Atlanta, GA – Congressman Paul Broun tonight stood by warnings that President-elect Barack Obama might set up a Gestapo-like civilian security force.
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One day after the Athens Republican told a radio talk show that he regretted calling Obama a “Marxist,” a spokeswoman for the Athens congressman said, “We have not issued any official apology” for comparing Obama’s proposals to the tactics of Hitler and the Soviet Union.
“What he said in the [radio] interview does not negate what he really feels — that he has questions and concerns regarding some of the statements Obama has made,” said the spokeswoman, Jessica Morris.
She said Broun was sticking by a written statement issued Tuesday criticizing Obama for having “socialist views” and raising ominous concerns about a campaign proposal to build “a civilian national security force” to assist the military.
“History shows that ‘civilian national security forces’ bode ill for citizens,” Broun said in the statement.
The flap been watched with particular interest inside the State Department, which already is building a civilian corps similar to the one which Obama described in a campaign speech.
The “Civilian Response Corps,” as it is called, was launched two years ago by the Bush administration, after a bipartisan vote by Congress and the urging of Republicans including former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
“I think the attention to this issue is very important,” said John E. Herbst, the former ambassador to Ukraine who is leading the project.
The civilian corps is now recruiting engineers, law enforcement personnel, health officers, city administrators and other specialists who could be sent overseas to help re-establish local governmental controls after a crisis.
Broun’s press secretary did not return e-mails or calls seeking his views on the Bush administration program.
Broun is a disgusting person. he likened the president elect to nazism and hitlerism. it is disgraceful that any electyed official say so about another elected official in the US government. broun should be ashamed
President-elect Obama is quite versatile, but I still don’t think he can manage to be a Marxist and a Nazi at the same time.
the truth hurts .. nobody wants to hear it
Obama is an Islamofacist, marxist-leninist, and a liberal.
This guy had the courage to call it as it is. No one in the media has the courage to ask what this civilian force will be used for. I don’t think it will be the same intent as GWB had in mind. Ratting on your neighbors for speaking badly about Dear Leader Chairman MaoBama?
DCongressman Broun is 10% correct and to those liberals who are offended by his remarks, all I can say is that the truth hurts.
there is no point in arguing with obama supporters. they have been convinced that hot is cold, day is night, yes is no and black is white. ok, morons: go ahead and turn that into a racial issue.
This is ridiculous. The nazis, yamach shemom, had roads too. Does that mean that anyone who wants to build roads is a nazi? Also, could someone please explain how Obama is a “Marxist”? His proposed highest tax rate is lower than Ronald Reagan’s. I am just not seeing it. And I have a shtikel socialist in me, so I should know. 🙂
You’re all a bunch of shmilfkes!
If you watch the entire video, you’ll see that he was referring to the Peace Corps.
The short “civilian” clip was taken completely out of context.
Why does everyone keep missing the point here?
He said “…a force to rival the power of our current armed forces…”
Once a psychiatrist -after evaluation- asked the man why he came, “you are perfectly normal.
“my wife sent me.”
“Why?”
“Because I like pancakes.
“So do I.”
“Yeah?” the patient continued in a hushed voice “ome over to my house I have a whole attic full.”
The State Dept may be creating a civilian corps (like the Peace Corp). So what. It’s a pancake.
Obama was talking about a whole attic full.