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August 05, 2006

Bush = Hitler

David Kopel notes that a number of celebrities have endorsed an ad saying that the actions of Pres. Bush remind them of Adolf Hitler.

I thing it's worthwhile to note who they are.

James Abourezk, Aris Anagnos, Anti-Flag, Edward Asner [Lou Grant], Russell Banks, Ed Begley Jr. [St. Elsewhere], Harry Belafonte [Come Mr. Tallyman, Tally Me Bananas], St. Clair Bourne, Gabriel Byrne, Margaret Cho ["comedian"], Ward Churchill [9/11 victims are "little Eichmanns"], Kate Clinton, US Rep. John Conyers Jr., John Densmore, Jesse Díaz Jr., Ariel Dorfman, Tom Duane, Michael Eric Dyson, Steve Earle, Niles Eldredge, Daniel Ellsberg, Eve Ensler ["Vagina Monologues"], Lawrence Ferlinghetti, [Hanoi] Jane Fonda, Michael Franti, reg e. gaines, Martin Garbus, Wavy Gravy, André Gregory, Paul Haggis, Sam Hamill, Suheir Hammad, Kathleen Hanna, Stephen Hays, Merle Hoffman, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Mumia Abu-Jamal [cop-killer on death row], Bill T. Jones, Rickie Lee Jones, Sarah Jones, Brig. Gen. (ret) Janis Karpinski, Casey Kasem, Ron Kovic, Jonathan Kozol, Jessica Lange, Lewis Lapham, Mark Leno, Rabbi Michael Lerner [Editor of Tikkun, and it's a shonda for a rabbi to compare the president of the United States to Adolf Hitler. Shameful!], George Lois, US Rep. Cynthia McKinney, Mark Crispin Miller, Tom Morello, US Rep. Major Owens, Ozomatli, Grace Paley, Harvey Pekar, Sean Penn, Jeremy Pikser, Harold Pinter, Frances Fox Piven, Sister Helen Prejean, Michael Ratner, Boots Riley, Mark Ruffalo, US Rep. Bobby Rush, Susan Sarandon, James Schamus, Richard Serra, Rev. Al Sharpton, Cindy Sheehan, Martin Sheen, Gary Soto, Nancy Spero, Gloria Steinem, Lynne Stewart, Serj Tankian, Jonathan Tasini, Sunsara Taylor, Studs Terkel, Gore Vidal, Kurt Vonnegut, Alice Walker, Naomi Wallace, Lt. Ehren Watada, US Rep. Maxine Waters, Cornel West, Saul Williams, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Ann Wright, Howard Zinn.

Disgusting, appalling and shameful. They disgrace themselves by endorsing this slander, and they demean the victims of Hitler's Holocaust by their shameless, partisan attack.

Posted by Mike Lief at August 5, 2006 10:55 PM | TrackBack

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