The Indy Star reported this weekend that Indiana Treasurer and failed GOP senate candidate Richard Mourdock compared the current political state of the country with Nazi Germany, saying
“The people of Germany in a free election selected the Nazi Party because they made great promises that appealed to them because they were desperate and destitute. And why is that? Because Germany was bankrupt.”. Mourdock went on to say: "The truth is, 70 years later, we are drifting on the tides toward another beachhead and it is the bankruptcy of the United States of America." http://www.indystar.com/...The Indystar reported that “The speech received a standing ovation from the nearly 1,700 delegates from across the state” You may remember Mourdock’s failed 2012 U.S. Senate run when he said during a debate that when a woman becomes pregnant from a rape "it is something that God intended." Given his history of saying asinine things, this particular inane utterance may seem unsurprising. Yet, I am always struck by the irony by the combination of historical, economic and political ignorance that is required to make such a comparison. More under the fold