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NRCC In Hot Water Over Pelosi Criticism...Again
TPM Election Central —
... Stanley McChrystal to put Pelosi "in her place." Today, it was the NRCC's seeming comparison of Pelosi to Adolf Hitler that had Democrats up in arms.
"The NRCC's despicable promotion of a video comparing Speaker Pelosi's effort to reform health insurance in America to Adolf Hitler's extermination of millions is a shocking new low that must be condemned," DCCC spokesperson Jennifer Crider said. The offending tweet was posted around noon. Politico's Glenn Thrush reported it:
[S]omeone at the NRCC posted a bizarre Tweet linking to an ...
GOP pushes the Obama = Hitler attack
Daily Kos —
... Update 3 (10:56AM Pacific): Glenn Thrush gets comment from the DCCC's Jennifer Crider, who condemns the NRCC comparison. ...
NRCC just can't help itself
Political Animal —
NRCC JUST CAN'T HELP ITSELF.... It's quite a classy bunch Republicans have hired to staff their House campaign committee. Hitler hearts Pelosi? That seems to be a view the National Republican Congressional Committee [which brought you the put-Pelosi-in-her-place statement last week] seems to be endorsing, judging from what the committee posts on their Twitter account. On Tuesday morning, as the Senate Finance Committee prepared to vote on the Baucus bill, someone at the NRCC posted a bizarre Tweet linking to an altered three-minute section of the 2004 Hitler biopic "Der ...
VIDEO- GOP Tweets clip of Hitler praising Pelosi
The Political Carnival —
... Someone at the NRCC who, naturally, wasn't trying to compare Democrats to Nazis and Hitler tweeted a link to the above video. Via Politico: ...
Hullabaloo — Hate Speech by digby They just can't help themselves, apparently: Hitler hearts Pelosi? That seems to be a view the National Republican Congressional Committee [which brought you the put-Pelosi-in-her-place statement last week] seems to be endorsing, judging from what the committee posts on their Twitter account. On Tuesday morning, as the Senate Finance Committee prepared to vote on the Baucus bill, someone at the NRCC posted a bizarre Tweet linking to an altered three-minute section of the 2004 Hitler biopic ...
Heh: Hitler Reacts to Obama's Health Care Promises
Ace of Spades HQ —
Heh: Hitler Reacts to Obama's Health Care Promises I'm probably the last person who's seen it (I'm slow). Still, some of these "In the Bunker" videos make me giggle like a little girl. (only some, the joke's kinda played. Dead horse, meet DiT whip) The National Republican Congressional Committee tweeted it (that verb is coming, if it isn't already here), the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee got all outragey outraged, so the NRCC spokesman apologized. Given Pelosi's stupid remarks about Tea Party demonstrators, you should probably turn off your irony meter before ...
BlogTalk: What Is Up With This Hitler Talk?
The Caucus —
... Jews? To back up, this morning, the Republicans showed the ease with which they now put social media to work, when the National Republican Congressional Committee posted a message on Twitter directing readers to a parody video of a doctored Hitler bio-pic showing the Fuhrer on health care and thanking his lucky stars that he has Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader, on his side. Within a few hours, the G.O.P. recalled their Tweet, according to Politico’s Glenn Thrush, who captured it : On Tuesday morning, as the Senate Finance Committee prepared to vote on the Baucus ...
RNC Scrubs Hitler Tweet
Taylor Marsh —
... “We saw the video this morning and thought, like other parodies, that it was funny. In 20-20 hindsight, we realized it was in poor taste and pulled it down… I don’t want anyone to think we’re comparing Democrats to Nazis and to Hitler.” – via Glenn Thrush ...
Censure The NRCC?
TalkLeft —
The National Republican Congressional Committee highlighted a parody video of Hitler praising Speaker Pelosi: On Tuesday morning [. . .] someone at the NRCC posted a bizarre Tweet linking to an altered three-minute section of the 2004 Hitler biopic "Der Untergang" from the conservative site Moonbattery -- with a voice-over of the The Fuhrer ranting about how only Nancy Pelosi shares his vision of health care reform. The Tweet: "Funny Video: Moonbattery: Hitler Reacts to ObamaCare Maneuvers" Hitler, played by Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, is trapped in his ...
The Heart of Totalitarians and Dan Snyder (Also, a Contest with Prizes!)
The Sundries Shack —
... column at AIP. It’s well worth reading. Here is the article from the humor-impaired Glenn Thrush about the humor-impaired Democratic Party.
Comparison of Speaker Pelosi To Hitler
NJDC Blog —
... Adolf Hitler. This incident is part of a disturbing trend that National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) President David A. Harris told The Hill:
The GOP and conservatives’ use of Holocaust rhetoric has reached and unprecedented levels. It has to stop. It’s profoundly offensive to many many people.
NJDC’s efforts to get NRCCC to remove the video were successful, and a spokesperson for the NRCC admitted their tweet was done “in poor taste.”
But poor taste aside, it appears that conservatives just ...
