As I've noted before, during the Bush years, the vigilant National Review was on high alert for any administration critics who played the Nazi or Hitler or swastika card. For The National Review, that kind of rhetoric was just completely out of bounds and only highlighted how deranged Bush's liberal critics had become. (i.e. Nazi's? Who says that kind of stuff?)

But my how things have changed. These days, Fox News and Rush Limbaugh--two sources The National Review now looks to for moral guidance--regularly spew Nazi and Hitler nonsense, and formerly serious conservative writers know not to say a word. They know it's considered bad form to contradict anything said on Fox News or Limbaugh's hate program. So even though The National Review made it a point to call out anyone who engaged in Nazi and Hitler rhetoric while Bush was president, the magazine today meekly turns away while the conservative movement wallows in the stuff.

If by any chance, editors at National Review regain their moral compass, they might want to scold Fox News for Monday having on a health care mini-mob member who (surprise!) got famous for unfurling a fact-free rant in front of a Congressman. The key part of the rant? That Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is a Nazi. (BTW, did you know Nazi's were “leftists?” And who says the mini-mobs can't educate the masses?)

Never mind. Fox News loves the guy and made sure to play the part of this rant where he smeared Pelosi as a Nazi. (She has a swastika on her sleeve!) I'm sure The National Review is deeply troubled....