Leonard Pitts Jr.: If you think Obama is like the Nazis, you need a history lesson.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

See, we'll be talking about Nazis, something many of us are doing lately. Indeed, just this week a fellow named Joseph e-mailed me about a caller he heard on a radio show. The man, vexed over health-care reform, likened President Obama to Adolf Hitler. Asked why, he said, "Hitler took over the car companies, then health care and then he killed the Jews."

Said Joseph: "I almost swerved my vehicle off the road when I heard that."

But the caller is hardly unique. Google "Obama + Nazis" and you get almost 7 million hits. Nor is the phenomenon new. Substitute President Bush's name and you get nearly 2.8 million.

Even granting that many of those hits are benign, it seems obvious the Nazis have invaded American political rhetoric in a big way. As in Rush Limbaugh declaring health-care reform "a Hitler-like policy," swastikas popping up at protest rallies, a poster depicting Obama with Hitler's moustache and a pamphlet that says: "Act Now to Stop Obama's Nazi Health Plan!"

http://www.freep.com/article/20090821/OPINION05/908210329/1322/If-you-think-Obama-is-like-the-Nazis--you-need-a-history-lesson&template=fullarticle

[IDFbunny]

1. Only the Nazis were Nazis.

ALL Nazi/Hitler comparisons bore me.

[Demeter]

2. Bush/Cheney Came Awfully Close, Though

Wannabes! What can you do with them?