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Last update - 14:39 08/08/2009
U.S. Jews slam use of Nazi imagery by Obama critics
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Jewish World 

Jewish Democrats in the United States are furious over the use of Nazi imagery in the contentious debate over President Barack Obama's proposed health care reform.

David Harris, the head of the National Jewish Democratic Council, condemned the "profoundly troubling" comparisons to Nazi Germany that have often been invoked by critics of Obama's policies.

Raucous town hall meetings and right-wing Internet blogs have taken to using swastikas and other assorted Nazi associations in an effort to liken Obama's health plan to that administered to concentration camp inmates during the Holocaust.
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Harris slammed popular conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh for posting a graphic on his Web site which shows Obama's health plan metamorphosing into a pictorial laden with swastikas.

"Limbaugh's horrifying use of Hitler references and swastikas is deeply offensive and wildly inappropriate, and it has to stop now," Harris said.

Harris called on Representative Eric Cantor, the lone Jewish Republican in Congress, to repudiate Limbaugh.

"Regardless of the political differences and the substantive differences in the debate over health care, the use of Nazi symbolism is outrageous, offensive and inappropriate," Anti-Defamation League chief Abe Foxman told ABC News.

"Americans should be able to disagree on the issues without coloring it with Nazi imagery and comparisons to Hitler. This is not where the debate should be at all."

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      1.   Good Test for Haaretz 14:43  |  SMF 08/08/09
      2.   Harris tell the truth 15:56  |  howiej 08/08/09
      3.   Obama`s health care plan 16:03  |  Anonymous 08/08/09
      4.   Will the real Nazis please stand up? 17:03  |  Lou Medel 08/08/09
      5.   nazi symbols 17:50  |  ernie 08/08/09
      6.   We need a government health Plan for 100 million 18:09  |  Semsem 08/08/09
      7.   Slam 18:39  |  infidel 08/08/09
      8.   Rather disingenuous of you Medel 18:44  |  Christopher 08/08/09
      9.   Some of the protestors were "brown shirts" 19:00  |  Anonymous 08/08/09
      10.   Good doctors make good health care 19:05  |  Anonymous 08/08/09
      11.   Leave it to the Republicans to fight dirty 19:53  |  Z 08/08/09
      12.   Healthcare Reform in the USA 20:10  |  Jerry H. Appel 08/08/09
      13.   #2 howiej....at least someone got the truth in 02:31  |  Lynn 09/08/09
      14.   Congress Favorite Euphemism 03:22  |  Mark of Lewiston 09/08/09
      15.   Now you see... 04:26  |  EGB 09/08/09
      16.   Out of the woodwork they come 05:52  |  EGB 09/08/09
      17.   #16 EGB.....the ONLY swastika at any rally 07:47  |  Lynn 09/08/09
      18.   Double stanadard 15:51  |  W 09/08/09
      19.   slam, infidel 16:50  |  Eldar 09/08/09
      20.   Healthcare is a diversion 17:35  |  Robin 09/08/09
      21.   Re: #17/Lynn 17:48  |  EGB 09/08/09
      22.   U.S. Jews slam use of Nazi imagery by Obama critics 19:49  |  W. A. Tomlinson 09/08/09
      23.   harris on rush 22:39  |  jonny kid 29/08/09
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