Posted on 01/19/2011 4:36:00 PM PST by markomalley
Tennessee Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen stood by comments he made on the House floor late Tuesday night in which he used a Nazi comparison to discuss Republicans who call the health care law a “government takeover,” but insisted he was making a point about lying, not trying to insinuate that Republicans were Nazis.
“It wasn’t about Nazis, it was about lies,” Cohen told The Daily Caller Wednesday. “The biggest liar, the biggest political liar was Goebbels. Politifact called this the biggest lie of the year. If you don’t stand up and say lies are lies, they stand for the truth. Somebody has to come out and say they’re lies. Politifact did and I cited Politifact. I have no problem with that.”
In the wake of the recent shooting in Tucson, Arizona that severely injured Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killed and wounded several others, Republicans and Democrats alike have called for members of Congress to take a more “civil” tone when discussing policy issues. For most members, that included at least a temporary hiatus on House floor hyperbolic comparisons. But Cohen insisted that his comments were perfectly in line with the “new tone” his colleagues were looking for.
“I think lying is uncivil,” he said, when asked whether he thought his comments were in tune with recent calls for civility. “It’s a big lie. And I think lies should not be tolerated. The ninth commandment, thou shalt not bear false witness, stands in Congress too.”
When asked if it was appropriate to compare political opponents to Nazis, who orchestrated the murder of more than 10 million people, he dismissed the premise, saying, “I don’t think anybody should have drawn that comparison.”
You decide. From Cohen’s comments Tuesday:
“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, and eventually, people believe it. Like blood libel. That’s the same kind of thing, blood libel. That’s the same kind of thing,” Cohen said. “The Germans said enough about the Jews and people believed it – -believed it and you have the Holocaust. We heard on this floor, government takeover of health care. Politifact said the biggest lie of 2010 was a government takeover of health care because there is no government takeover.”
I am not sure who or what "Politifact" is, but couldn't Cohen just used the less vitriolic "Liar! Liar! Pants on fire!" rhetoric?
Coincidentally, Politifact is the news organization that started the whole Obama birth certificate scandal.
From April 18, 2008: No Muhammed or Mohammed in Obama's name>
We have now searched every public record we can access and find nothing to support the notion that Obama has a second middle name of "Muhammed" or "Mohammed."We have a copy of Obama's marriage certificate from the Cook County Bureau of Vital Statistics in Illinois.
We looked at Obama's driver's license record in the state of Illinois...
We searched property records for Obama...
We also found Obama's registration and disciplinary record with the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of the Supreme Court of Illinois.
We tried to obtain a copy of Obama's birth certificate, but his campaign would not release it and the state of Hawaii does not make such records public.
-PJ
Is Hussein Obama going to condemn this RAT for his incivility? NOT!!!
Is Hussein Obama going to condemn this RAT for his incivility? NOT!!!
Typical alinsky projection... a communist tactic... from a faggot commie.
LLS
Done!
LLS
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. I doubt he’s ever held a REAL JOB.
He corrected it within 35 seconds... pretty good record.
LLS
Yep, and 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]
You nailed it!!! The guy is a societal leech!
LLS
I live in Memphis, I knew what he is, who his god 0 is, and worked my butt off to get him fired and Ms. Bergmann hired.
Thank you for doing what you do.
LLS
I don’t have funds to give so I do what I can...listening to local talk radio, and it is the topic du jour.
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