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Goodbye civility as Rep. Steve Cohen says Republicans lie like the Nazis
The Commercial Appeal ^ | 1/19/11 | Bartholomew Sullivan

Posted on 01/20/2011 6:18:39 AM PST by GailA

They don’t like the truth, so they summarily dismiss it,” he says. “They say it’s a government takeover of health care — a big lie. Just like Goebbels. You say it enough, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie, you repeat the lie, and eventually people believe it. Like ‘blood libel,’’’ he said, pounding his fist on the dais.

“That’s the same kind of thing. The Germans said enough about the Jews and the people believed it and you had the Holocaust. You tell a lie over and over again. And we’ve heard it on this floor — ‘government takeover of health care.’ ”

“... There is no government takeover,” he said.

Cohen’s reference to “blood libel” follows former Alaska governor Sarah Palin’s use of the term to describe attacks on her from left-leaning pundits after the Tucson massacre earlier this month.

(Excerpt) Read more at commercialappeal.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cohen; godwinslaw; nazi; obamcare; socialist; stevecohen; yesterday
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To: MrB

Perhaps the Leftists think the Nazis were bad because they outlawed the killing of Aryan babies. If they allowed for more baby killing then the Nazis would be wonderful defenders of freedom.

This is all assuming that the leftists have a coherent “moral code” beyond their base feral drive. It is still more likely that these THINGS will say, do, and even believe whatever they need to feed off their enemies, support their own selfish agenda, and consume the host in the process.


41 posted on 01/20/2011 7:46:40 AM PST by Soothesayer (smallpox is not a person)
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To: andy58-in-nh; ExTexasRedhead; socialismisinsidious; GailA; Yaelle; Arizona Carolyn; nikos1121; ...
The purpose is to drive private insurers out of business.

That and downgrading the quality and availability of medical care for the majority of Americans, and destroying the medical profession and other health care professions in the process.

This is not the first time that Cohen has gone on an outrageous rant on the House floor. But this comes on the heels of the 'Rats' innuendos about the "tone of the political debate" contributing to the recent Tucson shootings.

Cohen is just as off-the-wall as several other 'Rat colleagues in the House when it comes to grossly inappropriate rhetoric. Unfortunately, unlike the since departed Allan Grayson (for example), he was re-elected in November.

42 posted on 01/20/2011 8:00:16 AM PST by justiceseeker93
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To: grumpygresh

No no no! We need to make sure EVERYBODY hears his rants - just like with Alan Grayson.


43 posted on 01/20/2011 8:16:12 AM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: GailA

Cohen is a dead soul democrat. lying is second nature to these vermin.


44 posted on 01/20/2011 8:29:17 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: MHGinTN

Yet another self-hating Jew.


45 posted on 01/20/2011 8:40:25 AM PST by AbolishCSEU (Percentage of Income in CS is inversely proportionate to Mother's parenting of children)
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To: GailA

46 posted on 01/20/2011 8:43:13 AM PST by bt579 (Liberals need women dependent and scared so that women, like blacks, will vote Democrat.)
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To: AbolishCSEU

Oh no, not even. The arrogance of his blindness is evidence of a demigod complex.


47 posted on 01/20/2011 8:44:15 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

“...The right needs to come back HARD on this...”

The time to come back hard on this was 25 seconds after this stupid little commie pr*ck made the statements on the House floor. Every Republican in the place should have stood up and shouted the weasel down.

Interesting isn’t it...an International Socialist calling his opposition National Socialists.

“...Either Obama has lost control of his party members in congress...”

Flunkies and hacks would be a better description...

“...or bambi’s speech was given with a tacit nod and a wink knowing that he wasn’t really serious...”

You are most likely spot-on there, Joe.

And if so, that’s fine.

Like an earlier article of a few days ago stated...I don’t want Civil Discourse either.

See: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2657837/posts


48 posted on 01/20/2011 8:52:31 AM PST by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: bt579

Rush made one of his RARE mistakes

cohen is a CAREER POLITICIAN 20 years as a TN State Senator, and is now a 3rd term US Rep.


50 posted on 01/20/2011 10:40:15 AM PST by GailA (2012 rally cry DEMOCRATS and RINOS are BAD for the USA!)
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To: Stosh

cohen never met a tax hike he didn’t vote YES on.


51 posted on 01/20/2011 10:41:20 AM PST by GailA (2012 rally cry DEMOCRATS and RINOS are BAD for the USA!)
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To: GailA

I admit my error it’s 24 years, but I was right he’s never held a real job.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Cohen

Stephen Ira “Stevo” Cohen (born May 24, 1949) is the U.S. Representative for Tennessee’s 9th congressional district, serving since 2007. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He previously served as a Tennessee State Senator for 24 years.

Tennessee’s 9th district includes almost three-fourths of Memphis. Cohen is Tennessee’s first Jewish congressman. Cohen is the only non-black representing a black majority district in Congress.[1]

While serving for three years as Legal Advisor for the Memphis Police Department, Cohen rose to political prominence when he was elected to the Tennessee Constitutional Convention of 1977 at the age of 27. The Convention elected him its vice president.[6] Cohen was then elected to serve as a commissioner on the Shelby County Commission, an office he held from 1978 to 1980.[2] During his time at the Commission, Cohen was instrumental in the creation of The Med, a community-funded regional hospital.[6] In 1980, Cohen served as an interim Shelby County General Sessions Court judge.[2] He has also served as a delegate to the 1980, 1992, and 2004 Democratic National Conventions.[2]


52 posted on 01/20/2011 10:52:10 AM PST by GailA (2012 rally cry DEMOCRATS and RINOS are BAD for the USA!)
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To: Joe Brower
Steve Cohen has to draw a lot of attention to him or else his constituents will forget about him. I think everybody remembers that hes was determined to join the Congressional Black Caucus in order to better represent his district.

There is a popular belief in the Ninth District that Cohen's seat belongs to the Ford family.(Not the people but the Ford's)

53 posted on 01/20/2011 12:01:07 PM PST by oyez (The difference in genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.)
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To: rockinqsranch
As VI Lenin instructed all his good little Bolsheviks, "accuse others of what you do."

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

54 posted on 01/20/2011 1:16:32 PM PST by wku man (Still holding my breath, but exhaling a bit after Nov. 2...)
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To: GailA

There are reports that Loughner hated Bush. I’m sure he didn’t get that idea from the right, but we will never hear the MSM ponder such blasphemy.


55 posted on 01/20/2011 1:19:46 PM PST by jda
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To: GailA

Don’t his accusations actually fit the left better??? Their repeated lies have resulted in many citizens believing that ObamaCare can and will save us all.


56 posted on 01/20/2011 1:22:45 PM PST by jda
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To: jda

Of course. The left always twist the truth to fit their needs.


57 posted on 01/20/2011 2:41:23 PM PST by GailA (2012 rally cry DEMOCRATS and RINOS are BAD for the USA!)
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To: GailA

Cohen the Kapo.


58 posted on 01/20/2011 4:24:06 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: ExTexasRedhead

Yes indeed

For someone with the last name of Cohen to spew this ridiculous slander is reprehensible. Kapo. He is a disgrace to the Cohen name.


59 posted on 01/20/2011 6:42:57 PM PST by Gapplega
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To: justiceseeker93; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; ...

Thanks justiceseeker93.


60 posted on 01/20/2011 8:32:44 PM PST by SunkenCiv (The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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