It Took Tom Cotton Less Than A Minute To Invoke Hitler In First Senate Speech

[Avatar4321]

Tom Cotton is a dangerous warmonger.

The freedom for you to make that stupid statement was brought to you by the military service of Tom Cotton. At long last, have you no shame?

Including veterans like myself and others who earned the right to freedom of speech.

You don't earn the right to free speech. It's a gift from God

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Tom Cotton is a dangerous warmonger.

The freedom for you to make that stupid statement was brought to you by the military service of Tom Cotton. At long last, have you no shame?

Including veterans like myself and others who earned the right to freedom of speech.

You don't earn the right to free speech, it's inalienable. Everyone has it.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

The world is a mess, but there are no direct comparisons between Hitler and what is going on in the world today - unless one just wants to compare all evil to Hitler. It's just fearmongering.

When the Pope says it's time to kill ISIS, it's time to quite dithering. Obama is afraid to make decisions. Fuckin' coward as he is and hater of our beloved Country.

 

[AvgGuyIA]

Cotton was actually quoting Churchill in a speech Churchill gave trying to raise a warning about Hitler's intentions. It's easy to get confused because the circumstances are so similar.

So, you think his "quoting Churchill" excuses the fact that he invoked Hitler in his first Senate floor speech? Funny...

What was Hitler's ultimate goals?
World Aryan domination rule
What is Muslim Terrorists goals?
World Sharia Law domination rule.
This is why he invoked Hitler but this seems to have gone over your head.

Horseshit.. Naxis are the flip side of communist. TEA party patriots fought Nazis.

 

[deltex1]

WASHINGTON -- It's hard to believe freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) caused such a stir in the Senate with his letter to Iran even before his maiden floor speech. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who led an unsuccessful fight against Obamacare, couldn't even do that.

But Cotton -- now famous for orchestrating the controversial letter to Iran with the signatures of 46 of his GOP colleagues -- finally got the chance to do just that on Monday evening. Cotton began, as one does, with Adolf Hitler.

"The world is growing ever more dangerous, and our defense spending is wholly inadequate to confront the danger," Cotton said. "To be exact, during the last four or five years, the world has grown gravely darker. We have steadily disarmed, partly with a sincere desire to give a lead to other countries and partly due to the severe financial pressure of the time. But a change must now be made. We must not continue longer on a course in which we alone are growing weaker while every other nation is growing stronger."

He continued: "I wish I could take credit for those eloquent but ominous words, but I cannot. Winston Churchill sounded that warning in 1933 as Adolf Hitler had taken power in Germany. Tragically, Great Britain and the West didn't heed this warning, when they might have strangled that monster in his crib. Rather they let the locust continue to eat away at the common defense."

More: It Took Tom Cotton Less Than A Minute To Invoke Hitler In First Senate Speech

Cotton is a scary dude - and not in a good way.

It took obama one second to begin to move America in the wrong direction. And have I told you what a moron you are?

 

[AvgGuyIA]

So we have Cotton invoking Hitler and Cruz invoking a world on fire

Where can conservative rhetoric go from here?

Another 3 year old we need to comfort. There there...

 

[Plasmaball]

The world is a mess, but there are no direct comparisons between Hitler and what is going on in the world today - unless one just wants to compare all evil to Hitler. It's just fearmongering.

When the Pope says it's time to kill ISIS, it's time to quite dithering. Obama is afraid to make decisions. Fuckin' coward as he is and hater of our beloved Country.

odd because he has been.stop lying

 

[LeftofLeft]

WASHINGTON -- It's hard to believe freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) caused such a stir in the Senate with his letter to Iran even before his maiden floor speech. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who led an unsuccessful fight against Obamacare, couldn't even do that.

But Cotton -- now famous for orchestrating the controversial letter to Iran with the signatures of 46 of his GOP colleagues -- finally got the chance to do just that on Monday evening. Cotton began, as one does, with Adolf Hitler.

"The world is growing ever more dangerous, and our defense spending is wholly inadequate to confront the danger," Cotton said. "To be exact, during the last four or five years, the world has grown gravely darker. We have steadily disarmed, partly with a sincere desire to give a lead to other countries and partly due to the severe financial pressure of the time. But a change must now be made. We must not continue longer on a course in which we alone are growing weaker while every other nation is growing stronger."

