don't we talk about actual issues instead?