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To: Sully- who wrote (11228)	6/9/2005 11:26:57 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 35834

Charlie has been scum for a long, long time. It should surprise no one...

To: Sully- who wrote (11228)	6/9/2005 8:07:19 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

What liberal media? Iraqnow It's now a day later, and the only news outlets that have picked up Charlie Rangel and his "worse than six million Jews being killed" are the New York Sun and Newsmax. Although Rangel is a New York representative, and New York has a very large Jewish population, the New York Times has not yet deigned to pick up the story. What liberal media, indeed? Splash, out Jason iraqnow.blogspot.com

To: Sully- who wrote (11228)	6/12/2005 4:45:25 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 35834

RANGEL'S HITLER PROBLEM NEW YORK POST June 12, 2005 Charlie Rangel says he can't under stand why anyone would be of fended by his comparison, on a local radio show, of the war in Iraq to the Holocaust. Let's educate him. Appearing on the Steve Malzberg Show, the Manhattan Democrat — who loves grabbing headlines with outrageous rhetoric — did just that last week, saying Operation Iraqi Freedom is "just as bad as the 6 million Jews being killed" by the Nazis during World War II. By which, he says, he means that "the whole world knew and they were quiet about it because it wasn't their ox being gored." Challenged on this odious nonsense, Rangel replied: "I am saying that people's silence when they know terrible things are happening is the same thing as the Holocaust." Rangel defended himself, insisting that "I'm not saying that the 100,00 Iraqis and the American loss of life is the same as the loss of six million Jews." Really? It sure sounds like it. The lawmaker suggested he might eventually apologize, adding: "I don't see why [anyone] would be offended." Rangel's too smart to be so blind. Surely he understands that drawing comparisons between line-of-duty deaths in the honorable defense of America with the attempt to exterminate an entire people — which is what the Holocaust was about — automatically trivializes that horrific crime. And it politicizes — thus cheapening — the sacrifices so painfully made in the War on Terror. This latest outburst is far from an isolated incident, of course. Over the years, Charles Rangel has repeatedly indulged in over-the-top, partisan Nazi analogies. Of the Contract With America enacted by congressional Republicans, Rangel complained: "Hitler wasn't even talking about doing these things." In 1995, when the House Ways and Means Committee killed a preferential tax break for minority broadcasters, Rangel said the move was "just like under Hitler." "When I compare this to what happened in Germany," he added, "I hope you will see the similarities to what is happening to us." What obnoxious nonsense. You might think that Rangel just needs a history lesson, but — again — the reality is that he knows exactly what he's doing. When a journalist questioned his comparison of reducing food-stamp benefits to the Holocaust, he said: "Yes, the language was strong. But I got your attention, didn't I?" The real outrage here is not Rangel's tired and tasteless Holocaust allusions. It is the zealotry with which he seeks to impeach the efforts of America's fighting men and women in Iraq, using the most odious comparisons possible. Put a sock in it, Charlie. nypost.com