Mea Culpa: we did it too--dozens of references on All This Is That equating George Bush or the GOP to Brown Shirts, Stalin, The Ku Klux Klan, and Adolf Hitler

By Jack Brummet, Social Mores, Poetry, Painting, and Paranormal Editor

& Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Editor

A billboard created by an Iowa tea- bagger group compares President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin,  It is drawing heat from just about every political group and wing...even  from fellow tea party activists who find it offensive, a waste of money, or both.

The North Iowa Tea Party put up the billboard in downtown Mason City, IA last week. The sign shows photographs of (the actually fairly traditional) Democrat Obama,  the Nazi Hitler and Bolshevik/Communist Lenin labeled "Democratic Socialism," "National Socialism," and "Marxist Socialism."  Underneath the photos is the phrase, "Radical leaders prey on the fearful & naive."

The co-founder of the 200-person group said the billboard was intended to send an anti-socialist message. He later admitted yesterday that the message may have gotten lost...what with the references to Lenin and the Nazis.    Right.

Who are we to cast stones?  Neither of the authors of this article were particularly surprised to learn how many times their works on this site invoked Gulags, Nazis, the KGB, the Klan, Pol Pot, The National Front, and other hate and extremist groups. . .and almost every one of these references was directed to President George W. Bush, his minions, and policies.

We'll admit that we deplore the implications of the billboard.  Politically, however, we are utterly baffled why this has become a firestorm.  That's politics, pals. Neither of us find the billboard offensive.  This is just politics being played out.  McGovern took the same kinds of shots in his '72 Presidential run. 

Get over this Democrats...we have way bigger fights to fight.  Why we really can't throw stones in this case--a sample of our postings during the George Bush years:

• President Bush lights up the "c***suckers" in the press
• President George Bush 'channels' Adolph Hitler during Iowa speech (includes audio clip)
• Bush and Abramoff captured together in explicit photographs
• Revelation: President Now Suffers Enuresis--More Trouble Every Day
• George Bush sees ghosts
• Jimmy Carter Reams Bush: Bush Responds Like A Wounded Swamp Sow
• President Bush finally beats Nixon & becomes the most unpopular ...
• Former Press Secretary McClellan says Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby Lied
• Laura Bush puts the mark on George Bush/President Bush rumored to ...
• Retired General George Washington Lashes Out At President Bush
• President Bush drunk at Camp David
• Alien Lore No. 65 - George Bush, Dick Cheney & The Greys
• President Bush: "Stop doing this shit!"
• President Bush, remembering images of her tush, makes a move on ...
• President Bush, reacting to yesterday's article on All This Is ...
• Presidents Bush and Chirac, and Queen Elizabeth II F*** For Peace!
• Priests to Purify Archaeological Site After President Bush Visit
• Former President George HW Bush excoriates his son's war
• President Hugo Chávez: Hang President Bush First
• George Bush sees ghosts
• Priests to Purify Archaeological Site After President Bush's Visit

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George W. Bush goes out with a bang at his last G-8 Summit

Somehow we missed this when it happened -- At his last G-8 summit in 2008, President George W. Bush's delivered a jaw-dropping farewell to two other leaders.  "Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter," he said to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, punching the air and grinning widely. The two leaders looked on, stunned and in shock.

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Correction/not a retraction: The G20 video was real, but we did a poor job of contextualizing it.

By Jack Brummet and Pablo Fanque

A quick clarification on the story we ran yesterday on President Bush's reception at the G20 Summit, "Is President Bush Suffering From Leprosy?" We were troubled about this story from the get-go. Yes, the video was real. But even as we wrote and posted the story, we knew something wasn't quite right.

Let's face it, these people would shake hands with Papa Doc, Idi Amin, Sirhan Sirhan, Stalin, Carlos the Jackal, Herman Goering, or just about anyone in a position of power if it suited their purposes. Why would they shun W?

Daryle Conners confirmed reading about it later, and I independently realized late Friday night that we were probably seeing a clip of a "photo opportunity." President Bush, Merkel and the other leaders didn't shake hands because they all shalen hands a couple minutes previously. The handshakers were those not at the earlier photo-op. I'm not even going to look it up, because it is absolutely clear this is what happened! We got sucked into the blog/web hysteria on this one like everyone else. We should have known immediately what the context actually was. But it did give the Bush haters a chance to vent one more time (their time is running very short). You should have read the comments section on the HuffPo post on this!

Once in a while a story is just so tantalizing, you run with it (as we did in the summer over the Palin baby rumors that whipped around the internet like a tornado). And why not? After all, we're not some respectable blog with paying customers and advertisers.

When we print something scandalous, we want it to be completely true, or fictional from the ground up. Speaking of which. . .how was The President taken into custody last night when he was supposed to be at G20?
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Is President Bush suffering from leprosy?

By Pablo Fanque,
All This Is That National Affairs Editor

Thanks to Daryle Conners for this tip.

In this amazing YouTube video, soon to be Ex-President Bush is snubbed by fellow world leaders at the G20 Summit. It's not like he is actively being shunned; he appears to be literally invisible, except to the camera. It's just a little sad that this guy, who used to Run The Show, has fallen so slow. It's come to this.

Rick Sanchez says that Bush looks like "the most unpopular kid in high school that nobody liked."

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Another Rough Day At The White House: AG Robert Gonzales falls on his sword. . .

Maybe not today, but this week, Attorney General Gonzales will resign,. Six Republican Senators have now stepped up and said it's time to go; it's over now. The only question is if there is any face saving to be done--how, and by whom? I think there is no face to be saved on this one. Unlike the Harriet Meiers fiasco, The President has remained steadfast. However this time, the vultures are circling. . .and closing in.
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Collage: Condoleezza Rice and George Bush's Appetite For Manflesh Grows Stronger Every Day

Click Secretary Rice and President Bush To Enlarge
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