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First Salvo in the Guerrilla Campaign of 2008-2010
Let me be the first to congratulate Representative Paul Broun to be the first to fire a shot at the Obama Agenda! Damn proud to be a Georgian! Congressman Broun points to the "civilian security force" as examples of his agenda and how it follows Marxist principles. He even takes it a step ...
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Obama: The Next Great Dictator?
Politics Daily — ... on crumbs? So, are you ready? Here's the unforgivable, goose-stepping, spine-chilling proof that Hitler and Obama are peas in a pod: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." Apparently, after scouring YouTube for any whiff of Hitler-esque material, Broun and his ilk have decided to run with this: "That's exactly what Hitler did in ...

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Balloon Juice — ... I didn’t really even remember him mentioning a civilian security force, but the movement conservatives are all in a tizzy. Red State is just glad someone is speaking truth to power: ...

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News — ... speculates at Right Wing News. Meanwhile, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) was right to warn of a totalitarian administration under Obama, writes RedState’s Kudzu , pointing to Obama’s promise of a “civilian security force.” Broun’s comments are ridiculous because any such group would report to the president, not Obama, and the president changes every four to eight years, Donklephant’s ...

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Crooks and Liars — ... for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military. "That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist." Sounds like someone's been reading too much Jonah Goldberg. Of course, Jonah's adherents at sites like Red State and Gateway Pundit think Rep. Broun is on the right track. Meanwhile, ...

Apparently, FDR was as bad as Hitler
Nitpicker — ... by Obama that has circulated on the Internet in which the then-Democratic presidential candidate called for a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military. "That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist."RedStaters are delighted. So we have some rhetoric that will be called "over the top" and ...

Obama the Next Great Dictator? UPDATE
Politics Daily — ... on crumbs? So, are you ready? Here's the unforgivable, goose-stepping, spine-chilling proof that Hitler and Obama are peas in a pod: "We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." Apparently, after scouring YouTube for any whiff of Hitler-esque material, Broun and his ilk have decided to run with this: "That's exactly what Hitler did in ...

'Obamahitler' rises again
Orcinus — ... a civilian force to take some of the national security burden off the military. "That's exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it's exactly what the Soviet Union did," Broun said. "When he's proposing to have a national security force that's answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he's showing me signs of being Marxist." Sounds like someone's been reading too much Jonah Goldberg. Of course, Jonah's adherents at sites like Red State and Gateway Pundit think Rep. Broun is on the right track. Meanwhile, ...

Craziest Republican of the Day: Paul Broun
The Reaction — ... It should come as no surprise that right-wingers are embracing Broun. Check out RedState, for example: "Let me be the first to congratulate Representative Paul Broun to be the first to fire a shot at the Obama Agenda!" They're all crazy, it seems, and craziness will about in the "Guerrilla Congress." ...

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