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Repubublicans just like Nazis, says Newsday's Pearson
Prime-time Republicans are hard to take
Damn right! They should be resettled in the East!
BY HUGH PEARSON
Hugh Pearson is currently working on a biography of James Weldon Johnson and is a publisher of the Web site, NYAge.Net.
September 2, 2004
As I watched Tuesday night's network coverage of the unrelenting political propaganda hour known as the Republican National Convention, the first thought that came to mind was of old newsreels of those self-congratulatory Nazi rallies held in Germany during the reign of Adolf Hitler.
A political convention propagandizing for the party that holds it? Oh, the horror!
| That's okay. First thing that came to mind when I was watching the Dem convention was Gilligan's Island. Only without Gilligan. And the Professor. And Maryanne. And the Skipper. And... ummm... the Tina Louise character. I forget her name... |
For many people, I'm sure, such a comparison sounds extreme.
You wish. To me, it just sounds like more proof that the media left is out of ideas.
| Sounds kinda overworked, I'd say... |
Yet, just as the Nazis were obsessed with endless displays of swastikas, the Republicans are obsessed with the red, white and blue (for that matter, the Democrats are, too).
So, are the Dems also Nazis?
| Or do political parties tend to flaunt their symbols when they're having conventions and rallies and things? I notice there was no mention of the red flags flying over Red Square for about 75 May Days... |
In the same manner that the German people were told that Nazi leadership was faultless, the Republicans are telling the American public that no one knows what's best for the world except the current leadership in the White House.
"They did not really say that but, I, the infallible clairvoyant authority will interpret and clarify their words for you peasants."
| It's always been my understanding that when you become a politician you spend half your time pointing with pride, the other half viewing with alarm, all the while kissing babies and shaking hands with people you'll never see again... |
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-09-06 |
