In a recent fundraising email, the South Carolina Republican Party referred to the IRS "scandal" as "Obama's Gestapo." In response, Jamie Harrison - chairman of the South Carolina Democratic Party - said South Carolina Republicans were "equating its political opponents to the Nazi police that oversaw the imprisonment and mass-murder of millions of innocent people." After hearing Harrison's (and others') complaints about the comparison, South Carolina Republican executive director Alex Stroman said this: "If anyone was upset, we certainly regret it. Our goal was to highlight the IRS's questionable tactics and their decision to selectively scrutinize and target certain groups, including those in South Carolina." That's always a very smooth way of operating things. Step 1: Compare someone to Hitler and/or a group of people to Nazis Step 2: After receiving the inevitable complaints, send a half-arsed apology about the...
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