Anti-Defamation League Blasts Rush Limbaugh For Hitler Crack

Anti-Defamation League Blasts Rush Limbaugh For Hitler Crack

This new development could make it a bit tougher for high-profile Republicans and conservatives to avoid weighing in on Rush Limaugh’s now-infamous claim that “Adolf Hitler, like Barack Obama, also ruled by dictate.”

The Anti-Defamation League has now weighed in with a statement blasting Rush, which should serve to elevate the issue a bit. From ADL national director Abraham Foxman:

“Regardless of the political differences and the substantive differences in the debate over health care, the use of Nazi symbolism is outrageous, offensive and inappropriate. Americans should be able to disagree on the issues without coloring it with Nazi imagery and comparisons to Hitler. This is not where the debate should be at all.

“Comparisons to the Nazis are deeply offensive and only serve to diminish and trivialize the extent of the Nazi regime’s crimes against humanity and the murder of six million Jews and millions of others in the Holocaust. I don’t see any comparison here. It’s off-center, off-issue and completely inappropriate.”

Some liberal bloggers have argued convincingly that the outcry greeting a random MoveOn commenter’s trafficking in Nazi comparisons in 2004 far outweighed what Rush’s casual comparison has generated. ADL weighing in, though, could prod the traditional media to cover this…

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/political-media/anti-defamation-league-blasts-rush-limbaugh-for-hitler-crack/

...it's that it got a bit too obvious they hadn't done it already. They were beginning to get called on it.

I doubt Abe Foxman has any real problem with this sort of GOP behavior, so long as the GOP reliably stands behind his interpretation of what comprises Israel's interests.

Cantor Called Upon To Repudiate Rush By Jewish Dem Group

In the wake of comments from Rush Limbaugh equating Barack Obama to Hitler, a leading Jewish Democratic organization is calling on the House of Representatives' lone Jewish Republican to repudiate the talk show host.

On Friday, National Jewish Democratic Council David Harris called on House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to denounce Limbaugh's remarks. Pointing out that the Virginia Republican had said more "Limbaughs" were needed in the GOP just last week, Harris called on "Cantor and the Republican Party to condemn Limbaugh and these utterly contemptible tactics."

"Mr. Cantor, after Rush's website antics today and comments yesterday, do you really still think you 'need' Limbaugh?" his statement read.

The question wasn't immediately answered, with Cantor currently traveling in Israel. But Harris' statement got to a larger point: to what extent should the GOP -- and, in particular, its Jewish members -- be held accountable for the recent bout of Obama-Nazi comparisons?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07/cantor-called-upon-to-rep_n_253989.html

That's our Rush in a nutshell!

:rofl:

What a moran. I'm surprised the backwash numbers haven't caught up to his sponsors.

Hmmm?

like Adolf...W is responsible for so many deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. And all of those Executive Orders!! And W's followers in Congress NEVER voted against the 'idiot dictator.' No...W was the dictator.