The Fixation of Nazism Among Ultra Conservative Pundits and Entertainers

Whether on ultra conservative radio stations, appearances on Fox "news" networks during prime-time, or posted on ultra right-wing and Tea Party websites, there is a deep fixation of those commentators and entertainers who like to compare and generalize the Democrats and the Obama administration to the Nazis. It is assumed that everyone on the "right" does not remember, or prefers not to remember, the politics of Germany leading up to the election of Hitler and how he ran his campaign based on hate and fear. Does this sound familiar? It should. Let us break it down to actual simple facts to be clear on the subject.

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After World War I, Germany and her axis allies were sanctioned heavily by the existing world powers of the time, which were England, France, Italy, Greece, United States, The Russian Empire, (before the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917), Serbia, Ukraine, Romania, Belgrade, Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and Egypt, to pay for the war and the damage caused by the remnants of the Ottoman Empire. As the rebuilding of Europe began, Germany had to make reparations to the world and rebuild itself on its own with the allies restricting Germany's ability to rebuild its entire military, thus ousting the Kaiser and leaving Field Marshall Paul Von Hindenburg to lead a nation.

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In case nobody knows who were the Axis Powers of the time, they were Austria and Hungary, The German Empire, (Germany, Amsterdam, parts of Poland, and Lithuania), Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire which today is now Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Iran, (sometimes referred to as Persia at the time), Georgia, Armenia, and parts of Saudi Arabia.

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Before Hitler's rise to power in 1933, Germany was still under an Autocratic Republic after WWI. The Armistice was signed in Paris, France on November 11, 1918. The Wiemar Constitution of 1919 allowed an elected president (Von Hindenburg) to nominate the cabinet and the chancellor. The Wiemar Constitution had provisions for human-rights, but were limited. It also provided for Germany to rebuild its infrastructure and provide jobs, but failed to follow state authority. Adolf Hitler joined a new movement that called itself the National Socialists Movement, later to be known as the Nazi Party with Hitler as its leader. After Hitler was elected into office and later nominated as Chancellor by President Von Hindenburg, he instituted the Enabling Act of 1933 which completely undermined the Wiemar Constitution by allowing him to legislate and change the constitution without cabinet approval.

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Does this sound familiar? It should. House Speaker John Boehner (what a coincidence, a German name!) continues to undermine President Barack Obama and his administration by passing legislation without approval, insisting, as House Majority leader Eric Cantor said, approve bills into law without senatorial approval and without the president's signature.

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According to most historians, Hitler was considered a megalomaniac bent on total destruction of the European system and reestablishing itself as a world power by investing heavily in its military industrial complex and demonizing non Aryan Germans, homosexuals, Socialist and Communists, and centrist German Democrats.

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Again, a similar account of the Tea Party movement that have taken over the Republican Party: Mitt Romney wanting to build a larger military and spend more on defense, most of the Republican presidential candidates demonizing the LGBT community, minorities, other religions, Democrats and few remaining real Republicans who share or compromise, and wanting to overturn some or parts of the U.S. Constitution to favor Tea Party Republican ideology, as well as change election laws to ensure only Republican electoral victories.

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Hitler's rebuilding of Germany included rewriting history and teach Germanic folklore based on Nazi ideology. Before doing so, German schools would only teach children of registered Nazi Party members.

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There, again, is the similarity of today's ultra conservative Republicans preference to send their children to private schools (if they can afford it) that teaches creationism over proven established science.

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Finally, there is the oath to Hitler that is forced upon the people and willingly taken by the military, administered by the Nazi Party. Citizens are made to spy upon one another and report anything deemed a threat to the party.

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Although Republican lawmakers have taken an oath to their respective offices and to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, they willingly (and sometimes pressured) to actually take and sign an oath to Grover Norquist and other pledges that undermine their actual legitimate oaths, while Republican red states make laws against illegal immigrants. Such laws have been deemed so extreme that the laws overstep federal authority and make legal immigrants and native minorities criminals in their own communities, thus allowing police to legally racial profile anyone who "looks" like an illegal immigrant.

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So, the next time Republicans and Der Tie Party try to make Nazi references towards Democrats and the Obama administration (or anyone else they feel threatened by), just remember that history is now showing who the real National Socialists are. Let us not repeat that part of history ever again.

Will The Real Republicans Please Stand Up?

