According to the AP, through Netscape News, protesters who were bussed into Washington free of charge by conservative astro turf groups attempted to storm Congressional offices in hopes of derailing the long anticipated health care legislation.
``This bill is the greatest threat to freedom that I have
seen,'' House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio told the
crowd.
To make their point, amid shouts of "Kill the bill", the most glaring signs conservatives proudly carried said "National Socialist Health Care: Dachau, Germany - 1945" with large images of emaciated corpses in the death camp. Another sign spotted in the crowd read: "Obama takes his orders from the
Rothchilds," a reference to theories of Jewish world dominance centered
around the prominent Jewish family of Rothschilds.
Less than a month ago, conservatives took to the airwaves denouncing Alan Grayson's use of the word "holocaust" in generic terms to describe the preventable deaths of those who don't have health care.
This was the response:
"Regardless
of one’s position on the issue of healthcare reform, comparing the
American healthcare system to the systematic murdering of over six
million Jews is totally outrageous and unfit for someone holding public
office," said Hasner in a statement. "Congressman Grayson should
apologize to the Jewish community and the families of those whose loved
ones were brutally executed. I’d also encourage Mr. Grayson to take a
walk tomorrow afternoon to the U.S. Holocaust Museum so he can witness
for himself just how offensive and inappropriate his statement is."
Republican Jewish Coalition executive director Matt Brooks also said the remarks were "outrageous."
"To link health care to the Holocaust is beyond the pale," he said,
What do they say to conservatives using the Holocaust ?
What's your opinion on the signs carried in Washington? Is the GOP on the verge of becoming a party of hate?
Edited Nov-6 by Jim1 |