Obama’s Mouthpiece: Can You Imagine If People Had Compared Bush To Hitler?

Proof • November 7, 2009

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs is worried about Hitler analogies in the health care debate.
Because that sort of thing is divisive.

I will continue to say what I’ve said before. You hear in this debate, you hear analogies, you hear references to, you see pictures about and depictions of individuals that are truly stunning, and you hear it all the time. People — imagine five years ago somebody comparing health care reform to 9/11. Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler.

Here’s the thing: I can kind of imagine people walking around invoking Hitler in opposing Bush and Republicans. Vividly.

For what it’s worth, comparisons of modern leaders to Hitler and/or his Nazi followers are getting pretty old. At the very least, can we find another historical figure to make hyperbolic allusions to?
Like it or not, Obama is no Hitler. He’s not planning on blitzkrieging other nations. He’s not going to try and murder entire swaths of the population in the name of racial purity.
He is, absolutely, a greedy and power hungry politician who wants to silence dissent to the extent that he can while pursuing a political agenda that maximizes the control he and his cronies have over the rest of us.
But that doesn’t make him Hitler. Just the same sort of greedy, power-hungry politician the world has been dealing with since governments were first invented. Politicians like Obama are a dime a dozen in the annals of history. It’s leaders with the humility to know that they don’t have all the answers, and that power is best distributed as much as possible to the people, that are the rarities.

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http://Array Hanni

And Greg, I don’t care what you are waiting for.

I am not a sick and abnormal person like Rob, who spends his life politicizing tragedies and things he doesn’t understand for the sake of partisan politics.

I am just here to set the record straight. If I was made of the same fabric as Rob, I would be fat and miserable and not really have much of a life.

Instead, I am just here to point out that 70% of the time, he doesn’t know what the f he is talking about.
Hanni

It amazes me that the morons of SAB are too slow and dimwitted to figure out Gibbs was talking about the healthcare debate when Bush and Kerry were talking about health care reform.

The kooky fringe wasn’t running around with images of Hitler, or comparing healthcare to 9/11.

The friggin morons of this site extract the idea that Gibbs was talking about Bush’s rush to war and bomb brown people for…..for….for…..what was it again?? Fill in your lie here about why Bush had to start bombing innocent people.

There is certainly an understanding why people would compare a person to Hitler who starts needless wars around the globe. It doesn’t make them right, and it is certainly over the top…..but not as over the top to compare someone who is trying to give you free medical care to Hitler….that’s just mental.
sayanything-2

How about just proving the sh&t you spew? That goes for sanni, too. Just proof any of it. Any at all.
sayanything-2

More lies and sh&t from sanni, and no proof whatsoever from e. Must be another day in reality.
sayanything-9974

Don’t kid yourself – Gibbs is alarmed by anyone that is not wearing kneepads and performing Lewinsky’s. It is important the they maintain the Rock Star image because that is all they have. Sunlight is the best disinfectant – that is why they want Heath Care and Cap and Trade passed before people have a chance to read the legislative proposals. They will be going after the 2nd amendment soon – stock up on can goods and shotgun shells. Nobody wants a communist for president and many of us are yelling the “the Emperor has no clothes”. I hope you open your eyes soon comrade.
brenarlo

I do agree that it would most likely be for his domestic policy failures. Which is exactly why the president shouldn’t have the power to do that.

And I suppose you’re right that it wouldn’t be a full-out Iraq-style invasion because then he would have to institute the draft. I guess I wouldn’t put that past him… but I’m not expecting it.
Hanni

You won the war by paying them money, and to stop cooperating with the people who weren’t there before coming in to fight us.

I really don’t think taking history lessons from a hack who lies, on just about everything (you) is in my best interest.
sayanything-2

“I am not a sick and abnormal person” No, you are a methhead who pimps transvestite whores, THAT makes you an authority on,,,,,well, being a liar and methhead. Oh, well. perhaps you can get on welfare and be a whore straight out. Oops! You are a welfare whore already, that is how you finance your meth habit.
sayanything-1714

He implied no such thing. He simply asked us to imagine comparing 9/11 to health care and people walking around with images of Hitler.

You have no idea if he was talking about when he referred to depictions.

