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Deutsch Tweet: Wisconsin GOP Candidate Criticized for Calling Hitler a “Strong Leader”

Just days after another GOP candidate was criticized for prancing around in a Nazi uniform, Wisconsin Republican state Senate candidate Dane Deutsch has been criticized for calling Adolph Hitler a “strong leader.”

Deutsch sent a tweet stating “Hitler and Lincoln were both strong leaders. Lincoln’s character made him the greater leader whose legacy and leadership still lives on!” For a guy named Deutsch, it played directly into his opponent’s hands who lambasted him for the tweet.

He later insisted that he was merely stating Hitler had a great influence on people. He insists that he was pointing out the difference between a leader with an evil and a leader with a righteous character — the latter having a more lasting legacy. That is a plausible explanation but Twitter is not the best means to make such profound thoughts in 140 characters or less. That may be a more Facebook chat item for the future.

Source; Tribune

119 thoughts on “Deutsch Tweet: Wisconsin GOP Candidate Criticized for Calling Hitler a “Strong Leader””

  1. eniobob: Iwas wrong. I forgot that Bachman is the head of the tea party caucus in congress. They will be adding to their numbers.

  2. eniobob I don’t think the tea party wants peace, and they aren’t in power yet, but they soon will be part of the government.

  3. “I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower “

  4. anon nurse My sister was in a sorority with Ron Klein’s and Steve Kagan’s wives. I knew the tea party was after the Kagan’s but I did not know about the Klein’s too.

  5. Just to be clear, I added the last bit — “Intimidation, threats, bullying and more.”

  6. Here’s a recent fundraising letter from Alan Grayson:

    Congressman Ron Klein and I have a lot in common. We both represent districts in Florida. We both represent gerrymandered “swing” districts. We both beat incumbent Republicans.

    But only one of us has an opponent who says that we will be shot if we dare to leave our own home.

    Not long ago, Ron Klein’s Republican opponent told his hatred-filled followers to make sure that Ron was “scared to come out of his house.” He told them to “get your musket, fix your bayonet.”

    This “hate speech” is intolerable! Help Ron Klein fight back.

    Klein’s opponent used to be in the U.S. Army. Until Klein’s opponent was assigned to interrogate a civilian Iraqi police officer who was in U.S. custody. And he fired his pistol right past that Iraqi police officer’s head. That got Klein’s opponent court-martialed.

    Klein’s opponent recently has called Klein “a cretin.” He said that Klein’s supporters would soon be “fleeing in utter desperation.” And Klein’s opponent said that he is “dangerous to President Barack Hussein Obama.”

    Maybe I’m wrong, but I thought it was a felony to threaten the President.

    I know Ron Klein. He works hard. He shows up to hearings prepared. He doesn’t miss votes. And he has a conscience.

    I don’t think that Ron Klein should be afraid to leave his home.

    So let’s try to help him. We have set up a webpage where you can contribute to Ron Klein’s campaign (and ours, too, if you wish).

    You may or may not know Ron Klein. You may or may not like Ron Klein. But for sure, Ron Klein has to win this race. So that we can all be safe, and free from fear, both in and out of our homes.

    Truth,

    Alan Grayson

    Intimidation, threats, bullying and more.

  7. Democrat arrested outside Cantor event
    Posted: Oct 25, 2010 10:57 PM EDT
    Updated: Oct 26, 2010 5:05 PM EDT
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    7th district congressional race gets heated
    2:12

    RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – It is getting ugly in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District.

    The campaigns are accusing each other of slimy tactics. The battle is getting so heated, one volunteer was forced into handcuffs by police.

    It was supposed to be a friendly event where voters could meet Congressman Eric Cantor at a coffee shop in Louisa. It ended with a supporter of the congressman’s opponent being handcuffed and arrested.

    Jon Taylor, a member of the Louisa Democratic Committee and a supporter of Rick Waugh refused to leave the private event. The owner of the shop then got police involved.

    Louisa Town Police and the County Sheriffs struggled with Taylor for several minutes. The tangle required three officers before he was finally subdued. The fracas was captured on cell phone video by Taylor’s son Bradley.

    He claims the sheriffs and local police were out to get him before he said a word.

    “The Louisa County police department was basically used by Eric Cantor’s campaign to make a political statement,” said Taylor.

    The Sheriff’s department strongly denies that charge. Department officials say two other people were asked to leave and did so without having to be restrained.

    The Cantor camp claims that Rick Waugh’s supporters often spring up at his events and then post the results on YouTube. Like video of Waugh confronting Cantor at a local event.

    “Here’s my cell phone, you can call me at any time,” Waugh is heard saying as he attempts to hand Cantor a business card.

    And a series of videos featuring someone dressed as a chicken. During one video, the chicken interrupted a private speech the congressman was giving.

    Cantor spokesman Ray Allen Jr. said the incident was no different:

    “This is a pattern with Rick Waugh of disruptive and frankly thuggish behavior,” said Allen. “And frankly, he needs to get control of his campaign.”

    But Waugh’s campaign manager says their campaign had nothing to do with the incident. Brian Umana also said that the slime goes both ways. Their candidate’s car was vandalized and a sign painted with a racist slogan.

    “We believe that is unfortunate and we unequivocally condemn any unlawful behavior to any political end,” he said.

    All this with just a week left until Election Day.

    The Louisa County Sheriff’s department said this incident is not a case of excessive force, and that the officers had no choice in the matter.

