CBS TV Star Compares America to Nazi Germany

NewsMax.com ^ | 2/03/03 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

David Clennon, star of the hit CBS television series "The Agency," said Monday that the "moral climate" of America under President Bush is similar to that which pervaded Nazi Germany. Then, apparently not satisfied with merely insulting the U.S., Clennon contended that the only difference between Bush and Adolf Hitler is that Hitler was smarter.

"I'm saying that the moral climate within the ruling class in this country is not that different from the moral climate within the ruling class of Hitler's Germany," Clennon told nationally syndicated radio host Sean Hannity.

When Hannity asked if Clennon was comparing the U.S. president to the Nazi leader, the CBS star replied, "I'm not comparing Bush to Adolf Hitler - because George Bush, for one thing, is not as smart as Adolf Hitler. And secondly George Bush has much more power than Adolf Hitler ever had."

The Hollywood peacenik said he was concerned that his own TV show had become a propaganda tool for the Bush administration's plans to make war on Iraq.

"I'm saying that we (Americans) have sunk pretty low and I'm saying that you can look at the moral climate in Germany in 1933," Clennon reiterated. "We have to ask ourselves if we found ourselves in Nazi Germany, what would we do?" he added. "Now I say, let the inspection process take its course."

Hannity told the actor that he couldn't wait to get a tape recording of his comments to Clennon's producers at the Tiffany network.

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[aculeus]

The left is going bananas.

[Leisler]

I thought that with Hitler being your healthy people through state power hero, and being a vehement non-smoker to the point of banning cigarettes for soldiers on the eastern front, you would of come to Godwins defense.

[henderson field]

These people don't just hate, they seethe. Wasn't there some talk of outlawing hate crimes? Do you think the law will be enforced?

[henderson field]

Socialists don't think Hitler was one of them. But he is. Deep in their black hearts and twisted minds, he and they are the same people.

[x]

Who is this guy? Has anyone seen his show?

Maybe at CBS TV, as in porn, all the performers are "stars."

[henderson field]

Once they saw what Hitler was really like, German civilians were able to come here, which they did. If we become as Germany in the 20s and 30s, where can we go? Where is the Other America? There is none. We will have to stand and fight.

[texasbluebell]

What a doofus has-been idiot this guy is. And he doesn't even know it. The pomposity of these people is mind-boggling.

Here's a good quote from another interesting thread on FR--which certainly applies here as well:

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"Daniel Flynn, another panelist and author of Why the Left Hates America, said celebrity activists are out of place in political activism because they confuse make-believe with reality."

[T Lady]

Having just read the Jane Russell thread, it's nice to know that useful idiots like David Clennon, who rarely hesitate to jump on the "Bush Is An Idiot/Is Hitler" bandwagon of banality will soon become as insignificant as their words.

...Way to go, Jane & Patricia (Heaton)!

-Regards, T.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Now I say, let the inspection process take its course."

Yeah. Iraq will be certified clean by the year 3024.

[over3Owithabrain]

I do take heart that a fair amount of Hollywooders are coming out from the shadows to denounce the lunacy of their leftist brethren. Woods, Dennis Miller, Patricia Heaton, to name a few are making a stand. The worm is turning, even in Hollywierd...

[He Rides A White Horse]

"I'm saying that we (Americans) have sunk pretty low and I'm saying that you can look at the moral climate in Germany in 1933," Clennon reiterated. "We have to ask ourselves if we found ourselves in Nazi Germany, what would we do?" he added.

Well, I know what you and your "liberal' friends would do, Mr Clennon.

You would join the Nazi Party.

[Hildy]

This guy was great as the evil boss Miles something on the show, Thirty-something.

[CARepubGal]

Some C-list crappy actor with a teeny tiny brain and oversized mouth (or piehole). One of those "tough guys" that plays a man and lives as a little boy. At least that is my guess. Never saw the show: prefer L&O if I must watch network garbage.

[CARepubGal]

I want that bumper sticker. I have friends in the industry that are so utterly leftist it is nauseating. I want that for the next visit I pay to LA.

[He Rides A White Horse]

The politically correct liberals are busy now suppressing free speech and thought under the guise of building a greater America Nazi Germany

[blackbart.223]

"They probably all voted for Clinton. I can't understand the logic involved here.

That is because there is no logic invovled, only mindless emotion.

[blackbart.223]

"It reminds me of the insipid Danny Glover: he's Mr. Peacenik, yet how many of his movies, not counting the Lethal Weapon series, are full of violence?

And isn't this the irony of The Hollywood left?

[blackbart.223]

"Oh yea, nice pose. Looks like a real thinking-man's thinking-man."

He is just trying to plug the hole in his head where the small amount of brain he had is leaking out.

Whoops! I assumed he had a brain to begin with.

[blackbart.223]

"The left is going bananas."

Going???

[SuziQ]

Well, I've never watched this show, now I have have ample reason to never even give it a look. What possess these folks to think they anyone even gives a rat's rear end WHAT they think?