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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 07:53 PM
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DCCC pressures House GOPers to refute Limbaugh Nazi comments
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DCCC pressures House GOPers to refute Limbaugh Nazi comments
@ 4:53 pm by Jordan Fabian


The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) targeted 35 Republican House members including Minority Whip Eric Cantor to publicly rebuke comments conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh made comparing the Democratic Party to the World War II-era Nazi Party.

"While Congressman Eric Cantor has refused to condemn Rush Limbaugh's hateful comparison of Democrats to Nazis for four straight days, that hasn't stopped him from criticizing the President while standing on foreign soil," said DCCC spokeswoman Jennifer Crider in a release on Monday.

"Congressman Eric Cantor needs to finally show some courage and immediately stand up to Rush Limbaugh and condemn his outrageous comments," she added.

The DCCC has featured Cantor, who holds a leadership position and is the only Jewish Republican in the House.

The release hit Cantor for questioning the White House's Middle East policy while on a trip to Israel last week.

House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has also received similar criticism from the DCCC for not commenting on Limbaugh's comments.

On last Thursday's show, Limbaugh asked "now what are the similarities between the Democrat Party of today and the Nazi Party in Germany?"

He answered that the Nazis, like the Democrats, were against big business, "and course we all know they were opposed to Jewish capitalism."

"They were for abortion and euthanasia of the undesirables as we all know," Limbaugh continued. "It is liberalism that's the closest you can get to Nazism."

The DCCC sent a form release to the districts of 34 other House Republicans asking them to "condemn" Limbaugh's remarks. Here is the list:

Blaine Luetkemeyer (Mo.)
Erik Paulsen (Minn.)
Paul Ryan (Wisc.)
Michele Bachmann (Minn.)
Lynn Jenkins (Kan.)
John Kline (Minn.)
Tom Latham (Iowa)
Aaron Schock (Ill.)
Peter King (N.Y.)
Leonard Lance (N.J.)
Charlie Dent (Pa.)
Frank LoBiondo (N.J.)
Tim Murphy (Pa.)
Joseph Cao (La.)
Mario Diaz-Balart (Fla.)
Lincoln Diaz-Balart (Fla.)
C.W. Bill Young (Fla.)
Vern Buchanan (Fla.)
Bill Cassidy (La.)
John Fleming (La.)
Randy Forbes (Va.)
Brett Guthrie (Ky.)
Adam Putnam (Fla.)
Michael Rogers (Ala.)
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.)
Pete Sessions (Tex.)
Frank Wolf (Va.)
Brian Bilbray (Calif.)
Ken Calvert (Calif.)
Dave Reichert (Wash.)
Mary Bono Mack (Calif.)
Dan Lungren (Calif.)
Tom McClintock (Calif.)
Dennis Rehberg (Mont.)

The list includes several DCCC top targets, such as Young, Cao, and Bachmann.
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Chemisse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-10-09 07:56 PM
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1. Yes! Hold those Repubes accountable
If they do not denounce some of this crazy crap that is going on, then they endorse it. They can't straddle it, the spineless thugs.
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zbdent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 06:59 AM
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2. Wasn't it Limbaugh who proposed an "Ugly Law"?
Where, if you were ugly, you weren't allowed to be seen in public? Called it an "Urban Beautification" project ... or something like that ...
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 07:01 AM
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3. K & R n/t
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 07:04 AM
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4. He'd likely not refer to Dems as such if the Right didn't embody the charge so completely
All these types can do is project.
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TexasObserver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 07:04 AM
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5. Recommend
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kenfrequed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-11-09 07:55 AM
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6. Well
Their list includes Michelle Bachman. Oh right, like that lunatic is going to refute anything Boss Limbaugh says.
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