You just think you have made a logical conclusion because you are a f@cking idiot.
Hanni

Threat…not thread.
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

I see why Gibbs has forgotten then. That’s an advantage for a spokesmodel
in the Obama white house.
sayanything-2

“cant see his opponents without looking through a fog of stupidity.” No, that fog is meth/alcohol induced.
sayanything-1254

No, Hannitized! YOU ignorantly miss the point! The post is about Gibbs using Hitler as a comparison.

But don’t let reality get in the way of your endless partisanship.
sayanything-2

e? What was that money for? Paid out to soldiers who did what, you lying c&nt?
Hanni

Yeah Kenny….you have a picture of Bush as you avatar……but you don’t look up to him or anything, or defend his every bowel movement.

*rolls eyes*
sayanything-1254

Hannitized – “figure out Gibbs was talking about….”

Gibbs – “Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler.”
http://SayAnythingBlog.com The_Whistler_ofnd

Is there that much dynamite around?
sayanything-1714

I asked for a gun permit as well and in my state I have the right to use force….doesn’t mean I have to use it when someone breaks in.
sayanything-42

No imagination required, just a longer memory than the average goose.
sayanything-1714

Rob, what is your response to the data that has been provided above?? Ignore it???

Figures.
Hanni

Iraqis didn’t support the Taliban, or Al Qaida…..at least not until we attacked Iraq, and started killing innocent Iraqis.

Boo f-ing who? Gawd you are really a fringe kook.
sayanything-1714

Um…hey genius…he was talking about health care. He wasn’t talking about war. You know, when Bush started dropping bombs.

I don’t think Gibbs would be so alarmed with images of Hilter if Obama was rushing us to war……healthcare, now that’s another story.

The contrast is notable. Not that you are honest enough to admit that.
Hanni

Byline: RICHARD WALLACE, US Editor, in New York THREAT: Scud missile

THE world last night backed a call by UN weapons inspector Hans Blix to be given more time to discover if Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

Dr Blix made his plea after revealing that 300 checks on 230 sites had produced NO evidence of a “smoking gun” although there were concerns over possible stocks of VX nerve agent and anthrax and 6,500 missing chemical bombs.

President Bush was unimpressed and again indicated the US was prepared to launch a strike on Saddam Hussein without UN support.

http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-96943050.html
brenarlo

My guess is that Obama IS planning a Blitzcrieg for Iran.
sayanything-9974

I remember Nancy Pelosi refering to the town hall protesters as Nazi’s and dispaying Swastika’s.
They sure can dish it out but they are not so good at taking it. Can you imagine if someone wrote a book about assasinating the president – It was considered art and patriotic duty by the left. I hope the right has more class than to follow that example.
sayanything-1714

Rob’s too ignorant to know it, but National health reform emerged again in 2004…….or……for the idiots……FIVE YEARS AGO.

National health reform has emerged as a major campaign issue during the 2004 presidential election thanks to rising costs, an unstable economy, and the growing ranks of the uninsured. Both President George W. Bush and Senator John Kerry have proposals to extend health insurance coverage to millions of uninsured Americans.

He could have been talking about Kerry, as much as anyone….in regard to HEALTHCARE REFORM.

http://www.commonwealthfund.org/Content/Publications/Fund-Reports/2003/Sep/Health-Care-Reform-Returns-to-the-National-Agenda–2004-Presidential-Candidates-Proposals.aspx
Hanni

And carrick says that camp is short for campaign and then tries to hassle me on it. Too funny.

If it weren’t for being stupid, they wouldn’t have anything at all.
Hanni

Hey PP,

I am sure the SS didn’t think much of innocent people dying as Hitlers army marched through the various countries he invaded either. But you know, that’s exactly like giving people healthcare……it’s equally outrageous……right?
Hanni

The cry of defeat for the fringe kooks is to distract with Whistlers argument that the NTY is in the Obama Campaign is their way of defending Rob from his blatant stupidity.

F-ing hilarious.
sayanything-4625

Obama is more like Tito.

I think Zero is El Duce. Both are incompetent bunglers.
sayanything-2

sanni? Thats exactly what Mr Gibberish “implied”. Now stop crying, you whiny c&nt, and explain to us what the secret meetings between Barri and “journalists” are all about.
http://fu.com/ robert108

Sorry about your “wife’s” personal hygiene problems, but that doesn’t justify your lies about the Iraq War. Remember the purple fingers?
sayanything-2

sanni? Far fewer American servicemen and veterans commit murder than civilians do. Now, spin&twirl and spew some more lies, whiny lying c&nt.
sayanything-1714

And people were, in fact, carrying around swastikas and pictures of Hitler while protesting Bush and Republicans back then.

