"More than any other public figure in recent history, this President understands his enemies, and knows how to manipulate them in exceedingly subtle ways."
I had a similar thought. Why does he do it? Because he knows that the more the libs bash him and skew the facts to make him look bad, the more the people get sick of it. I think the last election is part of the proof of that.
I have no doubt that there were comparisons to a Hitler rally -- in the sense that they would be concerned with the visual similarity. In other words, it made them uncomfortable that it looked a little like Hitler and uncomfortable that some @sshole like Woodward would use the similarity to draw a negative comparison. Now, Woodward proves such concern to be legit.
The comparison of the wellstone rally to Nazism is the only valid one. The reason people would get so hysterical at hitler's rallies is that he was a charismatic speaker who would work them up into a frenzy like an old-time revival. To compare W to that is ridiculous -- his speeches are almost unemotional compared to that. Dubya's speeches are full of quiet determination. What I usually come away with from his best speeches are "This is not a threat, it's a promise".
How can anyone equate a Yankee game with a Hitler rally? Woodward has some serious mental problems.