He continued: "I wish I could take credit for those eloquent but ominous words, but I cannot. Winston Churchill sounded that warning in 1933 as Adolf Hitler had taken power in Germany. Tragically, Great Britain and the West didn't heed this warning, when they might have strangled that monster in his crib. Rather they let the locust continue to eat away at the common defense."

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Cotton is a scary dude - and not in a good way.

He knows evil when he sees it. Hitler = Evil. Do you disagree?

 

[Darkwind]

It's easy to get confused because the circumstances are so similar.

First, the Muslims are in a Civil War. Second, not one of the Islamic States have the industrial wherewithal to build a comparable army much less sustain it in a war of conquest.

And that has to do with comparative ideology in what way? Simply because they lack the means (yet) of delivering the same kind of insanity that Hitler did does not mean they do not have similar ideology and goals.

 

[Lakhota]

Tom Cotton is a dangerous warmonger.

The freedom for you to make that stupid statement was brought to you by the military service of Tom Cotton. At long last, have you no shame?

Including veterans like myself and others who earned the right to freedom of speech.

You don't earn the right to free speech. It's a gift from God

Which God? That gentle man in the Old Testament?

 

[The Rabbi]

Actually he invoked Winston Churchill. Churchill invoked Hitler. Blame Winston Churchill.

Gee, couldn't he have "invoked" something that didn't include Hitler in the first minute of his first Senate floor speech?

Gee, as much as you hate the Jews... I'd think you'd be all over the Hitler reference, or, as I suspect, did it hit a nerve?

Having disdain for Nutanyahoo and his hard-line government is not the same as "hating" Jews. BTW, Arabs are also Semites - so anti-Semitism also applies to them!

As many times as you've been schooled on this you continue to repeat your error. You are simply too stupid to learn!

Please "school" me. I'm always willing to learn...

Ignorant you can educate.
Crazy you can medicate.
You can't fix stupid.

 

[rightwinger]

Hmmmm, he was using it in a historical context, accurately I might add. And you're worried about his speech......

Senator Tom Cotton is the one who is appeasing the Iranian hardline Ayotollahs who would be the "Hitlers" of today who are trying arm themselves for war.

That is the correct historical context for what he did with that letter.

Very true

It is the rhetoric of Cotton and his attempts to sabotage delicate negotiations

And that leads right back to the same inescapable conclusion -

They're intent is to undermine, weaken, harm their own country.

This is no other reason for them to do it.

Republicans hate America

Do you need any more proof?

 

[rightwinger]

The world is a mess, but there are no direct comparisons between Hitler and what is going on in the world today - unless one just wants to compare all evil to Hitler. It's just fearmongering.

When the Pope says it's time to kill ISIS, it's time to quite dithering. Obama is afraid to make decisions. Fuckin' coward as he is and hater of our beloved Country.

Obama has been bombing the shit out of ISIS

Where you been?

 

[blackhawk]

Someone needs to get off the far left websites and read some history books.

 

[Avatar4321]

Tom Cotton is a dangerous warmonger.

The freedom for you to make that stupid statement was brought to you by the military service of Tom Cotton. At long last, have you no shame?

Including veterans like myself and others who earned the right to freedom of speech.

You don't earn the right to free speech. It's a gift from God

Which God? That gentle man in the Old Testament?

Our Father in Heaven

 

[Avatar4321]

Hmmmm, he was using it in a historical context, accurately I might add. And you're worried about his speech......

Senator Tom Cotton is the one who is appeasing the Iranian hardline Ayotollahs who would be the "Hitlers" of today who are trying arm themselves for war.

That is the correct historical context for what he did with that letter.

Very true

It is the rhetoric of Cotton and his attempts to sabotage delicate negotiations

And that leads right back to the same inescapable conclusion -

They're intent is to undermine, weaken, harm their own country.

This is no other reason for them to do it.

Republicans hate America

Do you need any more proof?

We hate it so much we are trying to stop you from destroying it

 

[Dot Com]

WASHINGTON -- It's hard to believe freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) caused such a stir in the Senate with his letter to Iran even before his maiden floor speech. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who led an unsuccessful fight against Obamacare, couldn't even do that.