This is undeniable.

It’s as good a strawman as any, I suppose. But Gibbs was not talking about war, he was talking about Healthcare.

Jeezuz you are an idiot Rob. You really have no business in politics.
I don’t like today’s GOP

Local Republican Mouthpiece Hennan: I hate America

Oh, no. I didn’t mean to infer that Scott said those words in that order. Oh, I would never lie, he did say each of those words. But in my interpretation, he inferred that he does hope America fails.

Thanks for the hyperbole, Rob. Streeeeetch those facts, my friend. Someday you’ll be bigtime and have a fox “news” show to compete with Ed.
sayanything-8606

Whatever
Hanni

Oh Gawd…..the fringe kooks are in force today. They ignore when the Health care reform became an issue……….they couldn’t find their ass with both hands.

Hitler waged war, we didnt’ wage war with him for starting healthcare.

Jesus you twits are entertaining.
Hanni

Hahaha. Oh PP, thanks for the laugh.

So it’s not about what Gibbs actually said, or what the discussion in the press conference was about, it’s about what Rob’s post claims Gibb’s said that matters?

Hahaha. What an idiot.

Gibbs did make a comment about using Hitler, as a comparison to…………say it with me………HEALTH CARE!
Hanni

Of course the witless Bush worshipper ignores the facts that the entire discussion was about healthcare, and Gibbs specifically singled out healthcare.

He was making the comparison about HEALTH CARE. Only idiots would fabricate a lie that he was talking about war…because,…you know…..war is slightly different than giving people medical insurance.

Morons.
sayanything-2

Put it right here where everyone can see it, liar.
sayanything-12

Rob, give it up. Hannitized can’t even keep four-letter words straight. Parsing actual sentences like “Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler” is pretty much hopeless for him. No way that could possible be applicable to Bush and comparisons of him to Hitler just two years ago, right?
sayanything-2

Still waiting for proof, any proof, of the sh%t you spew, e.
farm4money

who the hell is bush jr ????????????????

there was a gore jr. but there was not a bush jr.

get your s…. straight
Hanni

Kenny the political amateur takes his halfwit show on the road:

The problem with you morons is you keep thinking your old tired arguments are valid, all while you mischaracterize your intellectual superiors.

My avatar is a fringe kook who make excuses for everything bush does by pretending he is overly attacked, like you who lie and twist and distort and ofuscate to change history to make your side sound better. “Bush rushed to war, on bad intel!” FACT.

Pelosi and Reid and the Clintons and Kerry, NEVER used the intel to rush to war without letting inspectors do their job, you keep leaving that detail out, cuz your a hack. You refuse to see that, and simply cry about people attacking Bush.

I never said “Bush caused the financial meltdown!” But, he certainly did add to the problem, but the his lack of foresight and his policies exacerbated the issue, all while others were warning of this problem.

You can’t admit that, because you a partisan douche who cant see his opponents without looking through a fog of stupidity.
sayanything-2

You read as poorly as you practice hygiene, why is no one surprised. We will wait for all that proof, though.
sayanything-2

You obviously didn’t read it, so simply provide proof of what you are claiming, or shut the f&ck up.
sayanything-1714

Um, Clinton, Pelosi, Kerry etc authorized the war too douchebag.

So yes, they “rushed to war” too. You lie when you ignore that they voted in favor of it and all.

You’re done kid. Nice try tho.

Authorize force, but it doesn’t mean you use it, idiot. It’s means Saddam better start cooperating…and he did.

You are done kid. *rolls eyes*
sayanything-2

The Turks, sons and daughter of Kamil, understand that Islam must be forced into its box and kept there, otherwise it destroys everything it comes in contact with.
sayanything-12

OMG Hannitized is spinning so much they should set up a new Algore Experimental Wind Farm (cue creepy music) on his head.
sayanything-2

What was it for? Paid out for what? And r108 is correct, your vaginal odor problem could be cured with a fresh tampon.
sayanything-2

Yep, ignore the 100s of thousands of tons of chemical weapons components, the 100s of thousands of binary artillery rounds and rocket warheads, the aerial chemical agent dispenser systems for helio and fixed wing craft, the 100s of chemical component handling and loading trucks and trailers, and the thousands of trained personnel to use all these items you continue to so studiously ignore.

