I actually thought that was Joaquin Phoenix

Funny that nobody has singled in on the fact that H.W. Jr. openly admitted he is adamantly against multiple parties in the United States Government working together.  It almost sounded as if he would actually support a one party system or even a dictatorship.  Who's more like Hitler at this point?

Hank pulls a Rush.

0bama is more like Stalin.

If Hank wanted to make a more accurate analogy, he would have used David Cameron and Ed Miliband.  Or he could have turned to American history and compared Obama and Boehner to William Howard Taft and Champ Clark.  Or if he wanted to stick with Israeli politics, he would have used Netanyahu and Tzipi Livni.  Or since he insisted on jumping into these waters, Hitler and Ernst Thälmann.

I mean, Hitler and Netanyahu?  That just doesn't make any sense.

You never think about how smart Gothamist commenters are until you accidentally find yourself on a right-wing website when looking for a transcript. http://www.thegatewaypundit.co...

Comparing Obama to Hitler is wrong, now if he compared him to Jimmy Carter...

He'd still be wrong.  Carter's wounds were mostly self-inflicted, while Obama can't get anything done because of a House Republican majority uninterested in helping him get anything accomplished.

Jimmy Carter had Tip O'Neill for Speaker; a Democrat to his core.  

What happened when Dimwits were in control for close to  2 years? 

Isn't Carter's big drum that he's beating "hey, I didn't get America into any wars," these days?

He had hollowed out and demoralized armed services left over from Vietnam, and his one major overseas military operation was a spectacular failure.  One shudders to think what would have happened if Carter was seized with a sense of military adventurism.

"Are you ready for some Kristallnacht!"

Couldn't happen to a nicer no-talent.

You know, I seem to remember a lot of left-leaning celebrities (Michael Moore, Alec Baldwin) making overt comparisons to Bush being Hitler and no one said a word.  Why do they get a pass?

Specific comparisons invoking the historical record in a topically political context regarding militarization and fascism?

Baldwin has certainly gotten flak for comments over the years. Moore is
overtly political and can be expected to make incendiary comments.. it's like being surprised that Ann Coulter said something controversial.

But more importantly, if no one said a word, how would you know of and remember these events?

And most importantly, [citation needed], cause this comment is in the top ten search results for 'baldwin bush hitler' (along with a bunch of stuff about Chuck Baldwin, a right winger). Perhaps what you remember never happened.

And which President got us into two high-intensity ground wars within three years of each other?

And what about Libya? Last I checked we were bombing them senseless.

Well, he did say "ground war."  Which, to be fair, I think is a big difference.  If Obama, Clinton, or Bush Sr. want to feed the military-industrial complex by bombing a place-- well I reject the policy of bombing pretty much wholesale outside of a context of total war, & I think it is pretty dang stupid to pretend you can save a country...by bombing it-- but it is a whole 'nother beast than rolling in, occupying & attempting to secure a location.  When Bush Sr., Obama or Clinton got bored with their little wars...we just left.  Jr. got us in a Vietnamy quagmire.

I ain't saying he's Hitler, though.  That is pretty ridiculous.  I mean-- he was a total shit show, even above & beyond the fact that they are all shit shows, but not Hitler.  Especially 'cause as people are fond of pointing out, the liberty infringing & executive privilege bloating policies of Bush Jr. have been adopted wholesale by Obama. 

@mordicai:disqus 
It's an entirely different thing, which is why I chose my words like I did. I knew somebody would bite.. ;)

@Roger_the_Shrubber:disqus 
You cannot compare ONLY running airstrikes to having infantry/armored divisions rolling on the ground.