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krugman.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/10/2009
Hitler heaven
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Sen. Jim DeMint says that America under Obama is like Germany before World War II. Republican women in Maryland say that Obama is like Hitler. Hitler comparisons are apparently rife at tea parties. What's gotten into the GOP? Nothing. This has been going on all along. Back in 2002 Sen. Charles ...
washingtonindependent.com - 7/9/2009
DeMint: America is ‘Where Germany Was Before World War II’
— washingtonindependent.com — Last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gave a short talk and Q&A at at the National Press... Club about his book "Saving Freedom." DeMint told a room of around 100 people about a conversation he'd had with an Iranian immigrant who was panicking about ... (more) DeMint: America is ‘Where Germany Was Before World War II’

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yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 7/9/2009
DeMint Confuses Nazis and Social Democrats; Also Calls Obama a Nazi
— yglesias.thinkprogress.org — I’d seen a bunch of blogs tough briefly on the fact that Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) compared... Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler , but it’s only now that I’m actually reading the full statement: Part of what we’re trying to do in ... (more) DeMint Confuses Nazis and Social Democrats; Also Calls ...

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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 7/9/2009
DeMint: America Is Like Germany Before WWII
— tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — America these days is reminding Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) of Nazi Germany. Last night, at a National... Press Club event where he was plugging his book Saving Freedom , he implied that America's elections are "just power grabs." Part of what we're ... (more) DeMint: America Is Like Germany Before WWII

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The rhetorical norm
Political Animal — THE RHETORICAL NORM.... Sen. Jim DeMint (R) of South Carolina raised a few eyebrows this week comparing the United States in 2009 to pre-WWII Germany. Paul Krugman noted today how common this rhetoric really is -- and has been. Sen. Jim DeMint says that America under Obama is like ...

A shifting definition of 'mainstream'
Political Animal — ... not before conservatives shouted, "See? MoveOn.org is so extreme, it compares Bush and Hitler." Ed Gillespie, chairman of the Republican National Committee, at the time called the anonymously submitted video "the worst and most vile form of political hate speech." Traditional news outlets ran with this, charactering MoveOn as being extremists, and Democratic officials/candidates were pressured to distance themselves from the group. Some Dems did just that. These days, everyone from Republican senators to ...

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Jim DeMint is Latest Republican to Compare Obama to Hitler
firedoglake.com 7/9/2009 — Ho-hum . Part of what we’re trying to do in “Saving Freedom” is just show that where we are, we’re about where Germany was before World War II where they became a social democracy. You still had votes but the votes were just power grabs like you ...
The right's twisted obsession
washingtonmonthly.com 7/9/2009 — THE RIGHT'S TWISTED OBSESSION.... Far-right lawmakers seem to realize that it's probably going to cost them if they compare Democratic leaders to Nazis, so they've embraced a more subtle way of making the same argument. Take Sen. Jim DeMint (R)...
Defending DeMint (sort of, or maybe not -- what he said about pre-war Germany was still incredibly stupid)
the-reaction.blogspot.com 7/10/2009 — By Michael J.W. Stickings On Tuesday, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, one of the more extreme of Congressional Republicans, said this at the National Press Club: They understand socialism. They understand tyrants. But none of us have ever had ...
Obama Is Like Hitler, and U.S. Is Like Nazi Germany, Which Is Like Venezuela Under Chavez — Comments from Left Field
That is the premise, apparently, of intellectual giant Jim DeMint’s new book, Saving Freedom : Last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gave a short talk and Q&A at at the National Press Club about his book “Saving Freedom.” DeMint told a room of around 100 people about a ...
GOP Senator: Obama the New Hitler — Talking Points Memo
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) says the US under Obama is like Germany under the Nazis.
Sanity Gone South. — JackRabbit Café
GOP Confederate Alert! From Newser.com: South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint apparently thinks Barack Obama is a lot like Hitler. “Where we are, we’re about where Germany was before World War II where they became a social democracy,” he said at a National Press Club event last night to ...
Defending DeMint (Sort Of, or Maybe Not — What He Said About Pre-War Germany Was Still Incredibly Stupid) — The Moderate Voice
On Tuesday, Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, one of the more extreme of Congressional Republicans, said this at the National Press Club: They understand socialism. They understand tyrants. But none of us have ever had it here. We don’t even know what it looks like. Part of what ...
“[W]e’re about where Germany was before World War II…” — PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts
David Weigel reports the following from the mouth of Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) in the The Washington Independent we’re about where Germany was before World War II where they became a social democracy. No, no we’re not. Not even close. Further, such capricious comparisons (he also ...
And they've got the misspelled signs at Teabag Rallies to Prove It! — Eschaton
The Right-Stag follies continue via Jim DeMint (R-SC) "...we're about where Germany was before World War II" Um, yeah, right.
GOP Senator: U.S. Is "Where Germany Was Before WWII" — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
Last night, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) gave a short talk and Q&A; at at the National Press Club about his book "Saving Freedom." DeMint told a room of around 100 people about a conversation he'd had with an Iranian immigrant who was panicking about the surge of government spending and control ...
DeMint: U.S. like Germany just before WWII — News
The U.S. is headed down the same path Germany took in the run-up to World War II, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) charged last night. In a speech at the Naitonal Press Club promoting his book "Saving Freedom," DeMint said that, like pre-WWII Germany, the U.S. federal government is creating a sense of ...