Muslim congressman compares Bush to Hitler

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | July 13, 2007

[SJackson]

Muslim congressman compares Bush to Hitler
Ellison says actions on Iraq war, Patriot Act, Libby commutation 'like Reichstag fire'

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Posted: July 13, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn.

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., told a group of atheists earlier this week the actions of the Bush administration in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, al-Qaida attacks remind him of the Nazis' use of the burning of Berlin’s Reichstag parliament building in 1933 to expand their power.

Ellison, at a noontime speech before Atheists for Human Rights, told the Minneapolis-based group, "You'll always find this Muslim standing up for your right to be atheists."

The congressman talked to the group of over 100 meeting in the Southdale Library in Edina about a number of topics – impeaching Vice President Cheney, Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence, the war in Iraq and the 2001 attacks by al-Qaida.

Speaking of the destruction of the World Trade Center and the damage to the Pentagon, Ellison said, "It's almost like the Reichstag fire, kind of reminds me of that. After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the communists for it and it put the leader of that country [Hitler] in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted."

On Feb. 27, 1933 – one week before elections in Germany – the Reichstag building in Berlin was burned. Historians have disputed who set the blaze for nearly 75 years, although the Nazis have often been suggested as culprits who destroyed the nation's parliament building in an effort to discredit the communists and justify seizure of emergency powers.

The day following the fire, Chancellor Adolph Hitler pushed for an end to many personal, political and property rights and used powers granted to him to crush political opposition and come to power.

"The fact is that I'm not saying it was a [U.S.] plan, or anything like that because, you know, that's how they put you in the nut-ball box – dismiss you," Ellison explained to the group.

Ellison, however, is no stranger to controversial positions.

As WND has reported, Ellison, a Muslim who used a Quran for his swearing-in ceremony, has come under criticism for associating with a Muslim group accused of fomenting violence against Jews and Christians.

He also allowed his election supporters to shout, "Allahu Akbar!," the same phrase allegedly used by the 9/11 suicide pilots, and he has confirmed to reporters that "in terms of political agenda items, my faith informs these things."

It was in 2000 that Ellison joined Bernadine Dohrn, one of the founders of the 1960s radical group the Weather Underground, and several other speakers at a fundraiser for then-recently arrested Kathleen Soliah, a.k.a. Sara Jane Olson of the Symbionese Liberation Army. Soliah and other members of the 1970s domestic-terrorist group were later convicted for placing bombs under police cars and murdering a woman during a bank robbery.

On Tuesday, Ellison attempted to further clarify his Reichstag statement by telling the Minneapolis Star-Tribune he was making the point that "in the aftermath of a tragedy, space is opened up for governments to take action that they could not have achieved before that."

When asked for examples of such Nazi-like action in the wake of 9/11, Ellison cited the Iraq war, certain provisions of the Patriot Act and Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence.

[Dick Vomer]

I guess we could start by sticking 7-8 million of the Muzzies in an oven .......for starters.

[buck61]

Why does this not surprise me????

[Fresh Wind]

This is what federally mandated minority voting districts give you.

And hordes of dimwits who think it's fine to vote for someone because of his race rather than his qualifications.

[jimfree]

He’s a serious nut case.

[Broker]

Trade him to IRANian congress and let him defamate their president. He might earn the same fate as the former chinese FDA chief.

American society is under asymetrical siege. Criminals and Islamic nut jobs are destroying our way of life by a thousand cuts.

Recommended read: “Brave New War” & learn all about 4GW (4th Generation Warfare).

This congressman is in fact committing treason.

[squarebarb]

That is just terrible about your relatives and your great-grandfather.

Ellison must be utterly uneducated to say something like that.

The only education he has is leftist talkiing points. He is rewarded, petted and applauded for repeating them.

[reagan_fanatic]

"You'll always find this Muslim standing up for your right to be atheists."

What a groveling little puke. I have a feeling we'll be hearing a lot more from this mohammedite in the future.

[MplsSteve]

Absolutely true. Ellison will have this seat as long as he wants it.

The time for getting rid of Ellison was in last September’s DFL primary.

I knew that no GOP or Independence Party candidate was gonna defeat Ellison in the general election - so I crossed over and voted in the DFL primary.

Voted for Mike Erlandson, the former state party chair of the DFL. An out and out liberal but as Jason Lewis described him “...a liberal you can do business with.”

I tried to persuade other Republicans I knew to cross over and vote in the DFL primary. A few did but most were content voting in the GOP primary - or not voting at all.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

At some point, Ellison will come into contact with secret or very sensitive information. We can watch and see where it turns up.

[popdonnelly]

Muslims know all about Hitler. They’re his biggest fans.

[popdonnelly]

“He’s young. He’s talented. He’s a muslim idiot.”

He’s clean and articulate, too!

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Well, as the church lady character used to say on SNL, “Well, isn’t that special.”

[montag813]

"You'll always find this Muslim standing up for your right to be atheists."

Yep, that's just what the Muzzies want, more lapsed Christians and Atheists, to smooth the victory of Sharia in America.

[Dave Olson]

Ellison attempted to further clarify his Reichstag statement by telling the Minneapolis Star-Tribune he was making the point that "in the aftermath of a tragedy, space is opened up for governments to take action that they could not have achieved before that."

B.S. There have been many tragedies throughout the world in the 70+ years since the Reichstag fire. Reminding people of any one of them would have sufficed without invoking the image of Nazis.

[DuncanWaring]

I wish these guys would at least come up with some new insults ... Bush = Hitler is getting so old.

Ptoooie.

[RedEyeJack]

As I understand Islam an atheist is a true “infidel” just like a pagan. Muslims are required to convert infidels with force and if they refuse of falsely convert they are to kill them. Muslim are also authorized to lie to infidels if it is appropriate... this audience appears to be approving of someone who will really treat them like Hitler down the road.

[troy McClure]

We need to flood his office with packages of ham lunch meat.
Here is the address.

Keith Ellison
2100 Plymouth Ave North Minneapolis

Those small package sell for about $.50 Just open it up and place the slices in the envelope. For about a buck you can send him into a tizzy.

[LiteKeeper]

INTREP

[SJackson]

These flippant comparisons of contemporary politicians, in particular, and of America, in general, to fascism/Nazism, cheapen the debate, and minimize the horror of an ideology that caused the death of an estimated 50 million people...

Yes, that's point that should be made loudly every time the comparison is made. If Bush's actions post 9/11 equate with Hitler's post 1933, then Hitler wasn't such a bad guy after all.

[ZULU]

If this idiot wants modern analogies with Hitler, he should visit Sudan, Pakistan, and Iran - all Muslim paradises.

How can a state like Minnesota composed mainly of non-Mulsims elect one of these wack-jobs to Congress?