Larry King Live: Jesse Ventura, Actor D.L.Hughley Call Republicans ‘Nazis’
-By Warner Todd Huston
It always comes down to this one, doesn’t it? Leftists and fringe politicos calling Republicans “Nazis.” Well, the “N” word was once again unleashed against John McCain’s Republican Convention on September 2 during CNN’s Larry King Live show. Actor D.L. Hughley and Independent former Governor of Minnesota Jesse Ventura both went for that shopworn epithet as King discussed the Convention.
Along with Hughley and Ventura, King had on former Clinton Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers who claimed that Republicans were saying with their convention theme that “only Republicans put their country first” ridiculously saying that Independents shouldn’t vote for the GOP because they are insulted so much. “I don’t understand why any independent or Democrat would consider voting for the McCain/Palin ticket,” Myers partisanly intoned, “after being called all night that only Republicans put their country first.”
Only a true sell out, though, would see it that way. Certainly the convention was cheerleading for its own members and saying that Republicans do, indeed, put their country first. But no one was saying that no one else does. Still, isn’t this what conventions are for? To cheerlead and buck up the troops? And tell me, Dee Dee, why should anyone outside the Democrat Party go over to their side of the aisle after the Democrats so monotonously claim that only they care about people? Isn’t that just as insulting?
Anyway, that partisan foolishness aside, it was left to Hughley and Ventura to get really into stupid by calling Republicans “Nazis.”
KING: …Jesse, even though you didn’t see it, that the theme was “we’re the patriots”?
VENTURA: Well, you know, the Republicans have been pushing really Hermann Goering on us, the Nazi, since 2001. I mean, you know…
KING: Hermann Goering?
VENTURA: Yes. He said that it’s easy to take a country to war. You have to convince them they’re under attack. Denounce the pacifist for being unpatriotic and also for putting the country into danger. And yet, Thomas Jefferson said dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.
I like to follow the teachings of Thomas Jefferson a little bit more than Herman Goering.
HUGHLEY: To follow up on what Jesse was saying, it did remind me — I promise you, the first thing I thought when I saw those “Country First” signs, it reminded me of Nazis. It really — I mean they just seemed so, you know — that seemed to be a country that I don’t recognize.
It seemed to be — it didn’t look that way. It looks very exclusionary. It looked very specific. I didn’t see anything that looked — you know everybody looked like they were — had the same experience, had the same kind of process.
It seemed like that — I felt more like I was looking — I mean, peering into something that wasn’t necessarily invited to. So I didn’t — I can’t see anybody would watch them and think that those people would be, you know, open to anybody with a different experience.
Aside from Hughley’s complete inarticulateness it is simply amazing that no one in the media ever questions this obscene, leftist penchant to go calling everyone that they disagree with “Nazis.”
What with the Obama campaign trying to shut down a Chicago radio station, his insistence on calling everyone a racist for merely questioning him, and his claims that talk about his “spiritual mentor” the racist Reverend Wright is off limits, it seems to me that the Obama campaign is angling for a tad more fascist shutting down of political free speech than is any Republican.
Naturally, Larry King just smiles and goes with the flow of hate coming from the mouths of fringe politicos like Ventura and leftist actors like Hughley. But, imagine the uproar that would ensue if Larry King had had a conservative activist on the air calling liberals “Nazis.” Imagine the hew and cry that would be raised for that?
But when liberals call Republicans “Nazis”… ah the sweet, sweet silence from the media!
(Photo credit: Associated Press)
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Posted by Warner Todd Huston on September 4, 2008 9:39 am
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I am with on Hugely, but you have to admit that Ventura makes a reasonable arguement. Give me Jefferson every time. Every sane person knows we were all lied to about Iraq. If Bush had a good reason he should have stated. Given he didn’t indicates he did not have a reason that would stand up.
Too bad Mccain had to run with the Republicans. If he didn’t have to he wouldn’t have to pander to the ignorant right.
Actor D.L. Hughley? He’s an actor? Could’ve fooled me. I just thought he was Chris Rock-lite, and Rock in turn is just Eddie Murphy-lite.
“Denounce the pacifist for being unpatriotic and also for putting the country into danger. And yet, Thomas Jefferson said dissension is the greatest form of patriotism.”
Ventura, you’re a boob. I always see spotlight-hogging liberals cry foul about someone questioning their patriotism, even if someone just simply said, “I disagree with you.”
Additionally, I also see those same spotlight-hogging liberals not exactly receptive to opposing viewpoints. Michael Moore, the Dixie Chicks, far left protesters and others have all copped this attitude at one time or another. The WGN story is an excellent example. I also remember the story of an anti-war protest down in Washington, DC. A pro-war guy that actually served over in Iraq (I forget his name, but someone else might because this story did make the news) tried having a pro-war rally to counter them. And what did the anti-war protesters who so value freedom of speech and the right to dissenting viewpoints do in response to him? They spit on him! Something tells me that Thomas Jefferson wouldn’t approve.
I’m not saying every liberal behaves this way or that every conservative is an angel. Far from it, but to ignore the faults of your side and badger the other side as being entirely bad is shameless. Calling them “Nazis” is not only over the line, but shows a complete lack of historical knowledge. If the Republicans were Nazis, do you think they’d give you the chance to complain about them? This is what always bothers me about saying with Bush, “we’re living under a dictatorship and have no freedom of speech.” Oh please. In real dictatorships, when people protest those in power, they wind up beaten up, jailed and/or dead.
Oh, and Bush lied about the Iraq War and every sane person knows that? Then, how do you explain Democrats investigating that topic repeatedly — at the expense of doing actual work in Congress — and not finding a single piece of evidence to confirm that?
No, no one can make even a tiny, sensible, logical argument that Ventura makes a reasonable argument.
Only an idiot with no knowledge about history at all would say that ANY US politician or party is just like the Nazis. Only a very stupid, uninformed, moron would think any American Party is like the Nazis.
Larry,
Mr. McCain’s speech tonight only reinforces the republican fear-mongering tactics. Where are the plans for the future? Sounds like POW means to him “Pissed Off Warrior.” Vietnam is a war of the past. He needs to get over it. We DON’T NEED TO START MORE WARS. We need A LEADER with a VISION for America’s future, and WORK TOGETHER, not the constant divide that this administration represents.
BS. Obama’s, However, reinforced that he is a socialist looking for big government to take over our lives and that he thinks everything in this country is bad and only he, the anointed one, can fix it, that we Americans are helpless without him.
Thanks for stopping by, Larry, but you should stick with the Communist Party you are used to.
We are indeed a divided nation more so now than we have ever been.To disagree with a certain party`s political view is exceptable.But division is far more dangerous because it weakens the foundation of life,liberty and freedom that is the center core of this great country.Mr Houston, neither party is balanced on anything.Both parties have dispayed hypocricy for years.Conservatism doesnt work alone niether does liberalism.Communism doesnt work period!! We need balance in America.Carrying this idea that everybody who`s rich,probably hate poor people is wrong labeling,or everybody who is poor must want a handout is wrong labeling.Anybody who`s a democrat must be a liberal or anybody who`s a republican must be a conservative is obserb.
Mr Houston, I watched the interview on King live and found some of the comments made by ventura and hughley disturbing but with some truth.Hughley never called Republicans nazis.It is so easy to miscunscrew what someone says especially when we are already opposed to them anyway.Obama has never said he is a socialist but you oppose him because he threatens the idea in which you believe.Mr Houston, be an American:God 1st,family,then country! For the record I am an Independent voter.I`m also a husband,father,minister of the gospel and a business owner who employ some great Americans and all of them make over 30000 a year with health benefits paid for.