Wednesday, January 19, 2011

So Much for Civility: Democrat Compares Republicans to Nazis

Apparently Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) never heard of Godwin's Law:

"In an extraordinary outburst on the House floor, Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) invoked the Holocaust to attack Republicans on health care and compared rhetoric on the issue to the work of infamous Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

“'They say it's a government takeover of health care, a big lie just like Goebbels,' Cohen said. 'You say it enough, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie, and eventually, people believe it. Like blood libel. That's the same kind of thing....'" (Source: ABC News)

UPDATE1: In a related development, Glenn McCoy has come up with the following cartoon:



Recovering liberal Robin of Berkeley has written another article for American Thinker, "Why the Left Hates Sarah Palin."

UPDATE2: If someone apologizes for making rash remarks, we will give him proper credit, as in this Washington Times article.

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