As the Republicans continue to struggle to find the "right evangelical Christian" man to run against President Barack Obama, they continue to delude the masses (and themselves) and place the blame of the country's woes on President Barack Obama and the Democratic party. Texas Republican Governor and presidential candidate Rick Perry, recently quelled the HPV mandate his Republican rivals hammered him on in the CNN/Tea Party "debate". Now, Rick Perry must fend off the latest issue that is now hampering his candidacy: the N-word head name painted on a rock at the entrance of the hunting camp grounds owned by the Perry family.

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As noted by the Perry family and Rick Perry's campaign manager, Mark Miner, Perry's father painted over the offensive name in 1984. The report of this action is only indicative that the action taken was done only once, only to spur another coat of paint when the story broke. It was reported by friends, acquaintances, and guests who visited the little happy hunting grounds as having witnessed the name of the retreat in it's full glory throughout the years up to this point. The irony is that Rick Perry's father painted over the rock in the early 1980's, little Ricky had just entered politics. Is it a coincidence? Maybe..., but it would have been easier to simply take a sledgehammer to pulverize the offensive language off the rock if the Perry family truly believed the language did not reflect their collective thinking. So, down goes "Pretty (good'ol) Boy" Perry.

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So far, Michelle Bachmann has been very careful to stay low and limit her retorts to be aired only on Fox "News". However, she is not without fault. So far, her political career lacks any significant accomplishments as a representative to pass any of her bills to become law, most of which died in committee. Her career as an IRS audit lawyer actually does not fully qualify her to lead a nation, but at least she had a good GPA average in college (hint, hint...!). She also won the Republican Iowa Caucus Straw Poll, but, again,she has not made any real progress after that. As Bachmann continues to make her magical mystery tour, her skewed version of facts and history only hurts her campaign along with her hypocritical acceptance of stimulus funds used towards her farm and her "husband's" clinic. One has to conclude that such acceptance makes her just as much a socialist as she labels liberals. Although Michelle Bachmann did use the HPV vaccination argument against Rick Perry, she only embarrassed herself by including the notion that the HPV inoculation caused retardation reported by one of her constituents' daughter despite years of clinical research and studies conducted by pharmaceutical giant Merck and independent doctors and scientists. Again, trusted science out the window. It would not matter anyway because most Republicans will not vote for a woman to attain the highest office in the land.

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Then there is Herman Cain, the Godfather Pizza CEO! Again, the Grand Old Party's (GOP) only admitted Tea Party candidate who, just recently, assume the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters are all unemployed and blamed them for being broke. Although the unemployed only make up a small percentage of the protesters of what Cain assumes, the rest of the protesters are employed or under employed, college students, teachers, city workers, and now have drawn union members, and anyone else, despite their party affiliation,willing to protest the inequities wrought by Wall Street. Obviously, the pizza guy is very supportive of Wall Street bankers, most (if not all) of whom were directly or indirectly responsible for wrecking the U.S. economy, and robbed billions of dollars from retirees pensions, 401(K) accounts, other savings, thus causing one of the largest foreclosures not seen since during the Great Depression. Talk about harboring criminals! Even though Herman Cain is a presidential candidate, he will not be chosen by the GOP because there is already a black man in the Oval Office, and based on how Republicans and Tea Baggers constantly attack President Obama, to them, one is too many. The Tea Party Republicans only favor Cain out of convenience in order to stave off the notion that the movement is racist. To be fair, the Tea Party movement is not entirely racist, but does draw those racist elements that join their movement. Still you do not see any actual member or supporter keeping them out or spell-checking their signs. When such inconsistency is pointed out, the Tea Party movement would cite the First Amendment when it suits them and deny it to all others who disagrees with them.

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Newt Gingrich! Need I say more?

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And then there is Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman; the only two Mormons running for president. Simply put, Evangelical "Christian" Republicans will not vote for either of them because they are not viewed as Christians, but as a cult, according to Evangelical "Christian" leaders. Although Romney and Huntsman get the standard positive lip service from the Republican Party, they are still not good enough for the other Republican flavors. Mitt Romney has it the hardest due to Romney Care, gun control, and supportive of independent scientific findings of global warming. On the flip-side of that coin, his image as a hired CEO gun to large corporations only confirms how people view corporations as not being human and heartless by firing workers (hourly and salary) and rehiring only half of those workers at half the pay, just to ensure big bonuses for the top CEO's. This stance only makes Romney a favorite among big businesses. The scary part now is how Romney is using an old Republican campaign promise to increase the military entirely and add more troops to the current troop strength levels in all branches (something that already exists). That is all we need; another Republican to (as Republicans like to say about Democrats) "spend us into oblivion" and start another war with a go-it-alone mentality. Did we not already do that under Dub'ya Bush?

