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Hitler/Obama posters coming from LaRouche crowd

Aug 12th, 2009 by Noah R. Bombard

One of several images being circulated by LaRouchePAC.

One of several images being circulated by LaRouchePAC.

Probably the most extreme and shocking imagery out of yesterday’s crowd gathered outside the president’s town hall meeting in Portsmouth was a picture of Barak Obama with a Hitler mustache. The doctored photo — in various forms — has been popping up at protests around the country. There were several versions at Portsmouth High yesterday. But before you heave your disgust at conservatives speaking out against the president’s health care proposal, take a look at the source.

Democratic activist and perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche. His LaRouchePAC has been circulating materials equating Obama to Hitler.

Democratic activist and perennial presidential candidate Lyndon LaRouche. His LaRouchePAC has been circulating materials equating Obama to Hitler.

The posters are being circulated by LaRouchePAC, an organization headed by Democratic activist Lyndon LaRouche. Although LaRouche and followers share criticisms of the president’s proposal with other detractors, they’re not in the same crowd at all. It’s a fine point that we in the media can easily gloss over, but it showcases the many different groups and factions that are speaking out in the health care debate. Looking down the driveway leading to the high school yesterday, one side of the road consisted primarily of those supporting the president’s plan. The other side consited largely of those opposing it. But when you start to pick apart the layers, you find opinions — and affiliations — are not so easily delineated.

Why Hitler? Comparing our president to history’s most reviled leader who systematicaly led the extermination of an estimated 11 to 22 million people (depending on your counting method) is fearmongering at its worst. Hitler sought to purify the Aryan race by killing those who didn’t fit the Nazi ideal. He headed a fascist government that controlled every aspect of its citizens’ lives and forbade dissent. This isn’t Nazi Germany and Obama is no Hitler.

The LaRouche campaign is comparing Obama’s proposal to the health care system that existed in Germany under the Nazi regime. Uder that system, government health care was the only option available to citizens. Probably the more crucial difference, however, is the fact that the system was run by Nazis hell bent on genocide. It’s not a minor point.

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  • jchko

    Before Hitler started killing he turned the country int a socialist regime. Obama has been compared to Hitler for a long time because of socialism that is what people are referring to

  • http://www.eagletribune.com Noah R. Bombard

    Thanks for the comment, jchko. I think discussion about the benefits, pitfalls and dangers of socialism is a valid discussion. What I personally find objectionable about the Hitler comparison is that Nazi Germany was not a classic example of socialism. It was a fascist regime that centered around an ideal of racial superiority and absolute power centered in the government. Beyond the fact that it offered government-run health care, there is virtually no valid comparison between the U.S. and Nazi Germany — or between Nazi Germany and virtually any real modern day socialist country. To me, that makes the use of Hitler and Nazis in the health care debate absurd.

    As far as icons go, Hitler is in our world akin to the devil. It's the name we throw around when we want to conjure up the worst of the worst. I think such comparisons steer the debate away from the real issue of health care (such as can govt. provide good health care, should it and at what cost?).

  • m.ya.ss

    Fuckers!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Veda-Prakash-Ragireddi/100000902407532 Veda Prakash Ragireddi

    Take a look wonderful website about hitler http://www.naziat.org it is very read chapter 4 to know more about Hitler hidden

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