Vote for John Raese, or you're basically Hitler.

In fairness, John Raese is medically
incapable of keeping his beef-hole shut.

Hey, you know what's not the same thing as the Holocaust? Smoking bans. Just don't tell that to West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate John Raese who said that a recently passed smoking ban is pretty much the same thing as genocide. Behold this horrible thing he said:

"Remember Hitler used to put Star of David on everybody's lapel, remember that? Same thing."

-John Raese

Holy shit. First of all, Hitler didn't put the Star of David on everybody's lapels, just the Jewish people. Secondly, Jewish people don't cause emphysema and cancer. Thirdly the smoking ban and the Holocaust differ in one key aspect: one was a smoking ban and the other was the fucking Holocaust.

Never forget...the mild inconvenience faced by smokers forced to step outside.

"Oh my Christ, why won't you stop
crying? What are you, Hitler?"

You know, sometimes people get overly emotional when arguing points they feel passionate about and I suppose there can be a temptation to compare people who disagree to the leader of the Third Reich. Sure, in this case Raese is passionate about the right to expose others to your second-hand smoke but Hitler was fanatically anti-smoking, so there is that. On the other hand Hitler was also responsible for World War II, the aforementioned Holocaust and some seriously mediocre paintings so maybe some perspective is in order here, dontcha think? 

Actually, perspective and some self-evaluation are in order. Check out his website. Especially this page where he sings the praises of Governor Jan Brewer's "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act"- a law which basically requires non-white people to carry around identification proving who they are, because there's nothing at all Hitlery about that...

"Hey, I've got an idea: maybe we could make all the Hispanics sew little
patches on their shirts. You know, to make it easier to keep track of 'em."

-John Raese: Idea Man*

*Ok, he didn't really suggest that, but c'mon, he's basically there.