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Comparing Republicans to Nazis -- Who Started it?

Shamrock8 Wrote: Sep 13, 2012 11:42 AM

The ANSWER to anyone calling Republicans Nazis.... never the the facts intefere... Send this to your Liberal Friends who just can't figure out why YOU aren't drinking the Kool-Aid... http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x-oS4WLui3Q

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Comparing Republicans to Nazis -- Who Started it?

Maybe comparing Republicans to Nazis started with the 1964 Goldwater/Johnson presidential race.

Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater accepted an invitation to visit an American military installation located in Bavaria, Germany. On "CBS Evening News" hosted by Walter Cronkite, correspondent Daniel Schorr said: "It is now clear that Sen. Goldwater's interview with Der Spiegel, with its hard line appealing to right-wing elements in Germany, was only the start of a move to link up with his opposite numbers in Germany." The reaction shot -- when the cameras returned to Cronkite -- showed the "most trusted man in America" gravely shaking...