tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 15 days ago
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At yesterday's tea party rally on Capitol Hill, at least one protester brandished a large graphic photograph of the victims of the Dachau Nazi concentration camp, comparing health care reform to Nazi policies. Today, Rep. Eric Cantor's (R-VA) spokesman called the photograph "inappropriate."
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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 16 days ago
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House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) made it
clear at the tea party "House Call" this afternoon
that President Obama won't be getting his party's health care vote. "Your efforts to stop this bill are being heard loud and clear," Cantor told the ...
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Cantor Promises Tea Partiers: 'Not One' GOP Vote For ...
swampland.blogs.time.com - 12 days ago
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Joe Cao (pronounced Gow) is the name on
most people's lips Inside the Beltway this morning. So,
how did this freshman Republican escape GOP Whip Eric Cantor's hammer to vote with Democrats for health care reform, ruining Cantor's goal of unified ...
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Who is Cao?
downwithtyranny.blogspot.com - 12 days ago
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downwithtyranny.blogspot.com —
All through history, anti-Semitism has been a mainstay
of right-wing extremism-- and not just in overseas manifestations
from the Babylonian Captivity, the blood libels, the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition to pogroms throughout Europe and the ...
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Right Wing Anti-Semitism Is Nothing New
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Talking Points Memo —
... Anyway, pardon the outburst. So Israel says that. And now Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) is calling the Dachau posters "inappropriate" and even crossing the red line of criticizing Rush Limbaugh's habit of equating Obama and Hitler. ...
Mike Stark: Cantor & Nazism; H1N1 & Wall Street; Billionaires for Wealthcare
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... - or actually - dangerous) their work can be. In fact, when they finally broke character and went home for the day, I spoke with one of the troupe. He told me that at one of their outings, he watched one of his performers take a punch to the face.
I put this video together to show you what it can be like in the lion's den...
Eric Cantor -- finally -- says something tepid about Rush Limbaugh's Health Care/Nazism comparisons
From TalkingPointsMemo.com:
"Do I condone the mention of Hitler in any ...
Cantor’s Inappropriate Response To Dachau Photo
Delaware Liberal —
He says the photos are inappropriate . Inappropriate? Like wearing white after Labor Day? What an insipid little word to describe that disgusting display. And since he belongs to the party of “death panels” and “HCR will kill grandma” I know he has it in him to do better than inappropriate . I also know why he didn’t. Fear. Woe be it to the Republican who dares to criticize the fringe for there in lies their destruction. He was also asked about the right’s use of Hitler in attacking Obama.“Do I condone the mention of Hitler in any discussion about politics?” said ...
Cantor Respects Limbaugh’s ‘Conservative Voice,’ But Rejects His Use Of Hitler Comparisons
Think Progress —
... ” for his “mild and indirect rebuke. I’m just not sure if he’ll stick to it.” TPM notes that Cantor’s office is trying to highlight his independence from Rush by pointing reporters to the story. ...
GOP Nazi Rhetoric Continues and Backfires
NJDC Blog —
... backfired.
But the bill’s passage did not come without loud and sickening displays of Nazi related rhetoric. Representatives from various Holocaust rhetoric using factions, including “wing-nut” GOP activists, TEA Baggers, 9/12ers, Beck, Limbaugh, Fox News fans, and full blown right wing lunatics, converged on Washington for a second round of protests filled with signs and slogans equating Obama and his plan with Nazism and promoting anti-Semitism. Thursday’s protest ...
Five Days After Her ‘House Call,’ Bachmann Condemns Anti-Semitic Signs But Still Refuses To Apologize
Think Progress —
... displays. According to her spokeswoman, the congresswoman also “sent a letter to the Jewish Community Relations Council expressing her concerns and ongoing support for the Jewish community.” When Politico asked House Minority Leader John Boehner’s (R-OH) spokesman for comment on these signs, he simply replied, “Leader Boehner did not see any such sign. Obviously, it would be grossly inappropriate.” Rep. Eric Cantor’s (R-VA) spokesman called the photograph “inappropriate.”
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