Jim DeMint knocks Michele Bachmann out of the driver's seat of the Crazy Bus

[marmar]

:crazy:



from ThinkProgress:



DeMint’s discourse: Government is fascist, says he will ‘break’ Obama and cause the Senate ‘pain.’

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is ratcheting up his anti-Obama rhetoric. On a call with right-wing activists yesterday afternoon, he proudly proclaimed that he aims to “break” the President by defeating health reform. He also said recently that he prefers to cause “pain” to his fellow legislators rather than working on reform. And while promoting his new book on the G. Gordon Liddy show yesterday, DeMint agreed with Gordon — who ironically has a history of expressing sympathetic views to Nazis — that Obama has created a government like that under Hitler:

LIDDY: But there’s something else that I remember because I’m a lot older than you are and it’s called national socialism and that’s where the government allows private people to continue to own industrial capacity and what have you but tells them what they may — must do with it. You know, you will make Messerschmidts, etc. That was national socialism. That seems to me the way we’re going.

DEMINT: You’re right we’ve got national socialism, national paternalism and our form of socialism seems more benign than the classical form that we noted in Europe.

Listen here: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/18/demint-nationalsocialism-nazi/


This isn’t the first time DeMint has used this incorrect analogy. As Matt Yglesias previously wrote, “Look, comparing your domestic political rivals to Nazis is a time-honored tradition. But confusing the Nazis and Germany’s Social Democrats is a scandal. The Social Democrats were the main source of opposition to Hitler at a time when the Communists were bizarrely maintaining that there was no difference between the two and the mainstream parties of the center-right decided that it made sense to form a tactical alliance with Hitler. Social Democrats stand for a generous welfare state and active labor market policies. Nazis try to conquer the world and send people to the gas chamber.”


http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/18/demint-nationalsocialism-nazi/

[babylonsister]

1. His stupid is showing, again. Can he be this dumb and ugly, or is he

trying to appeal to his base? Yuck!

[47of74]

3. All of the above

Mr. DeMint is a pig and a disgrace to the office.

[MadMaddie]

2. Another lunatic on the right....not surprised at all.

[madaboutharry]

4. "The Crazy Bus"

That is such a great description of these people.

DeMint is the one who is un-American.

I do wonder what President Obama says about these people in private.

[marmar]

5. "I do wonder what President Obama says about these people in private"

Something you probably can't say on network TV.

[Ikonoklast]

13. Nothing. He's too busy to give a care about what the racists are saying.

[davidpdx]

12. We need someone to do a picture of a bus with his face on it

With Bachmann and some others.

[wovenpaint]

20. hahaha "the crazy bus"

Inspired by this thread, and since I've been working on improving my Photoshop skills, I created this...enjoy!



Feel free to get creative, too.

[mascarax]

22. thank you!

& addition of Palin is perfect...

[davidpdx]

23. Good job

Is it ok to use that as we'd like?

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. "that’s where the government allows private people to continue to own industrial capacity"

OH KAY.

LOL

[mix]

7. the epitome of historical ignorance

[No_More_War]

8. Please don't ban me, I'm only pointing out fact. I don't agree with DeMint at all

But Hitler was the leader of the National Socialist Party. He didn't say Social Democrats, he said National Socialists, which is historically accurate.
These republicraps that claim Obama is Hitler should visit a concentration camp one day. I haven't heard any genocide plans and don't think I will.

[marmar]

9. But Nazi Germany was Fascist....The Marriage of Corporation and State.

Regardless of what the Party was called, it wasn't benevolent socialism. It was corporatism married with authoritarianism.

[RandomThoughts]

14. Great Post. So many people need to learn the truth of history.

But I think many actually know that what you posted is true, they just agree with the policies that created Germany back then.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

10. Welcome to DU!

:party:

[immoderate]

11. Hitler's party was called National Socialists, that's true.

But they had absolutely nothing to do with socialism. It was just the opposite. Remember, he was Hitler. Tricky little bastard.

And, on edit, welcome to DU! :)

--imm

[Enthusiast]

18. The name had no significance. nt

[mascarax]

15. Whoa, I was worried DeMint had knocked her off the bus...

but it's just the driver's seat.
She's still on (as expected).

Yeah, wish I knew Photoshop to put them on the Crazy Bus!

[CakeGrrl]

16. Proving the notion that Republicans are elected to government

to break it, not to improve it.

[Arkana]

17. Oh Jim, you crazy little fascist you.

[formercia]

19. I thought the 'family' idolized Hitler

DeMint, being a member,obviously wasn't listening to Coe.

[MrsMatt]

21. Michele's just taking a potty break

she'll be back shortly to take back the wheel.

[AnnieBW]

24. Is this douchebag up for re-election in 2010?

If so, can we get someone with a brain to challenge him?