But Cotton -- now famous for orchestrating the controversial letter to Iran with the signatures of 46 of his GOP colleagues -- finally got the chance to do just that on Monday evening. Cotton began, as one does, with Adolf Hitler.

"The world is growing ever more dangerous, and our defense spending is wholly inadequate to confront the danger," Cotton said. "To be exact, during the last four or five years, the world has grown gravely darker. We have steadily disarmed, partly with a sincere desire to give a lead to other countries and partly due to the severe financial pressure of the time. But a change must now be made. We must not continue longer on a course in which we alone are growing weaker while every other nation is growing stronger."

He continued: "I wish I could take credit for those eloquent but ominous words, but I cannot. Winston Churchill sounded that warning in 1933 as Adolf Hitler had taken power in Germany. Tragically, Great Britain and the West didn't heed this warning, when they might have strangled that monster in his crib. Rather they let the locust continue to eat away at the common defense."

More: It Took Tom Cotton Less Than A Minute To Invoke Hitler In First Senate Speech

Cotton is a scary dude - and not in a good way.

Invokes Godwin's Law in his first speech lol. Funny Stuff

 

[The Rabbi]

WASHINGTON -- It's hard to believe freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) caused such a stir in the Senate with his letter to Iran even before his maiden floor speech. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who led an unsuccessful fight against Obamacare, couldn't even do that.

But Cotton -- now famous for orchestrating the controversial letter to Iran with the signatures of 46 of his GOP colleagues -- finally got the chance to do just that on Monday evening. Cotton began, as one does, with Adolf Hitler.

"The world is growing ever more dangerous, and our defense spending is wholly inadequate to confront the danger," Cotton said. "To be exact, during the last four or five years, the world has grown gravely darker. We have steadily disarmed, partly with a sincere desire to give a lead to other countries and partly due to the severe financial pressure of the time. But a change must now be made. We must not continue longer on a course in which we alone are growing weaker while every other nation is growing stronger."

He continued: "I wish I could take credit for those eloquent but ominous words, but I cannot. Winston Churchill sounded that warning in 1933 as Adolf Hitler had taken power in Germany. Tragically, Great Britain and the West didn't heed this warning, when they might have strangled that monster in his crib. Rather they let the locust continue to eat away at the common defense."

More: It Took Tom Cotton Less Than A Minute To Invoke Hitler In First Senate Speech

Cotton is a scary dude - and not in a good way.

Invokes Godwin's Law in his first speech lol. Funny Stuff

Which Congress passed Godwin's law?

 

[Edgetho]

Which Congress passed Godwin's law?

We've all known the boorish guy or girl who laughs a little too loud at their own jokes.

They're called dimocraps. Nobody else thinks they're funny or clever

Nobody.

 

[Derideo_Te]

There is no signed agreement yet therefore your claim about the centrifuges is based on nothing but speculation.

Cotton and the Gang of 47 appeased the Iranian warlords by betraying their own nation and it's leader with that letter.

Fortunately the rest of the world has seen it for what it is and are condemning them for destabilizing nuclear peace talks.

As is your entire position and statement.

Onus is on you to refute my position.

Onus is on you to provide sources for your assertions.

World Leaders Condemn Acts By Paul Rubio 47 Traitors Who Sent Letter To Iran - Petition Soars

World Leaders Condemn Acts By Paul, Rubio & 47 ‘Traitors’ Who Sent Letter To Iran

Highly sensitive weapons negotiations between seven nations, including the U.S., China, Russia, France, UK, Germany, and Iran have been compromised this past week by what some call a treasonous letter written to Iran by 47 U.S. Republican lawmakers.

This act has caused outrage nationwide against the signees of the letter. Two of the names contained in the message are 2016 Republican presidential candidates Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Senator Marco Rubio After condemnation came from the American people, President Obama, Democrats and evenRepublicans, world leaders/officials are now expressing their shock and disgust.

Karen De Young with The Washington Post relays some of the quotes in an article. The German Foreign Minister had this to say:

“Suddenly, Iran can say to us: ‘Are your proposals actually trustworthy if 47 senators say that no matter what the government agrees to, we can subsequently take it off the table?’ ” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said during a visit to Washington.

De Young continues:

Even before Steinmeier’s visit on Thursday, Germany, Britain and France had repeatedly expressed concern about congressional interference in the talks.

