The fact is that in 2003 MoveOn.org did publish a user-contributed 30-second ad on their Web site equating President Bush to Adolf Hitler. I believe it was part of a contest, but it was on their Web site until the press and right-wingers noticed it – then MoveOn.org pulled the video down. On Meet The Press last week (Aug. 16, 2009), Dick Armey claimed that MoveOn ran this ad and Rachel Maddow said they didn’t. MoveOn didn’t “run” this ad as part of an ad campaign, but it was on their Web site, so they published it.

Just to play along with Republicans who think it’s appropriate to link President Obama with Adolf Hitler, here’s a video Sean Hannity made along with a video Leni Riefenstahl made for Adolf Hitler. Who’s more like Hitler – Hannity or Obama?

Sean Hannity’s video to scare people about health care reform (circa 2009).

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Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi film Triumph Des Willens – Introduction (circa 1935)

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If only there were more politicians like Barney Frank who can drop the hammer on town hall imbeciles who compare Obama to Hitler simply because Obama is trying to reform health care. If any politicos need some help with comebacks, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart offers some smackdown suggestions. Check it out.

After being asked by a woman at a town hall meeting why he supports Obama’s “Nazi” health care reform proposal, Barney Frank says: “Ma’am trying to have a conversation with you would be like arguing with a dining room table, I have no interest in doing it.”