Thats funny, seeing as the UN says it all was there. They screeched about not getting their kickbacks and baksheesh for moving and destroying it all.
sayanything-12

Well Rob, consider the source.

This is the guy who still insists that he is right and everybody else in the universe is wrong about the meaning of the word “camp”.
jimmypop

“Robert Gibbs did not say what you said he said. At no point did he mention Bush’s name. Why did you have to BS about that?”

LIBERAL TOOL SAID THIS: (at 1:37 into the clip)
Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler.

ROB POINTED OUT THERE IS NO NEED TO IMAGINE. IT HAPPENED. LOTS.
sayanything-8606

Keep dreaming
sayanything-2

Got any proof of that, lying c&nt? Didn’t think so.
sayanything-2

Barri does not have the balls to be a Stalin. As I believe I pointed out several months ago.
sayanything-1254

“bombing innocent people.” Oh, boo-fking-hoo, Hannitized. And you think that innocent people aren’t dying in Afghanistan on President Obama’s watch?

War is war. Grow up.
Hanni

I agree Rob. You should stop making things up.
sayanything-3165

Its what he implied.

I posted the exact quote. Stop muddying the waters you idiot.

Step back for a second and remember who you are dealing with. This are the same idiots that swear that Bush said mission accomplished.
jimmypop

He simply asked us to imagine comparing 9/11 to health care and people walking around with images of Hitler.

STOP PUTTING WORDS IN HIS MOUTH. HE SAID THIS;
Imagine just a few years ago had somebody walked around with images of Hitler.

WE HAVE NO NEED TO IMAGINE…. WE HAVE PICTURES OF IT. LOTS OF THEM.
jimmypop

next thing they will tell us, again, is who hillary is named after….. these people just dont see anything thats going on in the world outside dc.
sayanything-1714

Robert Gibbs did not say what you said he said. At no point did he mention Bush’s name. Why did you have to BS about that?
sayanything-1714

And sorry Rob, intelligent people understand you can authorize force and use it to encourage Saddam to cooperate…..and Saddam did let the inspectors in.

And the inspectors were saying he didn’t have sh@t.
Hanni

When facts and supporting evidence show up, Rob disappears. Classic Rop Port.
Hanni

Reporter: Congressman Bainer said the Healthcare Bill is the greatest thread to Freedom he has ever seen.

Gibbs: Imagine if 5 years ago somebody comparing healthcare reform to 9/11.
sayanything-453

What soldiers, where?
You soiled vagina!
sayanything-6955

Gibbs is a perfect fit for “O”bummer, they are both in a different world. And they are both frigging “dangerous”!
sayanything-4253

I vow not to use images of Hitler when protesting againt Obama.

I figure he will be much more like Stalin before it is over with.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

And your guess would be wrong.

The most he’d do is fire some cruise missiles or something to distract from his domeestic policy failures.

Not that I think we should be going to war with Iran. Not opposed, just don’t think it’s warranted right now.
sayanything-1317

Witless Bush worshiper?

My goodness you truly are divorced from reality.

And you wonder why we don’t take you seriously? Well, that and all the lies.
sayanything-453

The Sunday Times has witnessed at first hand the enormous sums of cash changing hands. One sheikh in a town south of Baghdad was given $38,000 (Â£19,000) and promised a further $189,000 over three months to drive Al-Qaeda fighters from a nearby camp.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2413200.ece
sayanything-453

You either read or go to bed.
sayanything-1317

I was extremely critical of a lot that Bush did. And the avatar says “No matter what happens, it’s this man’s fault.”

My avatar is a shot at people like you who lie and twist and distort and ofuscate to change history to make your side sound better. “Bush lied us into war!” OK, but if he did, so did Pelosi and Reid and the Clintons and Kerry, etc, etc, etc. You refuse to see that, and simply blame Bush again. “Bush caused the financial meltdown!” Well, he certainly did add to the problem, but the idea that him continuing the policies of his predecessor is ALL his fault and none of Clinton’s is AGAIN partisan hackery. Blame both, blame neither, be consistant. Again, you can’t do that. “Bush did blah blah blah.” Then we point out Obama is doing the same, and AGAIN, that’s irrelevant.