Ambassadors from the three Western European countries have been a frequent presence on Capitol Hill, trying to persuade lawmakers to hold off on new Iran sanctions or any other legislation related to the negotiations while they are underway.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Zarif replied to the letter calling it a ‘propaganda ploy.’

Zarif expressed astonishment that some members of US Congress find it appropriate to write to leaders of another country against their own President and administration. He pointed out that from reading the open letter, it seems that the authors not only do not understand international law, but are not fully cognizant of the nuances of their own Constitution when it comes to presidential powers in the conduct of foreign policy.


Republicans Feeling Heat Over Iran Letter Express Regrets - Bloomberg Politics

Round-Up Editorial Boards From Around the Country Respond to the 47 Republican Senators The White House

AL – Anniston Star Editorial: “Editorial: An Ignoble Letter From 47 Senators.” “An open letter to the 47 U.S. senators who signed a letter addressed to Iran’s political leaders: We are struck by your letter that condescendingly attempts to lecture Iran’s leadership on the fine points of the U.S. Constitution while at the same time blatantly trampled on the constitutionally defined roles in foreign affairs of presidents and members of Congress. In short, the chief executive negotiates and the Senate ratifies, or not, as the case may be. Yet, your letter is a clear attempt to preemptively wreck the president’s attempts at a settlement to put Iran’s nuclear ambitions in check. And this provocative letter is well beyond the protocol for how the U.S. government negotiates international treaties.”

AZ – AZ Republic: Editorial: “47 Senators Stomp On The Constitution.” “While their concerns may be valid, it is no business of senators to interfere with the negotiations of the elected official with the authority to barter with Iran, the president … If that is the best argument Republicans can make for inserting themselves in sensitive foreign-policy negotiations, they are effectively declaring a congressional right to conduct subversive, foreign-policy proxy wars with the president, with threats to blow up agreement negotiations as their weapon of choice … Show us where that is to be found in the U.S. Constitution.

KY – The Courier Journal Editorial: “Senate Saboteurs.” “Has Congress gone crazy?…A blatant attempt to sabotage the discussions to limit Iran’s nuclear capacity, the letter is signed by by 47 GOP senators, aligning themselves — President Obama noted ironically — with hardliners in Iran who oppose any deal with the United States."

OH – Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial: “A Deeply Misguided Senate Letter To The Leaders Of Iran: Editorial.” “The decision by 47 Republican senators to sign a patronizing open letter to the leaders of Iran seeking to instruct them on how the U.S. constitutional system works -- and, by the way, to upend talks closing in on a nuclear weapons deal -- is as depressingly partisan as it is shortsighted…But the magnitude of this disgraceful decision -- only seven sitting Republican senators declined to sign the letter -- shows the degree to which partisanship has gobbled up rationality on foreign policy. This letter was a stunt that grossly oversteps the bounds of what is proper and wise.”

UT – Salt Lake Tribune Editorial:“Editorial: Utah Senators Increase Risk Of War.” “It will be up to history to judge whether the latest partisan stunt joined by Utah Sens. Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch amounts to an act of End Times warmongering or merely another bit of cringe-worthy buffoonery on the global stage."​

So what do you have to support your position?

I have the fact that the letter was not sent to anyone. It was an open letter published on a senators website. Had the letter actually been sent to anyone I would agree with you. As it wasn't there is nothing to complain about, officially. We can certainly say that their methods were stupid. But then we are talking about politicians. Most of them are stupid.

Publishing an open letter is the same thing as sending a private letter. That is how it works.

By PUBLISHING the SIGNED letter they de facto sent it out and yes, the Iranians received it because they responded to it.

So no, you can't hide behind that technicality because it is irrelevant in an open letter instance. It would only be relevant if wasn't published but then no one would know about it so what would have been the point?

We agree that it was the height of stupidity. It did a great deal of needless damage to US foreign policy and US credibility.

But the most serious damage of all was self inflicted. It proved that extremist rightwing Libertarians in the GOP cannot be trusted with governing. It proved that the establishment GOP cannot control the extremist rightwing Libertarians in the GOP either.

In fact since taking power the GOP has had a series of political disasters.

Is this going to be the last of them? My money is that what we have seen to date is just the opening salvo of what promises to be stupidity of epic proportions.