House GOP lets Alan West get away with comparing Democrats to Nazis

[MrScorpio]

House Tables Resolution Admonishing Allen West for Goebbels Remark

By Jonathan Strong
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 20, 2011, 4:52 p.m.

The House today dismissed a resolution offered by Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) that would have admonished Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) for recently saying Joseph Goebbels, the German head of propaganda for the Nazi party during World War II, would be “very proud” of the Democratic Party’s messaging efforts.

West recently told reporters, “If Joseph Goebbels was around, he’d be very proud of the Democrat Party because they have an incredible propaganda machine.”

Edwards’ resolution said, “By invoking the image of Joseph Goebbels and the Gestapo, Representative West has displayed a complete lack of understanding of the worst genocidal era in human history. Moreover, he has diminished and trivialized the unique evil perpetrated by the Third Reich through his unfortunate use of language.”

Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) moved to table, or dismiss, the resolution when Edwards offered it. The House voted 231-188 to table it.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/house_tables_resolution_admonishing_west_for_goebbels_remark-211209-1.html?ref=corg

[warrior1]

1. then all of the

republicans own this.

[Dawson Leery]

2. The country music establishment gave Hank Jr. a standing ovation for speaking against the President

and gave death threats and boycotts to the Dixie Chicks for a similar act.

Vile Hypocrites!

As Rachel Maddow says: IOKIYAR!

[otohara]

3. Of Course They Did

they hate this president and Dems, that's what they do.

[rfranklin]

4. GOP endorses Allen West labeling Democrats as Nazis...

They are beyond the pale.

[Bogart]

5. Rhetoric from both side is usually over the top--it is directed at people who don't pay attention.

Tennessee Democrat Accuses Republicans of Nazi 'Big Lie' on Health Care

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2011/01/19/tennessee-democrat-accuses-republicans-of-nazi-big-lie-on-heal/

[MrScorpio]

6. Except for one little detail...

That's EXACTLY how the GOP works.

AS does their mouth piece on Fox News.

All lies, all the time.

[Bogart]

7. All lies, all the time. That's EXACTLY how DC works.

[MrScorpio]

8. A pox on both houses doesn't cut it with me

The Republicans will ALWAYS be worse in my opinion.

[Bogart]

10. I guess my problem is that I consider their deeds to be more important than their words.

[MrScorpio]

11. Rhetoric has consequences...

And Republican rhetoric always takes the cake.

[DCKit]

12. +1

The Nazi comparison kinda falls apart when one side is using baseless propaganda and the other, the truth.

The Republicans would be in a constant state of faux outrage if Dems even tried to use the same tactics - the bills of censorship against Dems would tie up both houses completely.

[11 Bravo]

9. Lord help us, we have yet another in a never-ending string of "Both parties are the same" ...

err ... let's call them "posters", for the sake of decorum.