Tennessee State Senator's Holocaust analogy non-apology is a thing of beauty.

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Tennessee state Sen. Stacey Campfield made the comparison on his blog Monday, titled "Thought of the Day." "Democrats bragging about the number of mandatory sign-ups for Obamacare is like Germans bragging about the number of mandatory [sic] sign-ups for 'train rides' for Jews in the '40s," Campfield wrote. ... Campfield said that he regretted "that some people miss the point of my post." "It was not to offend. It was to warn," he said in a follow-up comment to the post. "To draw attention to Obamacare and the slippery slope that I see occurring in the lives of myself, my constituents, and the rest of the country with the continued taking of freedom by the federal government. "In no way was my post meant to diminish or detract from the pain, suffering, and loss of human life that occurred during this dark time in human history," he added. ... However, Campfield told The Associated Press, "Jewish people should be the first to stand up against Obamacare." "When you have government deciding who gets health insurance and who doesn't, what services they get, and what services they have to provide, they're really deciding who lives and who dies," he added. "It's a slippery slope."

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Campfield, who is running for re-election this year, has a long history of controversial statements and legislative initiatives. In 2011, he was the sponsor of a failed bill that sought to ban teaching about gay issues in public schools. The next year, he drew fire after telling a satellite radio host that HIV and AIDS originated from a man having sex with a monkey and that it was nearly ‘‘impossible’’ for AIDS to be contracted through heterosexual sex. Campfield said Monday he was unmoved by the criticism from the chairman of his own party. ‘‘He never called me,’’ he said. ‘‘If he wants to apologize to Obama, he can.’’

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It's like performance art. I think the analogy was perfectly cromulent... before he tried to explain it. Maybe a comparison with successful draft numbers would have gone down better. And I don't think certain topics like the Holocaust, apartheid, slavery, 9/11, rape, child molesting priests, etc. having some mystique of incomparability or taboo about them is really all that beneficial. But no, he really went beyond that.

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