Friday, February 04, 2005

Ink on finger = Nazi salute

According to Janeane Garofalo, at any point. She claimed that the Congressional support of Iraqi voters (by putting ink on their index fingers) is exactly the same thing as a Nazi ‘Seig Heil!’ salute.

While I do not doubt her intimate knowledge of what Nazis might do in any given situation, I think it is patently indicative of the utter incomprehension of her pet conspiracy theories that she would equate the joyous expressions of relief by Iraqi citizens who get to provide their personal input into the destiny of their nation for the first time in decades. For most, it was the first time to vote, ever, since only the oldest would remember casting votes for anyone before Saddam took power in the 70s.

But Jane only sees it as Nazi Germany.

We need to get this story out as widely as possible. Let the country know what is being said by the Democratic Party and their version of “talk radio”.

C’mon, you gotta know that if Sean Hannity or Rush had said something like this, there would be editorials on every front page - above the fold - in the nation, and it would be leading the news breaks on every one of the alphabet channels. But if/when a Democrat says it? No big deal.