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With the remaining hopeful Republican presidential candidates waiting in the wing, the Republican Party itself continues a now wide search for that "right" candidate they can have confidence in. Just recently, the Republican governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, has just given his final "no" response to their beckoning, and half-term Alaska governor, Sarah Palin, is quitting (again) early by "deciding" not to join the race.

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As Republican leaders now contend that the president "has the nerve to start his campaign for re-election" during the start of the campaign season, said Republicans began their campaign the very next day after the 2008 presidential election was over and all votes in. The Republican campaign began with a solemn oath to make President Obama a one term president. The way Republicans went about it was to use various forms of political terrorism and hold the nation hostage by stripping away rights to vote and deny unemployment benefits to people who put some of their taxes into. Republicans continue to show their true colors by trying to destroy the middle-class and usher in a rich and poor only society and only representing millionaires and billionaires. One can only dread how Republicans allow themselves to virtually destroy the country and pit its citizens against one another just to get back into the White House.

Ideology & Class Warfare

It is very amazing how Tea Bagger Republicans are calling President Barak Obama's Jobs Bill class warfare. If there is one thing Republicans know about, it is warfare. It is as though they lit the match, burned down the forest and the houses, in front of many witnesses, and claim that Democrats did it, while holding the burnt-out match stick, hoping people have short memories.

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Ideology is, simply put, marketing in the worst sense, especially when a movement (tea baggers) virtually highjack a party that was once a well respected party that helped people. There are very few traditional Republicans left, but they now have to follow Tea Bagger ideology that calls for limited and smaller government, yet they pass laws that are overreaching such as governing women's reproductive rights by mandating that women wait long periods of time for an abortion and mandating doctors to "inform" women to guilt them out of a decision they made freely. It is as though the Republican politicians themselves are practicing medicine and psychology without a licence. Oh wiat! They are! Instead of saving money, it will cost taxpayers three times more just to enforce a contradictory and redundant law. Where is the Tea Bagger outrage for this excessive spending!?

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A Republican ideology that continues to use fear and hate by trying to bust unions, strip voting rights, circumvent federal law, make laws against Sharia Law that does not exist in our country, go after so-called "sanctuary cities", protect big businesses and oil/energy companies and millionaires and billionaires tax cuts and loopholes while calling for an end to payroll tax breaks for hourly wage earners (also referred to as the middle-class), as well as repealing the new healthcare law in its entirety, ending social security, and currently protecting Wall Street bankers that have broken many financial laws and made a new generation of poor.

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Currently, Republican ideology is hell-bent to make sure President Obama is a one-term president by continuing to filibuster in the Senate and strike down any bills (even ones with their own ideas in it) that Democrats introduce in the House of Representatives. The word "compromise" is not in their listed Republican vocabulary as it implies "sharing" and "equally" as well as making concessions such as reinstating tax rates for the rich and large businesses. It is not raising taxes if you are reinstating tax rates as outlined in the Bush tax cuts policy set to expire in 2012.

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Class warfare, as many Republicans are now screaming, was really started long ago when Reagan fired unionized air traffic controllers during his presidency. We must remember that that was a different time, but the economy was beginning to fall apart, which led Reagan to raise taxes 11 times and increase the debt ceiling 17 times. Class warfare by Republicans now threaten to shut down the federal government just to ensure the president is a one-term president. Let's see, how did that work for "Mr. Moral Family-Born Again Evangelical Christian" Gingrich when he was Speaker of the House? Oh yeah! He was ousted before he could complete his first (and only) term as Speaker of the House! You're next, Boner (Boehner)!

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Republicans now have more presidential candidates than they can shake a stick at and they are still looking for the New Jersey Governor, Christie, to join they fray. The new Tea Bagger Republican darling "pretty boy" Perry continues to lose his luster and appeal to Republicans as more skeletons from his closet is exposed, short of mentioning his myriad affair with a male assistant and male cook at the Texas Governors' Mansion before it was damaged by fire.

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Republicans are becoming desperate to find that "right" candidate that now must appeal to Tea Bagger Republicans. It is amazing how some middle-class and working poor continue to support the Republican Party that does not represent their interest and continue to exploit their beliefs just to score political points. As Republicans continue to cut vital school programs and dismantle public colleges, it will not be long before they try to dismantle child labor laws. Think about it! It is their idea to do away with Pre-K and Kindergarten and eliminate the 12th grade, and increase the classroom size and reduce school hours. Next thing you know, your 12 y.o. son or daughter will be mining for coal or working in a dangerous unregulated occupation.