On Sunday, State Senator Bob Rucho, a Republican out of North Carolina, took to Twitter and decided to make a comparison that is just unbelievable in its idiocy and complete lack of historical awareness and understanding. Below is the tweet:
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Justice Robert’s pen & Obamacare has done more damage to the USA then the swords of the Nazis,Soviets & terrorists combined.
— Bob Rucho (@SenatorBobRucho) December 15, 2013
Yep. Rucho decided that Obamacare has caused more damage than Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union and all the terrorist attacks COMBINED. Obviously, when discussing a health care law that has allowed millions of more Americans to get coverage, the best thing to do is make sure you bring up Nazis, right? Heck, why not bring up slavery as well?
Obviously, the tweet spread like wildfire and people let Rucho know how disgusted they were with his statement. I think the responses Rucho received can really be summed up in this little nugget of awesomeness:
Do you think this is really how @SenatorBobRucho wanted to spend his 15 minutes of fame — as an ignorant buffoon? Well played, sir! #clown
— Jeff Tiedrich (@jefftiedrich) December 16, 2013
Of course, Rucho had to respond back on Twitter after the crap really started hitting the fan. Here was what he had to say:
Those that tweeted, put your thinking caps back on:”The PEN is mightier than the SWORD.”Edward Bulwar-Lytton,1839. But surely you knew that.
— Bob Rucho (@SenatorBobRucho) December 15, 2013
Well, that certainly clears it up. Or it just shows that Rucho has absolutely no clue and he thought he was being clever by referencing a famous quote. Was there an apology about referencing groups of people and events that caused millions of deaths? No. Not at all. Instead, Rucho thinks he was able to point out that because the ‘pen is mightier than the sword’ that it totally justifies his idiotic and insensitive statement.
Then again, this is a man that used the occasion of the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination to tweet this out:
JFK could have been the founder and leader of the Tea Party. The real democrat party has been hijacked.
— Bob Rucho (@SenatorBobRucho) November 22, 2013
Of course, he would have been. Keep telling yourself that. While you’re at it, keep trying to convince everyone that the Republican Party is for civil rights due to it being the Party of Lincoln. And that MLK would have been a Republican if he was alive today. Just keep believing in your fantasies, Bob.
Justin Baragona is the Managing Editor at Politicus Sports as well as Senior Editor at PoliticusUSA. He was a political writer for 411Mania.com before joining PoliticusUSA. Politically, Justin considers himself a liberal but also a realist and pragmatist. Currently, Justin lives in St. Louis, MO and is married. Besides writing, he also runs his own business after spending a number of years in the corporate world. You can follow Justin on Twitter either with his personal handle (@justinbaragona) or the Sports site’s (@PoliticusSports).
