Today's Democrats worse than Nazis?

I agree – it's a despicable question and unworthy of a response. But then I'm not the one who framed it. Democrats in California may not be aware of it, but they've not only asked the question, they've dug an even a deeper hole for themselves by demanding that voters answer it. I hope Mr. Davis and his fellow Democrats like the answer.

Dumping a last-minute load of campaign filth on one's political opponent has become routine practice for Democrats. What it says to the voters is: "We know you don't like our candidate. We know you don't like our agenda. We know you don't like our leadership or lack thereof. But look how bad this other guy is! If you don't elect us, you'll get him!"

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The "him" in this case is Arnold Schwarzenegger. Through their media campaign operatives (commonly known as reporters, editors and news anchors), Democrats put the word out: Arnold had a "Nazi background" and was a "sympathizer." Prominent Jewish groups disagreed, but Democrats dug in their cloven donkey hooves. Finally, they had a campaign issue: "No matter how incompetent, crooked and spendthrift we are, just look at the alternative!"

As this column is written, voters are doing exactly that.

I'm sure Democrats in California and elsewhere don't view themselves as Nazis. But there are some uncomfortable parallels. The Nazis were socialists. The official name of their party was the "Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei," which we know as the National Socialist German Workers' Party. And the similarities?

The Nazis supported euthanasia. Democrats and their judicial operatives support euthanasia, even when it's against the family's wishes. When you finish here, check out the Terri Schindler-Schiavo story.

The Nazis supported human experiments by doctors and scientists. At Nuremberg, 20 Nazi doctors were brought to justice for human experimentation at the Dachau, Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Sachsenhausen concentration camps. Yet Democrats in America have nothing but contempt for Christians and others who see ethical problems in human embryo experimentation.

Nazis supported eugenics in the hope of "breeding a better race." Democrats have resisted efforts in Congress to control cloning and genetic engineering, which will ultimately be tried on people by scientists who see themselves as above ethical dilemmas.

The Nazis supported gun control. According to Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership, "the Gun Control Act of 1968 was lifted, almost in its entirety, from Nazi legislation."

The Nazis were masters of propaganda. We call it "spin." They had a plan for Christmas and other religious holidays: "The Nazis set about establishing their own rituals and holidays immediately after taking power. This interesting article from the party journal for such matters discusses what to do with existing holidays and rituals, most of which had a Christian basis. It suggests that holidays such as Christmas can be given new content, turning them into Nazi holidays rather than religious ones." Kwanzaa or Christmas? Spring Break or Easter?

Democrats didn't have to frame the California recall election as an "us vs. the Nazis" issue. As the items above show, there are many reasons they might have wanted to avoid that discussion completely. Democrats, including Mr. Davis, could have run on their merits: ever higher taxes on business to drive more jobs from the state, increased welfare spending to support those subsequently unemployed, increased benefits and pandering to illegal immigrants, militant homosexuals, public education monopolists and other core constituents. They could have, but even Democrats might be smart enough to know that their agenda is at odds with the hopes and dreams of most Americans in California or elsewhere.

Democrats in California didn't want an election – even when voters went to extraordinary measures to demand one. Once an election had been scheduled, Democrats tried their best to stop it – they went to their racial-interest groups and filed a lawsuit demanding removal of the same voting machines that had at the last election returned Gray Davis to power, describing them as "unreliable" to the court. When a three-judge panel of Democrat judges at the Ninth Circus were unanimously overturned by a larger selection of their peers, allowing the election to go forward, Democratic attorneys began preparing court challenges of the election outcome even before it had been held.

Whatever else you can say about the Democratic Party, one thing is certain. Today's Democrats bear little resemblance to democrats.