Same comment, different right-wing idiot.

Santorum, by the way, ought to explain to millions of Americans whose families lost relatives in the Holocaust how he considers the Democrats to be like Hitler. Or maybe he was just, well, full of shit.

Dear Senator:

I was appalled to read that on the floor of the Senate you compared the Democrats to "Hitler" for their position on the rules concerning confirmation of judges.

You may not agree but it is simply insulting and disrespectful to the millions of Americans whose families lost relatives to Nazi oppression and to those who lost family members fighting against Hitler for you to compare your current debate to the fight against Hitler.

Comparing one's opponent to Hitler is a tactic clearly intended to inflame the debate, not find compromise.

As Senator Reid keeps insisting, the Senate is being "blown up" and changed permanently by this debate.  Your position is clear, Senator, but your respnosibility remains -- to calm the debate and seek compromise. Your appalling remarks on the floor of the Senate do nothing of the sort. You ought to apologize.

Wierd Al Yankovich..

 You always play your conga drums, you think you got the right

You wake up little Ricky in the middle of the night

Stop shakin' your maraccas now and just turn out the light Ricky

[R:] I'm sick of Fred and Ethel always comin' over here
[R:] 'Cause Fred eats all our pretzel sticks and then he spills his beer
[R:] Why don't you serve your casserole and make them disappear Lucy

[L:] Oh Ricky, what's a girl like me supposed to do
[L:] You really drive me wild when you sing your babaloo
[R:] Oh Lucy, you're so dizzy, don't you have a clue

[R:] Well, here's to you Lucy
[R:] I love you too Lucy, too Lucy, let's babaloo Lucy

[L:] Hey Ricky

[L:] You're always playin' at the club, you never let me go

[L:] I'm beggin' and I'm pleadin' but you always tell me no

[L:] Oh, please honey please, let me be in your show Ricky, wah

[R:] You always burn the roast and you drop the dishes too

[R:] You iron my new shirt and you burn a hole right through

[R:] You're such a crazy redhead I just don't know what to do Lucy

[L:] Oh Ricky

[L:] What a pity, don't you understand

[L:] That every day's a rerun and the laughter's always canned

[R:] Oh Lucy

[R:] I'm the leader of the GOP

[R:] So here's to you Lucy
[R:] Let's babaloo Lucy, too Lucy
[R:] Everybody rumba!

[R:] Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

(with sincere apologies to Wierd Al)

I expect the rest of the MSM to ignore it entirely. Have any Democrats complained? Part of the problem is that the Democrats need to get a whole hell of a lot louder about complaining when shit like this is said.

The GOPers are just like little kids. If you let them get away with it, they just keep doing it and just keep on pushing the rules a little further. Harry Reid needs to stop being so damned polite and tell Santorum to go fuck himself.

If his religion prohibits profanity, he can always get in Santorum's face and ask him, "Do you remember what Cheney told Sen. Leahy? What he said." The Dems need a goddamn attack dog with a full pair of balls and a full pair of lungs.

LOL! I love the Godwin's law mention.

You can see the video of Santorum here.

Quirk's exception: Intentional invocation of this so-called "Nazi Clause" is ineffectual.

1.  Is his remarks being broadcast in Pennsylvania?

2.  How will this play in PA?  

However that understanding came about because the Senate was generally consulted (and it provided its advice) about such appointments, and agreements or compromises were reached if there was an appointment completely or largely unacceptable to a large minority, although sometimes these were put through anyway - however the option to try to block these through the fillibuster was available even if it was not used.

On the other hand having legislators - who write the laws of this country - who refuse to follow the rules of their own legislative body when it doesn't suit their political ends is beyond the pale.  This is not simply a parlimentary device or trick to try to get to their ends, which might engender some anger at its use, however being within the rules should be accepted - its a bald faced breaking of the rules of the chamber that exist as a framework on which to legislate.  If they want to change those rules the rules themselves include the methods to change them in accordance with those rules.  There is no way around the fact that once this is done a simple majority will take sole rule making authority in the senate - in contradiction to the rules as they exist currently, and those rules exist and have existed for centuries for very good reasons.

If the people making the laws of this country can't follow the rules of their body - where does this leave the citizen when looking to the laws, appointees, or treaties such people pass or accept.

Democrats = Socialist = National Socialist = Nazi

I actually have a bigger issue with (usually) conservatives making Stalin/true socialist/communist comparisons because they're protected from Godwin's Law.

Yoo bad he will be around for another year and a half.