I know, I know. The title is a little like saying the sky is blue or the Pope is Catholic but this is really beyond the pale. Here’s former Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex) being interviewed on a Boston radio show:
DELAY: I am so outraged by this whole criminalization of politics. It’s not good enough to defeat somebody politically. It’s not even good enough to vilify somebody publicly. They have to carpet bomb you with lies and made up scandals and false charges and indicting you on laws that don’t exist. … It’s the same thing as I say in my book, that the Nazis used. When you use the big lie in order to gain and maintain power, it is immoral and it is outrageous…
It’s the same process. It’s the same criminalization of politics. it’s the same oppression of people. It’s the same destroy people in order to gain power. It may be six million Jews. it may be indicting somebody on laws that don’t exist. But, it’s the same philosophy and it’s the same world view.
Yes thats right, Mr. DeLay is comparing his indictment for violating campaign finance laws….to the Nazi’s efforts to wipe out Jews. Stay classy Mr. DeLay. Its amazing isn’t how this guy became the leading Republican in the House. Some party.