[Houghton M.]

I hope he doesn’t back down, but he should have used “KGB” instead. It would have precluded this particular line of faux-offendedness.

[WKUHilltopper]

“I hope he doesn’t back down...”

I hope so too. The IRS considers themselves exempt from the Constitution—right of due process, innocent before guilty, etc. They may not be at “Gestapo” level of beating the crap out of you, but give them time. They’re close enough for the cigar...

[evad]

hmm...the KGB is an honorable group compared to this bunch.

Stick with gestapo.

[GreenHornet]

I hope he doesn’t back down, but he should have used “KGB” instead. It would have precluded this particular line of faux-offendedness.

It doesn't matter. He could have compared them to the Smurfs, and the Democrats would have feigned outrage over his remarks.

[Ronin]

If he doesn’t back down I will be pleasantly surprised.

[BfloGuy]

I hope he doesn’t back down, but he should have used “KGB” instead. It would have precluded this particular line of faux-offendedness.

I understand your point -- and it's probably true. But I'm tired of catering to the faux-outrage crowd. The Gestapo existed, everyone knows its reputation, and so I say let's end the one-sided agreement to refrain from Nazi comparisons.

They can certainly be overdone -- this case might be one where it was. But if we're to be racists, then let them be Nazis.