Rangel: Islamofascist an Insult - 'You Never Called Hitler a Christian Fascist'

Hardball/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

by Mark Finkelstein

August 11, 2006 - 21:47

It doesn't take much to offend liberals' exquisite sensitivities. The latest? Referring to Islamofascists as . . . Islamofascists. Chris Matthews got the ball rolling on this evening's Hardball. But Charlie Rangel upped the ante to the max, managing to impugn Christians and Jews in the bargain. Fortunately, GOP Congressman Dan Lungren had the guts to call Rangel on it.

Matthews got things started by challenging Lungren: "Would you include Hezbollah in that group [of Islamofascists]? Would you include Hamas, they are they enemies of Israel. Are they also enemies of ours? Are they also fascists because they have a dispute with Israel? Anybody who is against us is a fascist now."

Chris, are you really asking whether Hezbollah, who killed 241 of our servicemen in Lebanon, is our enemy?

Rangel sent things to the moon a bit later with this line: "You take Islamic and you call them fascists, you call them radical. You never called Hitler a Christian fascist. This is insulting to an entire religion."

Lungren wouldn't be intimidated: "No it's not that at all, and that is absolute nonsense to say that."

Rangel wasn't finished: "We got Christian killers, we got Jewish killers, and we never identify them by religion. What you're doing is demonizing."

Demonizing, Charlie? What would you call the people who wanted to blow up thousands of innocents civilians over the Atlantic this week?

[governsleastgovernsbest]

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[msnimje]

If George Bush were around he probably would have called him exactly that.

[NormsRevenge]

LOL.. Good OLd Charlie..

[darkangel82]

Damn, what a piece of $#+! Rangel is.

[msnimje]

Charlie is always the first one out to support and defend the scum of the earth. Last week it was his lover, Fidel and this week the honorable Islamofascists of the world.

[Shermy]

Um, Hitler wasn't a Christian and didn't purport to be acting per Christianity.

[vladimir998]

Because Hitler wasn't a Christian you moron.

[Peach]

The leftists are really being outted by all this, aren't they?

They can't even call the jihadists what they are which should be at least step one for any party pretending to be serious about fighting the war.

And, I'll note, this is not the first time the president has called the jihadists Islamofascists; in fact, I think he did it right after 9/11.

[ncountylee]

Hey Rangel...Hitler was not a Christian!

[mystery-ak]

STFU Charlie....I'm sick of hearing from you..

[scory]

I am really, really, really getting tired of these fools.

[dirtboy]

Please, Charlie, don't change a thing. The BEST GOP spinmeisters can't outdo your production of useful sound bites.

Oh, and we DO expect you to resign when the Dems fail to win the House in November, like you promised.

Actually, we figure you were just as full of Shiite when you said that as you were in this interview.

[Mr. Mojo]

'You Never Called Hitler a Christian Fascist'

Perhaps because he wasn't a Christian. ...nor did he claim to be.

[Cinnamon]

STFU Rangel.. just STFU! the American people are tired of your party's bs cut n' run, yellow chicken ass kissing, do nothing.. and the list goes on crap

[vladimir998]

Please understand that the "moron" is Rangel and not another poster here.

[MAexile]

I was raised to call a spade a spade.

Apparently Charlie wasn't.

[airborne]

What you're doing is demonizing."

YEAH! Give 'em hell, Charlie!

[Cronos]

I never called Hitler a Christian fascist because he worshipped the old Aryanic gods.

[clintonh8r]

Charlie rumpwRangler is a steaming turd.....