Palin encourages followers read column warning BP escrow fund could lead to Nazi-like dictatorship

[jefferson_dem]

Palin encourages followers to read column warning that the BP escrow fund could lead to a Nazi-like dictatorship.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) lashed out at White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel on Twitter earlier this week, telling him “u lie” for saying that many Republicans agree with Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) that the White House shook down BP to create a $20 billion escrow fund to help Gulf families. Of course, Barton’s sentiment is not unique among conservatives, as Palin herself proved today. Taking to Twitter once again, Palin urged, “GOP: Don’t let the lamestream media suck you into ‘they’re defending BP over Gulf spill victims’ bs…” She followed up by urging her followers to “read Thomas Sowell’s article,” which compares President Obama to Hitler:



If followers click on the link they will see that Sowell, under the headline, “Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny?” argues that the escrow fund is just like the Enabling Act, which “gave Hitler dictatorial powers that were used for things going far beyond the relief of the German people — indeed, powers that ultimately brought a rain of destruction down on the German people and on others.” On Tuesday, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) endorsed Sowell’s ludicrous Hitler-Obama comparison on House floor, calling the columnist “brilliant,” before quoting several lines from the piece. “It’s difficult to overstate how absurd all of this is,” Political Correction noted.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/25/palin-sowell-hitler/#comments

[louis-t]

1. I've never known Thomas Sowell to be right about

ANYTHING! What an ass.

[Scurrilous]

2. Also:

Congressman Reads 'BP Escrow Fund = Hitler' Column on House Floor

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8628942

[trumad]

3. They still haven't explained who should pay for this...

If not BP---then who?