Like it or not, it’s a shot at you. And you continually prove it right. Partisan halfwit.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

We won the war by convincing Iraqis to turn on the foreign terrorists.

You really should try paying attention.
sayanything-453

Put your glasses on and read where I posted it with a link.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

He said “five years ago.”

And people were, in fact, carrying around swastikas and pictures of Hitler while protesting Bush and Republicans back then.

This is undeniable. But you’re as arrogant as Obama. Whatever you say is true.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Hannitized isn’t going to win any awards for logic.
sayanything-1317

Of course the halfwit from Hawaii obfuscates the fact that Gibbs said that “Imagine if people were walking around with Hitler signs.”

Of course people WERE walking around with Hitler signs. But, ya know, what’s the truth amongst friends.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Really? You want to have this debate again going on seven years later?

Please, Hannitized, Saddam had been wiping his ass with UN resolutions and demands for inspections for decades.

Our intelligence was wrong about WMD’s. That wasn’t the only reason we invaded. And this debate is so old, and so moot given taht we’ve now won the war that I’m not really interested in having it with you again.
sayanything-453

Me joking too.
spartacus

jk E, don’t have a meltdown!
sayanything-1317

He even mentions 9/11. But hell, it is Obama’s slogan.

“Just words, just speeches.”
sayanything-453

jk E, don’t have a meltdown!

Man! And I stepped outside, raided my son’s pot stash and smoked one to calm my nerves?
Now you tell me?
sayanything-453

Got any proof of that, lying c&nt? Didn’t think so.

No proof needed. It is a well known fact, as our government said so.
You’re smart. Look it up, you rotten sardine smelling vagina.

PS: May the fleas of a thousand Iraqi camels, infest your wifes crotch.
sayanything-453

Hotel! Good buddy of mine.
Don’t fight sleep. When you wake up refreshed, you will be able to comprehend what you read.
I am willing to sing you a lullaby.
Just like momma did.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Ha. I was going to put that at the end of my post but didn’t.

“Besides, Stalin is the more apt comparison anyway.”

Figured that might be a bit too cheeky.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Bush asked for the AUMF so that he could invade Iraq. Congress gave him that power.

Whether you want to spin it or not that’s what happened and they’re accountable for their votes.
sayanything-101

Gibbs needs to have his sinuses blown out. Maybe he can think then. Just google Bush and Hitler.
sayanything-453

We will wait for all that proof, though

Send me your address and I shall forward the proof via overnight registered mail.
sayanything-453

We won the war by convincing Iraqis to turn on the foreign terrorists.

You really should try paying attention.

We won the war by buying the Sunni sheikhs, and paying off everybody else.
You really should try paying attention.
sayanything-1317

Um, Clinton, Pelosi, Kerry etc authorized the war too douchebag.

So yes, they “rushed to war” too. You lie when you ignore that they voted in favor of it and all.

You’re done kid. Nice try tho.
sayanything-453

You know exactly what was paid with that money.
You are a rotten sardine smelling vagina.
sayanything-2361

“I don’t think Gibbs would be so alarmed with images of Hilter if Obama was rushing us to war……healthcare, now that’s another story.”

Yeah, Rob. If Obama was Hitler like Bush the comparison would be ok but Obama isn’t.
sayanything-81

But Bush Jr is like Hitler.
Obama is more like Tito.
sayanything-4808

Are you arguing with the same tool that wanted to define camp as everything other than the dictionary definition?

Just checking.
spartacus

ya know 2H9 the Turks are the civilized ones, that’s why we dealt with them! ;
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

I’m sorry, you’ve provided facts? News to me?
sayanything-453

The Turks with much civility extracted a heavy price from US and the Kurds.
sayanything-453

Still waiting for proof, any proof, of the sh%t you spew, e.

Soldier! I gave the order to go to bed 12 hours ago.
Why are you still awake?
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

I’d give it up, but watching him thrash about is entertaining in a sad way.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Its what he implied.

I posted the exact quote. Stop muddying the waters you idiot.
http://sayanythingblog.com robport

Well its hard to argue with someone who is just going to make up his own version of history.

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