Holocaust Imagery at Protest Organized by Michele Bachmann

Posted by Jed Lewison, Daily Kos at 11:40 AM on November 5, 2009.

This image of Holocaust victims was on display at today's "House Call" protest organized by Bachmann and the Republican House Leadership.

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...via Matthew Yglesias, this image of Holocaust victims was on display at today's "House Call" protest organized by Michele Bachmann and the Republican House Leadership:

Bachmann's teabaggers Take a closer look:

Bachmann's teabaggers

Keep in mind that this wasn't some Glenn Beck-organized 9/12 stunt. This was an event staged by the House Republican leadership -- actual elected officials, members of the U.S. government.

Other Republican members of Congress were on stage, too: Minority Leader John Boehner (OH), Minority Whip Eric Cantor (VA), Roy Blunt (MO), Jeb Hensarling (TX), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA), Michele Bachmann (MN) -- who was a key organizer of the event -- Virginia Foxx (NC), Ginny Brown-Waite (FL), Jean Schmidt (OH), Sue Myrick (NC), and many more.

If Republicans wonder why most Americans view them as part of the fringe extreme, they need not look beyond this event. While Democrats were touting the endorsement of AARP, Michele Bachmann and the House leadership were rallying amidst signs like this, shoulder to shoulder with 2,000 teabaggers.

Update: The AMA also endorsed the House bill today.

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Holocaust [Report this comment] Posted by: biff777 on Nov 5, 2009 2:31 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Google: Canada - Native - holocaust. As for the U.S., it is still "Little House on the Prairie",& "Gunsmoke". [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] God help us. [Report this comment] Posted by: Longdream on Nov 5, 2009 7:30 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Those are human beings on that poster. Those are human beings on that nasty, meaningless, venal, partisan, god-forgotten, heartless, insane political poster, being carried out in public to make a petty point for a bunch of sleazy old farts and blown-dry, helmet-headed men and women who are supposed to be the hand-chosen best of us. If they are the best of us, God help us. If this is how they think, God help us. If this is the content of their hearts, God help us. They should never know cruelty the likes of which they've displayed today, [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Paine Relief [Report this comment] Posted by: Revolutionary (Direct) Democracy on Nov 6, 2009 1:25 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] “A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.” Thomas Paine FREE AMERICA REVOLUTIONARY (DIRECT) DEMOCRACY [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Women as leaders [Report this comment] Posted by: jcutler9 on Nov 6, 2009 5:55 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Did we not use to say that once women were in government there would be peace and caring for the poor? By my count, among those ten congressional leaders on the stage encouraging those terrorists, were six women. Also, if that image of Dachau were representative of anything connected with the health care reform bill, it should be representative of the 45,000 who are dying yearly because they do not have health insurance. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Bachmann incites hate crimes. [Report this comment] Posted by: zipper696 on Nov 6, 2009 6:11 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ..and of course will deny them when they happen. Your update: " The AMA also endorsed the House bill today" Come on! What the Hell do doctors know about health care? Insurance executives and their shills are much closer to it... [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] It's time for the GOP to be gone. [Report this comment] Posted by: Ian MacLeod on Nov 7, 2009 2:09 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] There's nothing left of them but fanatics and money and power hungry liars and thieves. NOTHING. Ian [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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