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Censure The NRCC?

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Other Politics
Posted on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 07:30:17 AM EST
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The National Republican Congressional Committee highlighted a parody video of Hitler praising Speaker Pelosi:

On Tuesday morning [. . .] someone at the NRCC posted a bizarre Tweet linking to an altered three-minute section of the 2004 Hitler biopic "Der Untergang" from the conservative site Moonbattery -- with a voice-over of the The Fuhrer ranting about how only Nancy Pelosi shares his vision of health care reform. The Tweet: "Funny Video: Moonbattery: Hitler Reacts to ObamaCare Maneuvers" Hitler, played by Swiss actor Bruno Ganz, is trapped in his bunker with his generals, and rants [in the phony subtitles] about President Obama's revisions to his socialized medicine plan -- and how only he and Nancy Pelosi are still fighting the good fight.

Remember the brouhaha over the video submitted to Move On? And we know the Republicans decided it was Congress' job to censure speech in the past. Logic dictates they should feel the same way here.

Censure the NRCC?

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    No censure.... (5.00 / 1) (#9)
    by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 08:57:43 AM EST
    the speech censures itself to all but those beyond help...speaking for me, we don't pay legislators to be the bad taste police.

    Just ban twitter. Can't figure out why (none / 0) (#10)
    by oculus on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 10:33:54 AM EST
    anyone reads it.  But my stepmother does.  

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    Nah... (none / 0) (#11)
    by kdog on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 10:56:45 AM EST
    then only outlaws will use twitter...can't do that to stepmom, its no fun to be criminalized for no good reason.

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    They should be censured (none / 0) (#1)
    by Steve M on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 07:39:07 AM EST
    for abuse of a really, really overdone Internet meme.  The joke of adding new subtitles to that particular Hitler scene was arguably funny the first 400 times or so, but it has long since been played out.

    Setting aside the offensiveness, it's just sad that someone found this funny in the first place.  It has all the wit and originality of "all your base are belong to us."

    This is more of a political question I think (none / 0) (#2)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 07:42:03 AM EST
    If I ran the DNC or the DCCC, I would want someone introducing a resolution of censure so that the Media would talk about this.

    In principle, I am against the Congress commenting officially, as a body, on speech.

       

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    I do not think (5.00 / 1) (#8)
    by Steve M on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 08:33:26 AM EST
    the liberal base gets its rocks off from faux outrage the way the other guys do.  Democrats are seldom interested in playing this game and while I'd like to think it's because they're all serious statesmen, I think it has more to do with the lack of a payoff.

    This is why there is an asymmetry between the Democrats, who invariably vote to condemn their own team, and the Republicans, who invariably rally behind the outrage du jour.  How many voted to censure Joe Wilson?  How many voted to condemn Rush Limbaugh's "phony soldiers" remark?  The political dynamic is simply different.

    And I agree with you that none of this is really consistent with the spirit of the First Amendment.

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    The main offense... (none / 0) (#7)
    by Salo on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 08:29:09 AM EST
    ...is that it's not a good rendition of the formula.

    It's perfect for the Little Hitler's who run sports teams, or try to buy them, or for off the wall frustrations.

    IN the UK there's a phrase the "Little Hitler".  It stops short of the war crimes but my god what if that parking enforcer ran things?  Or that benefits processor? etc etc.  My guess is that many of the charmers you find muttering about stuff would be disasters as leaders too.

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    Btd google this (none / 0) (#3)
    by Salo on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 07:47:53 AM EST
    Alex ferguson rant Hitler.  

    This downfall video has 20 variants.   It's a utube cult.

    I remember Ferguson's rant (none / 0) (#5)
    by Big Tent Democrat on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 07:55:55 AM EST
    I am also familiar with the internet Hitler tradition. Not funny imo.

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    It's when he has a melt down over Ronaldo (none / 0) (#6)
    by Salo on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 08:20:05 AM EST
    signing for Real Madrid.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ5yaB_ebC0

    Should the RNC be using this sort of thing, of course not, but I think it's funny when it's about petty stuff like sports and celebrities.

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    Hitler (none / 0) (#4)
    by jbindc on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 07:52:07 AM EST
    is so 2008.  Too bad both parties have overused him, because people are now de-sensitized to his horrific crimes.

    Good one! (none / 0) (#12)
    by Lora on Wed Oct 14, 2009 at 08:13:05 PM EST
    Censuring them is like zapping the crab monsters with a jillion volts:  electricity only makes them stronger.

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