"The most charitable interpretation of Ted Cruz and his supporters is that they are willing to see the Republican Party weakened in the short run, in hopes that they will be able to take it over in the long run, and set it on a different path as a more purified conservative party. Like many political ideas, this one is not new. It represents a political strategy that was tried long ago -- and failed long ago.
In the German elections of 1932, the Nazi party received 37 percent of the vote. They became part of a democratically elected coalition government, in which Hitler became chancellor. Only step by step did the Nazis dismantle democratic freedoms and turn the country into a complete dictatorship.
Comparing Ted Cruz with Adolf Hitler? Are you nuts? Thomas, have you been hypnotized by Media Matters? Are you wanting to live as a pajama boy writer for Salon.com?
Many of us if not most are familiar with how Adolf Hitler came to power. But Ted Cruz will come to the White House with a majority of American support. There is no comparison!
No, he's comparing Cruz with Hitler's fragmented opposition.