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Wow — nice catch by The Forward's Ami Eden, who actually seems to have read Tom DeLay's new book, No Retreat, No Surrender (which may actually be more than he's done). This is what he finds: Apparently, at one point DeLay actually compares the Democrats to Hitler. Yes, he does. The excerpt:
"I believe it was Adolf Hitler who first acknowledged that the big lie is more effective than the little lie, because the big lie is so audacious, such an astonishing immorality, that people have a hard time believing anyone would say it if it wasn't true. You know, the big lie — like the Holocaust never happened or dark-skinned people are less intelligent than light-skinned people. Well, by charging this big lie" — that DeLay violated campaign-finance laws in Texas — "liberals have finally joined the ranks of scoundrels like Hitler."
Never mind the invocation of Godwin's Law, never mind the fact that, where big lies are concerned, the Republicans seem to have that covered — DeLay can't even be bothered to fact-check his own book! "I believe it was Adolf Hitler, but I can't be sure, because I haven't bothered typing the phrase "Hitler" and "big lie" into Google. Buy my book!" Seriously. What a bozo.
DeLay: Dems Are Now Like Hitler [The Forward]
