McCain Campaign compares Obama to Hitler
By Waymon Hudson
Cross-posted at Bilerico – Florida
That’s what a poster that greeted visitors to the John McCain campaign office in Pompano Beach, Florida has to say. The sign was headlined “Barrack Hussein Obama” and compared Obama to Karl Marx, Adolf Hitler, Mussolini, and Fidel Castro. The poster questioned Obama’s call for change:
Who else called for change in this fashion? Each and every one called upon youth movements.
Karl Marx. Joseph Stalin. Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini. Fidel Castro.
And you want Obama for President? Are you nuts!
More after the jump…
Jeffrey Sanders, a registered Republican, raised concerns about the poster when he stopped by the office to pick up tickets for a McCain rally at Florida International University:
To label someone as the next Hitler is beyond outrageous [and] offensive. And it needs to be addressed. And if Barack Obama does the same thing to McCain I would expect the same reaction. That was not American.
When confronted by about the sign by a Sun-Sentinel reporter, Broward Republican Chairman Chip LaMarca said he was “disgusted” by it and would immediately go to the office and remove it.
I’m speechless at the ignorance. It’s not something we can condone.
We’re trying to promote positive messages for our candidates. I understand people want their candidate to win. It’s ridiculous. I’ll find out who put it up there, and maybe they’ll volunteer somewhere else.
Let me see if I have this straight.
A McCain Campaign office has a poster comparing Obama to horrendous figures like Hitler and Mussolini – and also mocks youth voters – in plain view for who knows how long, yet the Chairman is surprised and “speechless”? And his solution is to move the person behind it to another office to keep working for the campaign?
Way to tamp down the crazy rhetoric…
I wonder if this has any connection to the “Vote Republican or the Terrorists Win” flier that has been going out to Florida voters. Maybe they’ll just move the person behind that bit of fear mongering “somewhere else” as well.
Wait- that was Charlie Crist behind that flier…
Looks like there is a lot of shuffling around to do in the Republican Party.
Tags: Charlie Christ, Florida Republican Party, John McCain, political intimidation, politics of fear
October 26th, 2008 at 11:20 am
A few years ago many, many thoughtful, understanding Democrats called George Bush a Nazi. But that’s okay because he’s a Republican. Personally, I think its pretty accurate to compare Obama to Hitler because he talks a good talk and has hundreds of thousands of people like you with your right hand up saying “Hei Hitler”, I mean, “Obama, Obama”. I am a Lesbian and a Christian and a Conservative. I work hard and want to keep my money, not give it to the government so they can spread MY wealth, (your wealth too, by the way). The name of a book that Obama was pictured with in his hand is “The Post-American World”. He has 3 Muslim names. You know that gaff he made in the primaries about campaigning in 57 states? that was more of a Freudinan slip – There ARE 57 Muslim States. Not that there’s anything wrong with being Muslim (except that it is radical muslims trying to kill us) but why doesn’t he admit it if there’s nothing wrong with it. I won’t even get into Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, Tony Rezco, Father Phleger, Acorn, Franlin Raines, etc. Have a nice day.
October 26th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Jody,
You may be a lesbian, but you surely don’t care about LGBT people if you are supporting McCain and Palin. McCain has opposed every single piece of pro-LGBT legislation since he has been in Congress. Palin has vowed to pass a Federal Marriage Amendment that would write discrimination against LGBT people into the U.S Constitution.
BTW, I am not convinced that you are a lesbian. I think you are just claiming to be so to spout your right-wing talking points.
October 29th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Wow—Jody disagrees with your politics so you question her sexuality? A well-considered political opinion should take into account what policies, on the whole, are best for the country as a whole. That means that Jody could disagree with McCain/Palin on several points and might suffer some personal loss as a result of them, but still believe that overall, their platform would benefit most of the citizens of this country collectively.
For someone who preaches and demands tolerance, you surely aren’t offering any of the same to Jody and her dissenting view.
May 20th, 2010 at 10:16 pm
Fidel Castro would always be an icon of history evethough he is against the U.S.:.;
July 19th, 2010 at 1:06 am
Fidel Castro still have some good legacies despite his not so good repuation.’”-
July 19th, 2010 at 3:36 am
Fidel Castro still have some good legacies despite his not so good repuation.”.`
October 11th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Fidel Castro may not be a hero for western countries but he did a good job in providing subsidized medical care in Cuba`-’
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