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Limbaugh defends, advances Hitler, Nazi comparisons: "Why can we not use Hitler?"

August 19, 2009 2:03 pm ET

From the August 19 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show:

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Previously:

Limbaugh whitewashes history: "Nobody is saying that Obama is Hitler"

Limbaugh: "Adolf Hitler, like Barack Obama, also ruled by dictate"

Limbaugh: Obama's flag@WhiteHouse.gov is like Hitler's "youth movement"

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    • Author by dr. matt (August 19, 2009 2:31 pm ET)
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      This is where it starts followed by the teabaggers stating, "Why can we not use the N-Word?"
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      • Author by vysotsky (August 19, 2009 2:36 pm ET)
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        Following Limbaugh's argument in this clip, I expect to hear something like this pretty soon: "Look, we're not saying Obama is a n*****, because people have bad associations with that word. But we are saying that he has a frightening resemblance to n*****s. And why shouldn't we be allowed to say that?"
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    • Author by vysotsky (August 19, 2009 2:33 pm ET)
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      So on the one hand, Limbaugh is clear that he's certainly not trying to suggest that Obama's reforms are anything like Hitler's genocidal and eugenics policies. No, certainly not. On the other hand, he's saying that Obama's healthcare policies look "frighteningly close" to Nazi Germany. Now, not to be picky, but what exactly is it about Nazi Germany besides eugenics and genocide that Limbaugh finds especially similar to Obama's proposed reforms? After all, plenty of countries have public healthcare and didn't murder millions of people, so why not compare Obama's policies to one of them? That would be a much better comparison, no?

      Any of you Limbaugh fans actually want to try to defend his ridiculous and desperate argument? Anyone?
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      • Author by Bronwyn (August 19, 2009 3:20 pm ET)
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        Last week Beck said several times he thinks Obamas administration is headed towards genocide, he even asked his guests if they agreed with him about eugenic policies coming. They all said no.
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    • Author by shaggles (August 19, 2009 3:00 pm ET)
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      What? Just a couple of days ago you were insisting that no one was calling Obama Hitler.
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    • Author by AB-001 (August 19, 2009 3:38 pm ET)
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      Rush should pose this question to a Holocaust survivor, then keep his mouth shut when the person answers.

      Like either of those circumstances would ever happen!
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    • Author by jlevine (August 19, 2009 3:42 pm ET)
         
      Why doesn't a progressive group organize a wrting campaign asking each GOPSenator when he/she is going to intoduce a resolution condemning Rush and Beck for the Hiler comparison/
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    • Author by gtforepublicans (August 19, 2009 3:51 pm ET)
         
      WHAT!!!
      How are his policies close to Nazi Germany's national socialist policies. He wasn't a socialist at all. how can you accuse Obama of being a socialist and of being a Nazi when Nazi's aren't socialist.
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    • Author by Indy (August 20, 2009 11:03 pm ET)
         
      Rush is just like Joseph Goebbels the NAZI propaganda minister using hate and lies to advance his political parties agenda. There that should elevate the debate. See how easy this really is?
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