I was afraid that I wasn’t going to be able to find anything to fill in this slot today. I read 30+ leftist blogs and nothing of this caliber popped out.
Until I hit dKos and HuffPo (always my sites of last resort)
In Bush’s media push to try and remind folks what we’re fighting for in the middle east, he compared militant islam to the Nazi’s. The leftists have pounced on this and are back to re-re-telling the twice debunked meme about Prescott Bush and the Union Banking Corporation.
You can go look at dKos for yourself, they’re all over the diaries.
But here the HuffPo tales
Appeasement of the Nazis: A History of the Bush Family
Vesting Order 248: The Bush/Nazi ConnectionÂ
You’d think that this guy would know how debunked this story is, but even Air America co-founder, Sheldon Drobney, who wrote both of the above posts, cannot resist spreading manure.
Better you than me, bro. There is no way in happy hell that I could read 30 lefty blogs a day. I read a couple of Brit lefties from time to time, but they are Brits, after all, and I can’t work up the passion to hold those strange folk to our standards of reason.
Actually, I’ve never seen any web pages debunking these claims. Can you provide a link please?
Heh. I’ve still got my Christic Institute “Bush/Noriega — make the connection!” and “Cocaine Import Agency” (CIA, get it?) bumper stickers from my UC Berkeley days.
The Analog Kid might have some better ones, but here are some helpful debunking links:
http://www.adl.org/Internet_Rumors/prescott.htm
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/030214.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott_Bush
The straightdope link is a good one. I didn’t even know Wiki had gotten into the scrap.