  9. From the above link — many thanks for posting it, Swarthmore mom.

    Fascist America: Is This Election The Next Turn?

    By Sara Robinson
    October 22, 2010 – 12:34am ET

    Here’s how Milton Mayer described his experience of this as the Nazi thrall descended in Germany:

    In the university community, in your own community, you speak privately to your colleagues, some of whom certainly feel as you do; but what do they say? They say, ‘It’s not so bad’ or ‘You’re seeing things’ or ‘You’re an alarmist.’ And you are an alarmist. You are saying that this must lead to this, and you can’t prove it. These are the beginnings, yes; but how do you know for sure when you don’t know the end, and how do you know, or even surmise, the end? On the one hand, your enemies, the law, the regime, the Party, intimidate you. On the other, your colleagues pooh-pooh you as pessimistic or even neurotic.

    And yet the day comes when it’s all too clear, Mayer writes — and on that day, it’s too late to stand up.

    Suddenly it all comes down, all at once. You see what you are, what you have done, or, more accurately, what you haven’t done (for that was all that was required of most of us: that we do nothing). You remember those early meetings of your department in the university when, if one had stood, others would have stood, perhaps, but no one stood. A small matter, a matter of hiring this man or that, and you hired this one rather than that. You remember everything now, and your heart breaks. Too late. You are compromised beyond repair.

    end of excerpt

  10. Elaine,

    “I could see Ms. Palin as the figurehead for a cabal, of course.”

    So could I.

  11. S M

    I didn’t say I thought she wouldn’t enjoy it. I imagine she would enjoy it thoroughly – and quit halfway through because it was too demanding.

    We can always guess about who would have the required charisma, ruthlessness, and political accumen to pull it off. There are several candidates, I’m sure, and it may be someone we haven’t even heard of yet.

    I could see Ms. Palin as the figurehead for a cabal, of course.

  12. Buckeye: I disagree. I think Ms.Palin would enjoy the role as tyrant. She is getting a rally together for Miller. She obviously approves of thugs beating up the press. Probably, Gingrich would enjoy it the most and Huckabee the least in my opinion.

  13. S M

    RE: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010104222/fascist-america-election-next-turn

    I see nothing alarmist in that link at all. The only thing it didn’t address is the media’s contribution to the speed with which this cancer can metamorphose.

    HemMan’s incisive response to tomdarch’s exellent analysis explains why this, as well as any other, major change in the political environment can occur in years rather than in decades as in the past.

    I don’t think Ms. Palin has the internal fortitude to take on the role of tyrant that is usually present in facist states, but there are plenty of smarter, and more ruthless, protagonists that are willing to take the lead.

    Little acorns.

  14. Swarthmore mom wrote: “We are giving the fascists a seat at the table.”

    Yep. Well said.

  15. Swarthmore Mom:

    the only problem with that analysis is that the Tea Party was and is against the Wall St. bail out and it is against the stimulus. So it is not on the side of big business. It is also for private property and lower taxes.

    I suggest you read Ominous Parallels by Leonard Piekoff for a better understanding of how a fascist state may come to America. Here is a sampling:

    “Contrary to the Marxists, the Nazis did not advocate public ownership of the means of production. They did demand that the government oversee and run the nation’s economy. The issue of legal ownership, they explained, is secondary; what counts is the issue of control. Private citizens, therefore, may continue to hold titles to property—so long as the state reserves to itself the unqualified right to regulate the use of their property.

    If “ownership” means the right to determine the use and disposal of material goods, then Nazism endowed the state with every real prerogative of ownership. What the individual retained was merely a formal deed, a contentless deed, which conferred no rights on its holder. Under communism, there is collective ownership of property de jure. Under Nazism, there is the same collective ownership de facto.”

  16. Byron:

    “Seems to me if the project makes financial sense some construction company will figure out how to make it happen.”

    I can only hope that you are right,work had aleady begun on this project and right now about 6,ooo workers are out of work.And getting back and forth into New York and other areas that would have been affected are at a stand still.

    Also the projected increase in property values are done for now.

  18. Oh one other thing that “truth” teller James O’keefe has let this video loose on our state,and the Governor is taking his actions as truth telling.
    The governor is a former prosecutor and you would think that someone who has been caught in lies and manipulating of facts can’t be trusted but I guess not in this case.

    Hidden video by conservative activist James O’Keefe renews NJEA, Gov. Christie dispute
    Published: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 10:01 PM Updated: Wednesday, October 27, 2010, 6:15 AM
    Star-Ledger Staff Star-Ledger Staff

    Gov. Chris Christie comments on ‘teachers unions gone wild’

    TRENTON — Some see it as a videotaped intrusion, a trumped-up attack produced by a self-styled muckraker who manipulates interviewees and takes comments out of context to prove a biased point.

    http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/christie_njea_video_james_okee.html

  20. Eniobob:

    that project is ripe for a private sector solution, how much revenue could it generate if it were a toll tunnel? Seems to me if the project makes financial sense some construction company will figure out how to make it happen. Then the jobs will be real jobs created not by tax payer money but by actual revenues from the project itself. It will not be robbing Peter to pay Paul.

    I imagine the gov. might have some superior knowledge, I would wait and see if a private company doesn’t step up to build that tunnel.

    I would ask why it is OK for me here in Virginia to subsidize New Jersey commuters? Shouldn’t New Jersey commuters pay for their own transportation?

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