June
25th 2009
Posted under GOP
The Republican Women of Anne Arundel County have removed letter from their president which compared President Obama to Adolf Hitler from their website. The following “urgent message” now appears on their website from the group’s Board of Directors.
The article put on our web site by Joyce Thomann was done solely by her. Our Board of Directors never saw the article and would never have approved it. We are not in support of Mrs. Thomann’s personal thoughts ot [sic] opinions.
Ms. Thomann’s husband, however, is still defending the letter.
UPDATE: Ms. Thomann apologizes.
2 Responses to “GOP Group Removes Comparison of Obama to Hilter From Website”
More fallout regarding GOP women and Obama-Hitler comparisons | Inside Charm City: Baltimore, Maryland blog on 30 Jun 2009 at 7:11 am #
[...] Legum noted the letter’s removal here and linked to a Sun article. Legum also posted on Scott Bowling’s condemnation of the letter. [...]
Boscoe51 on 30 Jun 2009 at 9:48 am #
In “The Huffington Post,” RWT1138 said:
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Actually “blitzkrieg” has nothing to do with carpet bombing, it refers to a rapidly advancing mechanized assault at a specific point in the enemy line that becomes a flank attack once the line has been successfully breached. It was a tactic born of necessity, insofar as the Germans were chronically undersupplied and lacked the logistical support to sustain a battle of attrition. Charging the enemy line hellbent for bongoburgers was about the only viable option they had in the early years.
I responded by ssying:
RWT 1138 is correct. This past weekend, I was at the U.S. Military Academy and I visited the West Point Museum where, much to my surprise, I found a description of “Blitzkrieg” in their World War II display. The term means “lightning war” and was predicated on speed. The strategy was to avoid portions of the enemies’ lines that had built-up defenses; rather, the intention was to strike at weak points on the flanks, as RWT1138 accurately described, with lightning speed and aim for the destruction of headquarters and command and control centers.
I feel the same term also has applicability in the realm of political warfare as well. A massing of operatives and party members to attack the opposition with a mass of force and lightning speed at unprotected flanks of the opposition, aiming for a headquarters or a command and control center is, indeed, a “Blitzkrieg.”
In another comment that I attempted to post twice and was rejected twice by the editors of “The Huffington Post,” I also said:
With over 500,000 e-mail messages to the RWAAC web site, several phone calls and death threats to some of their members of RWAAC, articles in at least three Maryland newspapers, over 600 comments to two articles in “The Huffington Post” and a citing by Keith “What’s-his-name” on MSNBC that Joyce is “The Worst Person in the World,” the Left has proven it can mount an effective “Blitzkrieg” of its own by using social networking media to organize itself. If only the Right was equally as effective with these tools. And that was Joyce’s point — a call to arms for the Right to be as effective as you have been through this particular demonstration of skill and ability.
I have personally encouraged Joyce to establish a blog that is independent of RWAAC or any other organization. She — in and of herself — is a formidable and forceful voice and I, for one, look forward to the day when she will take on “The Huffington Post,” “The Daily Kos” and Keith & Rachael with glee while typing with one hand tied behind her back. She has the ability to make Samuel Adams of the Revolutionary War sound like a shy choirboy.
If you were offended by her remarks — sorry. You only hit the tip of the iceberg. Let me encourage you to dig a little deeper.