Hitler on the floor

Never thought I would have to come back to my dear friend Rick Santorum so soon. But his remarkable selection of words doesn't really give me another choice.

As you may know, Rick Santorum compared the Democrat in the Senate to Hitler in Paris. (I know Kennedy called the Republicans Neanderthals.) There is something about the Hitler card: it ends all debates, because there is nothing more that can be said and actually top the Hitler remark. Thus dear Rick S actually missed the chance of attributing the blocking of judicial nominations on the Democrats. And he drew attention to himself rather than to the Democrats action. There couldn't have been a worse time for doing that, it benefited the Democrats and not the Republicans.

It also puts Santorum in a bad light: there are quite a few Jews in Pennsylvania (they may vote democrat anyway) and Santorum didn't make new friends with his remarks. The Hitler comparison also shows a lack of historical knowledge on Santorums part: Hitler was not French, or are all Democrats from Canada nowadays?