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Thursday, March 04, 2004

Hitler/ bin Laden ‘04

I didn’t say it-- U. S. Representative Tom Cole (R- Oklahoma) did:

Republican Congressman Tom Cole claims a vote against the re-election of President Bush is like supporting Adolph Hitler during World War Two. It’s what he said recently before a meeting of Canadian County Republicans.

U.S. Representative Tom Cole might have stirred up Democrats by saying a vote against the re-election of President Bush is like supporting Adolph Hitler during World War Two. Or supporting Osama bin Laden now. “If George Bush loses the election, Osama bin Laden wins the election,” Cole is quoted in this week’s edition of the Yukon Review which covered the recent meeting of the Canadinan County Republicans where Cole was a speaker. The newspaper says Cole claims if Bush loses his re-election bid, the enemies of the U.S. will interpret it as a victory for bin Laden. No comment so far from Oklahoma Democratic party leaders to see if they think Cole is comparing John Kerry to Adolph Hitler or Osama bin Laden. In the Yukon Review article, Cole is quoted as asking what Hitler might have thought had Franklin Roosevelt not been re-elected in 1944.

If Bush loses the election, bin Laden wins the election?  What dimension did this guy come from?  First of all, a vote for Kerry is not a vote for bin Laden-- it’s merely a vote for someone who has long been a close associate of bin Laden.  Yes, there’s a possibility that Kerry might appoint bin Laden as his Secretary of State or Defense, but no, when you vote for Kerry you’re not electing bin Laden directly to the Presidency.  So let’s get that straight.  Second, it makes no sense at all to ask Oklahoma Democratic party leaders if they think Representative Cole is comparing John Kerry to Hitler or bin Laden-- quite clearly, the good Congressman said no such thing.  He merely said that voting for Kerry is like supporting Hitler or bin Laden.  And third, just because voting for Kerry is like supporting bin Laden, that shouldn’t be taken to mean that bin Laden supporters are voting for Kerry.  Al-Qaeda’s official position on the 2004 race is already a matter of record, although apparently some bin Laden supporters are holding out for Roy Moore, on the grounds that they would prefer to “vote their consciences” rather than support the “stale duopoly” of American politics.

Posted by Michael on 03/04 at 07:44 AM
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