Protesters Compare Obama to Hitler

(CBS)  Most of those there would have called themselves "patriots" (that "don't tread on me" flag was an early symbol of the American Revolution) who argue that their government is betraying traditional principles, CBS News Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield reports.

Steve Butler, a physician from Indian, was handing out copies of the Constitution. "If you read the quotes of Thomas Jefferson, these guys were conservatives and they said that the control should be with the people and not with the big government."

Thousands Protest Obama in DC

Ileana Johnson came to America from Romania 30 years ago:
"I find myself now, every morning when I wake up, what kind of freedom have we lost today?"

You could also find plenty of signs of something else -- a rage that identifies President Obama with Adolph Hitler, or Stalin, that questions his citizenship, that seems to celebrate the death of a famous liberal.

And among the main currents of the protesters here, a conviction that the media - -FOX News and talk radio excepted -- are deliberately concealing "the truth."

It's a charge of bias the networks vigorously deny.

But perhaps what most united these protesters was a broader discontent: a sense that they are not being heard, that their interests, and the national interests, are in the hands of a few.

Dawn Neuman came from from Texas. "It's all a good old boy network, where they don't care what you think. You know, they're gonna - Everybody's in everybody's bed, you know. In everybody's pocket. And it's who's got the most money. It's all about greed and power."

The real question, is what this populist anger means politically...does it help, or hurt, either party?

[giveisusfree]

Wow, this is amazing, are we as Americans still dumb enough to believe that there is a difference between Republicans and Democrats?

Do we really believe that a person born and bred into political offices can relate to us? See I know what it's like to budget a check book, to scrape pennies together for bills, to pray that God will help my car make it work.

Most of middle America knows what it's like to do the same so HOW, yes HOW, can a politician that has lived off daddy and mommy represent me? How can they represent you?

I don't care if Obama is a Republican or Democrat but i do care that he believes there should be more government ran programs and more government regulations and that, that is what i have a problem with. We need LESS government control, we as a people need to make sure that our neighbors are taken care of and quit putting the responsibility back in the hand of the people that caused the problems in the first place.

[Moderateteacher]

The republicans are throwing mud to see if anything sticks that they can use in the next election. It's typical republican scare tactics pure and simple. Shame on them

[adlsupporter]

Check out http://contemporaryantisemitism.blogspot.com/2009/08/lyndon-larouche-holocaust-imagery-and.html for more info on LaRouche activity comparing Obama to Hitler around the country.

[jack2057]

one thing you havent said cbs news loves obama and will lie for him polisie called demstatiors nazies were was cbs then defending her and obama and you wonder why you lose ratings im gonna make a pridiction not only will this not backfire but congress will get a republican supermagorty as the mainstream news loses its creditabilty as far as i see the news is a part of the dnc i dare you cbs to prove me wrong and be baliced but i dont exspect you to do that i exspect you to remove this and ban me but before you do how many millions will see this

[chitown639]

This is the dumbiest sentiment held by most Right Wing Extremists....if the news networks don't report exactly what the Right-wingers want to hear or not feed into their paranoid conspiracy theories, then in their twisted right-wing minds the news networks must be part of the conspiracy...lol..the right-wingers would rather self-indoctrinate themselves with lies and bizzaire conspiracy theories than grapple with facts and reality....there's no point in debating the Republicans...it's a waste of time, because their arguements aren't rational..........

[ianlou]

These protests are nothing more than right wing nut jobs who can't come to grips with the fact that they lost their representation last election.

Read between the lines on their protest signs and all you will find is...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA,
WAAAAAAAA, WAAAAAAAA, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.........

[actornaught]

by adenvernative September 20, 2009 1:20 PM EDT
...the same way people who disagree with Obama are being called racist.
...

This statement is yet one more of the rightwing intentional inaccuracies to push their phony outrage.

The more accurate summation would be "some of the opposition is based on racism" OR "the many white racists in this country are blindly and vocally opposing everything BHO is doing, even when it goes completely against their own primary interests".

[adenvernative]

Hitler? These people have no clue about history. They use images as propogandawith no idea as to what they represent, the same way people who disagree with Obama are being called racist.

[actornaught]

And no facts will dissuade the neo-conned. As you can see from the posts, they'll not stop their idiot yappin'...

[mnbrant]

Where's Hitler when you need him? I am sure he would start a war or something to get us out of this mess. Yay Hitler!

[ianlou]

dumb.

[KokoroTheDragon]

@ mnbrant
Hitler was the source of millions of deaths. It is sick how you could wish that upon us and other nations. This entire situation is pure propaganda with an unreasonable bases. I hope you were sarcastic ignoramus.

[flolake]

Those sleazy, negro hating and loud minority of redneck republicans. I believe I can change my voter registration from republican (liflong) to democrat, with no strain at all.

I don't won't to be tied to a pack of 'Gidget' Palinites for the rest of my life...