A Teachable MomentAugust 10th, 2009 by: Representative Jack KingstonLast week after a health care town meeting in Valdosta, Georgia a Valdosta State University student, Ashleigh Kenny, gave me a tee shirt. The front said, “R.I.P. The U.S. Constitution” the back has a Ronald Reagan quote, “In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem”.Upon posting this picture, critical blogs leaped into action.

The Speaker of the House said town hall protesters carried swastikas. The left has been comparing conservatives to Nazis for generations. We’ve had enough. The Nazis were socialist leftists. If you insist on using the analogy, liberals, look in the mirror. – Rush LimbaughProclaimed by the host on today’s Rush Limbaugh Show. Post a comment—Trackback URIRSS 2.0 feed for these commentsThis entry (permalink) was posted on Monday, August 10, 2009, at 16:11 by Roscoe.

Here’s my problem with the disruptions of town hall style meetings. Anyone who believes that these are random acts of civil disobedience by passionate Americans is apparently unaware of what Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, or any of the other democracy haters (who are all gleefully reporting these disruptions, and encouraging their listeners to join in) have been saying.

On his radio show today, Rush Limbaugh denied that the mobs protesting healthcare are carrying signs that feature swastikas. “We have found one picture of a protester with a swastika on the sign and it had a line drawn through it,” maybe Rush needs to look a little harder, because on her show, Rachel Maddow featured various Nazi/swastika signs. read more

Fresh red bait – maineowl.net 08/10/2009 Limbaugh implied syllogism: Obama/Pelosi/Democrats = socialism = Nazism Follow the drumbeat at Media Matters, HERE . Today’s best gem (of many): Limbaugh: Which group of people are closer to the National Socialism of Germany on this health care plan? Is it Obama and the Democrats in the plan, or is it people showing up to protest the plan at these town hall meetings? It’s no contest.

Firedoglake.com’s Mike Stark on MSNBC to Discuss Limbaugh’s Racism and the GOP more about “Mike Stark Nails Rush Limbaugh as Usual”, posted with vodpod

I was away and in non-blogging mode last week, but Adam Holland has been doing an excellent job of monitoring the US right wing’s collective nervous breakdown over President Obama’s health care reform proposals. Here he posts about the organized efforts to disrupt the town hall meetings called by Democratic members of Congress to discuss health care reform. In many cases, the opponents aren’t asking questions or debating– they’re simply shouting people down.

Does anybody see the irony in comparing the two?they paid me to hold this sign….Well, you should @ least see it in this image above… que no? View This Pollpolls